Senior Microsoft 365 Consultant - Purview & Information Governance

• Are you an experienced Microsoft 365 Consultant with strong Microsoft Purview expertise?
• Can you lead client workshops, understand an organisation’s information risks and turn your findings into a clear strategy and roadmap?
• Are you equally comfortable presenting ideas to senior stakeholders and working with technical teams to bring them to life?

We are recruiting for a growing Microsoft-focused technology consultancy delivering complex modern workplace, security, governance and AI projects for clients in the UK and internationally.

They are looking for a Senior Microsoft 365 Consultant to be the subject matter expert across information governance, data security, risk and compliance using Microsoft Purview.

You will also play an important role in helping clients prepare for Enterprise AI (e.g. Microsoft Copilot, Claude Cowork), ensuring that their data, permissions and governance controls are ready for the introduction of AI across Microsoft 365.

This is not simply a technical configuration role.

You will lead conversations with clients, understand their business and regulatory requirements, identify risks and recommend a practical way forward. You will then turn those recommendations into clear strategies, roadmaps and deliverable technical solutions.

You will need the credibility and presence to become a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, presenting complex ideas clearly and challenging clients constructively when required.

Alongside delivering client projects, you will help develop the consultancy’s technical standards, reference architectures and service offerings across Microsoft Purview and Copilot governance.

The role

You will:

Lead client discovery sessions, workshops and technical discussions

Assess existing information governance, data security and compliance arrangements

Help clients understand how Microsoft Purview can support their wider business and regulatory objectives

Identify risks, governance gaps and opportunities across Microsoft 365

Develop information governance strategies, solution designs and delivery roadmaps

Design and implement Microsoft Purview solutions

Advise on information protection, data classification and sensitivity labelling

Develop retention policies, retention labels and data lifecycle management approaches

Design and implement Data Loss Prevention policies

Support records management and the appropriate handling of sensitive information

Help clients prepare their Microsoft 365 environments for Copilot

Advise on Copilot readiness, data security, permissions and governance controls

Translate technical capabilities into clear business outcomes and recommendations

Present proposed solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Produce high-quality assessments, designs, presentations and client documentation

Work closely with architects, engineers and other consultants throughout delivery

Remain involved beyond the initial recommendation, performing or helping to guide implementation and adoption

Act as a senior technical authority for Purview and information governance engagements

Contribute to technical standards, reference architectures and reusable delivery methods

Help shape and develop new governance, compliance and Copilot advisory services

Provide guidance and support to other consultants and engineers

Strong experience delivering Microsoft 365 consultancy services to external clients

In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Purview and its place within the wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem

Practical experience designing and implementing Purview solutions

Experience with information protection, sensitivity labels and Data Loss Prevention

Knowledge of retention, records management or data lifecycle management

A strong understanding of information governance, data security, risk and compliance

Experience leading client workshops and gathering business and technical requirements

The ability to turn discovery findings into clear recommendations and achievable roadmaps

Confidence presenting technical ideas and proposed solutions to senior stakeholders

The ability to explain complex governance and technical concepts without unnecessary jargon

Strong written communication and documentation skills

A consultative and commercially aware approach

The confidence to advise and challenge clients rather than simply take instructions

Sufficient technical depth to remain closely involved through design and delivery

A good working knowledge of the wider Microsoft 365 collaboration and security stack

Useful additional experience

Experience in any of the following would be beneficial:

• Microsoft Copilot readiness, adoption or governance
• Insider Risk Management
• eDiscovery and Audit
• Information Barriers
• Compliance Manager
• SharePoint information architecture and document management
• Entra ID and identity governance
• Power Platform
• Microsoft 365 tenant migrations or wider transformation programmes
• Delivering client training, webinars or Microsoft workshops

This is an excellent opportunity to take a visible and influential role within a growing Microsoft consultancy.