Power Platform Architect (Managing Consultant)

As a Power Platform Architect, you will lead enterprise-scale low-code transformation which will be enabling organisations to rapidly deliver applications, automate processes and unlock data-driven insight through the Microsoft ecosystem

The focus of your role will be:

• Design of enterprise-scale AI Business Solutions comprising Microsoft Power Platform target architectures and roadmaps, using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse and Copilot-enabled capabilities.
• Define solution, integration and governance architectures that enable secure, scalable low-code transformation as part of wider enterprise change programmes.

As part of your role you will also contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through:

• Community Leadership - as Capgemini Invent's Power Platform Architect you will provide technical leadership to our established community of functional and technical consultants, guiding and advising on day to day duties and creating the roadmaps for expansion of our Power Platform development capability.
• Business Development - Leading/contributing to proposals and pre-sales activity, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events,.development of Proof of Concept and demonstrator solutions
• Internal contribution - Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development - Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

You will be a technical expert with a relentless value focus. You will be comfortable handling ambiguity and able to chart routes to achieve clients' most important outcomes. You will be influential, able to communicate complex subjects appropriately to decision makers. You will motivate and direct technical teams, assuring realisation of both technical and business strategies.

To be part of this team, you will have the following experience:

• Defining the architecture, design and implementation of AI Business Solutions comprising Microsoft Power Platform solutions, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse, Power Pages and Copilot Studio, within enterprise environments.
• Explaining Power Platform capabilities and how they support business transformation, workflow automation, data insight and low-code application delivery, with the ability to align solution portfolios to business strategy.
• Assessing, demonstrating and/or implementing AI capabilities relevant to Power Platform, including AI Builder, Copilot Studio and generative AI experiences embedded within business applications and automations.
• Integrating Power Platform with external systems and cloud services, including Azure services, APIs, event-driven architectures, identity platforms and enterprise data platforms.
• Defining and adopting governance, security and lifecycle management across environments, including DLP policies, environment strategy, solution packaging, ALM and platform administration.
• Applying architecture frameworks for system design, integration patterns, security, data modelling and information management
• Demonstrating business relevance, contributing to customers' business strategies, identifying the best combinations of business and technology solutions to leverage the differentiating benefits of the Microsoft Power Platform and adjacent Microsoft cloud services.
• Ability to communicate AI value, risks, trade-offs and organisational impacts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to cultivate strong relationships among working teams, senior leadership, Microsoft-aligned partners and alliance stakeholders.
• Ability to develop our next generation of junior digital architects through formal line management and informal mentoring, coaching and learning development.
• You must be cleared or eligible to obtain a UK Security Clearance.
• Certification / competence in the following is desirable, depending on your specialism:
• Microsoft Power Platform certifications such as PL-900, PL-200, PL-400 and PL-600, depending on your specialism and level of responsibility.
• Power BI, data analytics or automation-related certifications where relevant to your focus area.
• Architecture certifications (e.g. TOGAF), architecture modelling and repository
• Agile delivery methods
• Cloud infrastructure certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert)
• Integration platform certifications and experience with API management, messaging and event-driven integration patterns.

At Capgemini we don't just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work. We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy., We're also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we're working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone's access to a digital world. It's something we're really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a team that does the right thing. Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice. We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

Capgemini ist einer der weltweit führenden Anbieter von Management- und IT-Beratung, Technologie-Services und Digitaler Transformation. Als ein Wegbereiter für Innovation unterstützt das Unternehmen seine Kunden bei deren komplexen Herausforderungen rund um Cloud, Digital und Plattformen.