CRM Solution Architect

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CRM Solution Architect to be based in London on an initial 6 Month contract. Experienced CRM Solution Architect primary role is to connect three parts of the business; Solution Sales, Solution Delivery and Global IP. To provide both technical and functional knowledge of the Microsoft Dynamics products being implemented and all related Microsoft technologies required for the implementation.

Job Title - CRM Solution Architect Location - London Rate - Market Rates per day Duration - 6 Months initial To sell business software solutions with consultancy and systems integration services

Your primary role is to connect three parts of the business; Solution Sales, Solution Delivery and Global IP. To provide both technical and functional knowledge of the Microsoft Dynamics products being implemented and all related Microsoft technologies required for the implementation

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Your role as Solution Architect in Solution Sales is to help the company to drive its top line revenue by helping to compile industry solutions that what would set us a apart from the competition

* Your role in Solution Delivery is to ensure compliance of Consulting Services to solution design as defined by you

* Your role in Global IP is help promote client existing IP and help identify new Product IP and then define how they can be deployed to maximum effect across the markets client operates in. This is critical to the overall company value as external investors place greater emphasis on company IP and repeatable business than consulting revenue

* Establishes an overview of the requirements defined by the customer; drives definition of business, technical, and architectural requirements, and recognises any inconsistencies, assumptions, and critical elements that must be considered in an Enterprise solution

* Responsible for defining the technical solution blueprint for the Microsoft Dynamics solution (addressing all high-level business and technical requirements) included in the Customer proposal; participating with both functional and technical specialists in the Fit/Gap analysis

* Demonstrates experience in use of common software implementation methodologies, including an understanding of Microsoft Sure Step; understands and applies relevant problem solving frameworks and techniques to client engagement and internal projects

* Defines the functionalities, use cases, interfaces, and/or load scenarios for which a POC may be needed, and outlines any prototypes as required

* Contributes to the scope management, risk management, meaning identification, evaluation and mitigation plan

* Helps drive the estimation of the effort to realise the implementation of the proposed solution

* Interacts with stakeholders in the IT and business groups to provide the engineering view of the users' vision regarding the structure and function of the system, as well as the areas in which the system must be able to evolve

* Develops the integration strategy, if required, following fundamental architectural concepts and in accordance with customer's requirements and constraints, to ensure that Microsoft solutions and customer's data sources are appropriately integrated

* Plans and oversees the execution of the User Acceptance test in collaboration with the Project Manager and gathers early user feedback on the solution from key customer stakeholders

* Validates that the solution will satisfy the customer's requirements after a POC or UAT

* Guides the project through the development and implementation phase to handle solution oriented topics

* Demonstrates strong qualitative analytic capabilities, particularly in relevant strategy formulation areas such as client, industry, and management issues/challenges

* Demonstrates growing knowledge base regarding current issues and trends, key drivers, and their impacts in relevant industries and Microsoft technologies

* Contributes to company growth and revenue generation through identification and proactive pursuit of new revenue opportunities.

* Works collaboratively with leadership team to grow, develop and enhance solution best practices, tools and methods, and intellectual property

* Works collaboratively with the CRM team to disseminate technical knowledge and provide guidance to team members on the technical solution

TYPICAL ACTIVITIES

Diagnostic

* Support analysis and planning of the business system and the proposed solutions

* Review and present results of the phase

* Support license definition and service estimations for technical tasks

* Support service estimations for development tasks

Analysis

* Support analysis of interfaces to legacy systems and to third-party solutions

* Infrastructure validation and design update

* Review and present results of the phase

Design

* Validate design security

* Support the creation of design documentation for customer understanding and acceptance

* Review and present documentation and application design to customer

* Review system configurations

Development

* Review development results

* Validate security

Deployment

* Review deployment preparation

Optimisation

* Used as required to review the existing technologies to determine if improvements to the system can be made

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Candidates should submit CVs in the first instance. Mike Tripp 0161 924 3631