IT & Software

Data Practice Lead Microsoft Fabric

Client Server

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you lead a strategic Microsoft data capability within a leading tech-enabled consultancy. You own major client engagements across discovery, strategy, architecture, delivery and value realisation, translating business challenges into data, analytics and AI solutions. You’ll shape propositions, guide cross-functional teams, and drive growth through presales, partnerships and scalable delivery standards. This is a hands-on leadership role with a strong focus on customer impact, delivery quality and market presence.

Pay / Benefits
  • Salary to 120k
  • Pension
  • Private medical care and dental insurance
  • Life Assurance, Income Protection
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
  • 25 days holiday
Responsibilities
  • Lead client engagements from discovery through value realisation
  • Translate business challenges into data/analytics/AI solutions and provide technical direction
  • Drive presales activity, discovery, solution design and proposals
  • Define practice strategy, recruit and develop consultants, and establish reusable architectures
  • Create delivery standards to scale the capability and ensure commercial outcomes
  • Build relationships with the Microsoft partner ecosystem for joint go-to-market
  • Influence business direction and shape market propositions around Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and AI
  • Collaborate with sector and account leaders to identify opportunities and lead client workshops
Key requirements
  • Significant experience leading enterprise Data/Analytics/AI consulting engagements in a consultancy, SI, or technology services business
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Fabric (data engineering, Lakehouse, warehouse, integration, governance, security)
  • Power BI expertise (semantic modelling, governance, adoption)
  • Broad knowledge of Microsoft data ecosystem (Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Purview, Power Platform)
  • Client-facing delivery leadership with senior stakeholder management and risk/commercial experience
  • Presales experience (discovery, design, estimation, proposals, bids, executive presentations)
  • Commercial acumen balancing client value, delivery feasibility, and profitability
  • Experience building teams, propositions, or scaling consulting capabilities
  • Practical understanding of AI and generative AI, use-case discovery, data readiness, responsible AI and business process integration
  • Client-facing communication
  • Stakeholder management
  • Collaborative leadership
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Power BI
  • Azure Data Factory

Reference: WJ-747_31057277

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