Technical Delivery Lead - Power Platform

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with 5,000+ colleagues in more than 30 countries. We’re full service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Whether you’re starting out on your career or well established, whether you’re a lawyer or in business services. If you’re looking for what’s next, we are too.

What to expect

For business professionals, our environment is highly collaborative with value being placed on diversity of ideas, skills and mindsets. Not least yours. It’s energetic, fast-moving and there’s always something new to get involved in. You will get exposure across geographies and the firm as a whole. The future is a place of opportunity. Focusing on your success and for what’s next, will ensure you thrive too.

Our team

The SES Team works with legal teams and clients to develop our outward facing technology solutions and further increase our innovation offering. We at Eversheds Sutherland understand the need to ensure the fundamentals are delivered across the firm, but also that there will be a growing need to look at emerging and innovative technology to allow the firm to continue to deliver a high quality service to our Clients. The Team focuses on how we can improve the service we deliver to our Clients across the firm, whether that’s through the use of technology, innovation or process improvements.

We’re looking for an experience Power Platform Developer with a strong knowledge and experience level across the full software development lifecycle and the ability to translate business requirements into working solutions. They would be required to ensure a strategic alignment with our Delivery and Operations(D&O) Teams with regards to enterprise architecture and cyber security. They would also be expected to look at ways of improving existing processes to improve technical delivery taking into account future technology trends and what may be up and coming. You may be required to carry out R&D and rapid prototyping to provide early indications on options for new business platforms.

Role and key responsibilities

Working closely with a diverse range of IT, Innovation and Project Management colleagues, in this role you will play a vital part in designing, developing, testing and deploying custom applications and workflows that leverage our Microsoft suite of tools like Power Platform and its integrations to meet business needs and drive profitability and value. This is key to achieving our client service delivery ambitions, ensuring we are delivering bespoke, efficient and valuable cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients' needs.

• Liaising with BRMs (Business Relationship Managers) and other Business Stakeholders to understand their goals.
• Working with our Suppliers to progress any technical deliverables/changes and make sure roadmaps are communicated the teams involved.
• Supporting Power Platform solution upgrades and other maintenance activities, whilst ensuring good change management is followed.
• Taking ownership for reviewing, triaging and resolving any issues that are escalated from the Support and Business Teams.
• Ensuring solutions are delivered with cyber security and risk in mind.
• Helping to define and promote good practice with regards to technical delivery.
• Building excellent relationships within the SES Team and Practice Group Teams, working collaboratively to understand their requirements alongside challenges.
• Taking the lead from inception to delivery and bringing the right teams together while taking overall accountability for the process.

Skills and experience

We are looking for:

• Must have technical skills in Power Platform, more specifically Power Apps and Power Automate, relationship database modelling with SQL and Dataverse security including the understanding and design, API’s and building integrations.
• Must have experience in using Azure and how components come together when designing solutions within or external to the Power Platform.
• Must have an entry level understanding of low level solution architecture, to be able to explain design decisions to the wider audience and put together design/data diagram flows along with security considerations.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with technical teams and non-technical project teams and stakeholders.
• A strong understanding of the broader Microsoft stack including Azure DevOps with CI/CD Pipeline definitions with YAML.
• An understanding of the Power Platform and how the ecosystem works within the suite of technologies.
• Knowledge/experience of Microsoft Azure Open AI and using the latest components would be beneficial.

What’s in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.

• We’re fair, transparent and equitable
• We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
• We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
• We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
• We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
• We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
• We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure
• We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement

Diversity and inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients’ goals: together.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress

and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.