Voco Digital Looking for Lead Microsoft Business Applications Consultant at New Zealand Full Time

About Voco 

All consultants are the same, right? They’re brought in to save clients from themselves, rubber stamp the latest Exec strategy, and charge like a bull. Well brace yourself for a more original and refreshing ride with Voco. We’re not your typical “suit and tie” consultants. We bring a fresh and unconventional approach to an industry dominated by templates and cookie-cutter thinking. 

We’re a consultancy that combines strategy with creativity, analysis with imagination, and exceptional results with education and upskilling. We believe in unleashing the power of experience and imagination to solve complex business challenges. Our team of innovative thinkers, out-of-the-box problem solvers, and transformation strategists help take our customers on an adventure towards better performance and continuous improvement. 

Our consultants don’t just simplify the complex; We don’t just help our clients navigate the twists, turns and idiosyncrasies of their industry, we make the journey enjoyable. We tap into the hidden talents of the project team, encourage collaboration, and infuse excitement into every project we’re involved with. 

If you are looking for somewhere to further your own career as a consultant alongside other trusted powerhouses, who just love to get shit done, and somewhere that shares your people first values then please read on! 

Role Purpose 

The purpose of the Lead Microsoft Business Applications Consultant is to provide a thought leadership role in Voco’s Microsoft Business Applications consulting team – mentoring and guiding clients and the Voco team towards successful outcomes, while also leading and overseeing the full life cycle of Dynamics 365 and PowerApps projects implementations in Voco’s Microsoft Business Applications consulting team. 

This includes a significant focus on ensuring the client engagements which Voco undertakes are highly successful from the initial analysis, requirements gathering, and proof of concepts phases, through to solution architecture designs, systems configuration, quality assurance, testing, training, implementation plans, support and ongoing solution adoption and success. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities 

• Leading Microsoft Business Applications (Dynamics 365 and PowerPlatform) engagements including Project Management, Solution Architecture, Functional Consulting, customer engagement and delivery of solutions. 
• Technical and commercial pre-sales including involvement in business development activity, estimations for projects and contributing to establishing commercial agreements between clients and Voco. 
• Providing leadership, mentoring and guidance to other Microsoft Business Applications Practice team members. 
• Responsible for setting and maintaining standards and best practice across the team from both design and delivery perspectives.  
• Responsible for constantly reviewing and selecting the appropriate tooling to be used by the Voco (and clients’) teams for the successful delivery, and maintenance of solutions in the Voco Microsoft business Applications practice.
• Establishing centres of excellence and nurturing the different disciplines in the Microsoft Business Applications practice.
• Leading the analysis and elicitation of technical requirements and proposing solutions based on architectural and business needs. 
• Leading and contributing to development of Proof of Concepts. 
• Developing PowerPlatform technical solution designs and implementation plans.  
• Contribute to oversight for Quality Assurance of all technical and functional work delivered by the team.  
• Technical problem solving, solution design, architecture, always fostering good software development design principles, and best practice such as DevOps and Security. 
• Overseeing the end-to-end design, testing and deployment processes of all solutions in the practice. 
• Continuous improvement of Voco processes and principles within the Voco Microsoft Business Applications practice.   

Role Requirements 

• Computer Science Degree majoring in software development, business applications or similar. 
• A strong technical and functional background including software development experience with a range of Microsoft technologies, including low-code knowledge, and recent experience with Dynamics 365 and PowerPlatform. 
• A proven track record of successfully delivering complex, full life-cycle implementations of D365 & Power Platform in a Lead or Consulting role. 
• Cross-functional knowledge of two or more D365 CE modules, and functional capabilities in PowerBI, Sales, Service and Marketing. 
• Familiar with other applications and concepts for CI/CD automation, build, deploy and monitor of business applications. 
• Strong working knowledge of a variety of Agile methodologies for improved software development.   
• Understanding of Life Cycle Services (LCS), Microsoft trends and specific best practices. 
• Strong advisory and consulting skills, business acumen and stakeholder management ability, including excellent communication and documentation skills. 

Why Voco?

If you want to work with like-minded professionals who thrive in the complex, and are interested in doing meaningful projects, changing things for the better, then this is the place for you.

Voco have been operating for 20 years, and have always worked with flexibility – we get that you take ownership and accountability and are a conscientious in all that you do, without needing the confines of a 9-5 desk and office. Voco is a genuinely remote first business, and although there may be occasions where you work from client offices during projects, predominantly the role will be home based.

Voco also offer some fantastic employee benefits to our permanent staff including a generous Work From Home Allowance, a yearly Wellness Contribution, as well as opportunities for professional development and upskilling.

For the chance to be involved with some of the most important and iconic programmes of work in NZ currently, working alongside some of the most capable in the consulting sector in NZ please apply and send a copy of your CV immediately.

Or reach out in confidence to Matt Travell on 022 475 4610 or [email protected]