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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principal Consultant to join our dynamic and rapidly expanding Workplace Consultancy Practice with a strong focus on Microsoft desktop and deployment technologies. The role will involve extensive travel throughout the UK.
The Principal will deliver both pre and post sales technical consultancy to our customers, leading teams of consultants in delivery/implementation engagements as well as providing pre-sales qualification, bid response and design to consultancy engagements. As a senior team member a Principal Consultant has responsibility for providing technical leadership to the team and providing guidance to internal and external customers in defining complex technical strategies with leading edge technologies.
As a predominantly client facing consultant you need proven skills in designing and implementing Microsoft
desktop and deployment technologies to both the private and public sector throughout the UK.
Role Responsibility
Lead the technical elements of pre-sales responses
Host customer opportunity / strategy meetings, including presenting solutions from a commercial and business perspective
Provide technical governance of in-flight projects
Complete technical designs
Undertake individual consultancy assignments, analysing customer requirements, gathering and analysing data, recommending solutions
Technically manage the design and implementation of large scale solutions
Ensure consultancy assignments are undertaken consistently and with quality, using Prince2.
Highlight all technical risks so that the businesses exposure to commercial loss can be minimised.
Keep up to date with current and future market developments, technologies, product and strategies.
Attend and present at customer workshops and meetings
Produce / update all assignment documentation
Quality assure deliverables produced by team members to ensure consistency and accuracy within a single technology solution.
Build and enhance relationships with peers and the companies sales force (Account Managers, Client Directors and Sales Specialists)
Mentor other consultants
The Ideal Candidate
Practical experience of using a consultancy framework / methodology
Extensive experience of presales, RFP responses and determining customer requirements
Ability to design complex technical solutions
Excellent communication skills both written and oral
Ability to deal with sensitive customer issues
Ability to provide input into bid, project and technical documents
Negotiating skills
Presentation experience
Consultancy experience in a similar organisation
Detailed product knowledge of the following technologies;
o Desktop deployment experience - enterprise deployments of Windows 10, 8.1 and 7
o Desktop configuration experience (ADK, MDT, creation of Task Sequences,) - Windows 10, 8.1 and 7
o Deployment Toolset(s) - System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch, SCCM 2012
o Desktop productivity suite configuration and deployment knowledge - Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2016, Office 2013, Office 2010
o Desktop security products knowledge - BitLocker or relevant disk encryption software / Security Compliance Manager (SCM) / security baselines for the client platform
o Directory Services - creation of group policy objects for desktop operating systems
o Scripting - PowerShell / VBScript
o Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) - App-V / MBAM
Microsoft Professional Qualifications - additional accreditations with other vendors desirable
