Senior Lead Microsoft Purview Consultant
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead Microsoft Purview-enabled transformation programmes, defining strategic roadmaps from design through implementation, user adoption, and benefits realisation. Manage project delivery across multiple workstreams, overseeing milestones, risks, and dependencies while acting as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders. Design and deliver adoption programmes, governance frameworks, and training initiatives to embed data protection, compliance, and risk management capabilities. Provide strategic guidance on Azure and Microsoft cloud services, leading workshops to align technical solutions with organisational objectives. Mentor delivery teams across engagements and contribute to go-to-market initiatives to support services growth.
Required Qualifications
- A people-first approach to leadership
- Experience managing, mentoring and developing consulting teams
- Demonstrable experience leading complex transformation programmes involving people, process, governance and technology change
- Demonstrable experience with Microsoft Purview across core compliance areas, including: Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Information Protection (Sensitivity Labels, encryption, etc.), Insider Risk Management, eDiscovery & Communication Compliance, Data Lifecycle Management & Records Management, Information Barriers
- Demonstrable experience with Azure and Microsoft cloud services
- Experience defining strategic roadmaps and translating business objectives into technology-enabled solutions and outcomes
- Experience delivering Microsoft Purview projects from strategy and design through to implementation, operationalisation, user adoption and ongoing improvement
- Experience developing and delivering stakeholder engagement, communications, training and awareness programmes to support organisational change
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging senior technology, risk, compliance and executive stakeholders
- Experience managing programme risks, dependencies, priorities and delivery outcomes across multiple concurrent engagements
- Experience delivering customer-facing presentations, workshops and recommendations to senior stakeholders and decision makers
- Ability to lead, and support others in delivering, large-scale transformation programmes, ensuring successful outcomes across technology implementation, governance improvement, user adoption and culture change
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and customer engagements simultaneously
- An ability to simplify complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and practical recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences
- A passion for problem-solving, collaborative team working and developing innovative solutions that deliver measurable customer value
- Must either hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible and willing to go through this security clearance
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