Technical Advisory Lead, Senior Director - North America

Country:

United States

Cities:

Atlanta, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Jersey City, Louisville, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, Orlando, Richmond, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington DC

Area of expertise:

Advisory Services

Job Description

Advisory, Technical Advisory, Director/Senior Director

As a Senior Director, Cloud Advisory, you play an integral part in defining how Avanade views and perceives the marketplace in the categories for which we offer Advisory Services to our clients. You lead rapid current / future modes of operation engagements primarily focused at CIO level to assess client technology, applications, processes and capabilities and create a transformation strategy that has full stakeholder acceptance and buy-in. You create the future state transformation strategy including apps, tooling, infrastructure landscape, hosting/DCs and operating model, to address all stakeholder agreed issues. You also take into account business strategy, guiding principles and ongoing projects that will impact the future mode of operation. You have a significant impact on achievement of corporate objectives, regularly provide high level advice to senior clients and are responsible for strategic management of your area.

Come join us

Our Technical Advisory team sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology and industries and thrives on turning ideas and innovations into breakthrough results for leading organizations around the world. The Technical Advisory team provides strategic advice on how best to adopt and optimize Security, Cloud, Enterprise Architecture as well as CIO services to drive digital transformation that align with a client's business strategy, constraints, and technology to produce broader business value. We deliver our broad range of advisory services through an integrated, collaborative approach between our clients and practitioners.

What you'll do

• Uses advanced knowledge to develop a deep understanding of client and competitor business models to advise clients on the challenges and opportunities that arise from customer - related digital disruption.
• Oversee driving of value, leading client engagements, utilizing a deep customer understanding to drive tailored recommendations in translating high level strategy into more localized strategy and operational objectives for large-scale and strategically critical work streams.
• Responsible for leading vendor selection and procurement engagements through request for documents build, requirements engineering including technical, commercial, and contractual frameworks-Engage with executive leadership in effective decision making.
• Guide stakeholders through complex discussion over complex and multi-faceted business, operational and technology challenges.
• Oversee the demonstration of our collective value by utilizing broad and deep experience across a range of customer-centric functions.
• Drive tailored strategic prioritization and plans and in the context of a wider client strategy.
• Lead the strategic direction of your area and report to senior leadership-Responsible for leading and guiding project teams for large scale, strategically critical work efforts requiring significant coordination. You may also manage project budget.
• Guides more junior team members in the delivery of advice on business objectives.
• Oversees the formulation of strategies to meet those business objectives.

Skills and experiences

• Advanced analytical skills in analyzing, disseminating, and interpreting business models and financial reporting to advise clients on the challenges and opportunities that arise from customer-related digital disruption.
• Deep technical knowledge and experience to provide technical advice to senior levels.
• Extensive experience in IT transformation strategy, architecture and operating model background including a comprehensive understanding of current cloud, datacenter and IT infrastructure and applications.
• Experience in running procurement processes including detailed understanding of cost models and commercials.
• Skills acquired through extensive experience, including the ability to convert strategic direction into operational goals, interpret complex information, carry out service redesign and/or manage a significant business segment of a complex organization.
• Advanced or expert technical knowledge and broad knowledge of business operations and organizational strategy.
• Experience leading teams and directing the work of others in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills across highly complex problems, often requiring analysis of near-intangible factors, creative solutioning and significant networking. Significant integration of work efforts and inputs are required.
• Being a leader to work others across the organization to achieve a common goal.

Other desired skills include:

• Deep knowledge and experience of common public and private cloud platforms, application architectures; DevOps, IT Operations; IT Security; IT Operating Model
• Systems and infrastructure engineering and operations with one or more hyperscale cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP), leveraging both IaaS and cloud native services

About you

Characteristics that can spell success for this role:

• Consultative, collaborative, relationship builder
• Resilient, adaptable, flexible
• Intellectually curious and passionate about tech
• Storyteller and engaging content creator

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade

• Top-shelf clients - Our clients accelerate value by being bold, imaginative-and fast. Look at who we work with - you've probably heard of them and just might want to work with them, too
• Next-level work - Utilize emerging tech and become adept at solving business critical issues, acquire industry expertise, and a deep understanding of the technologies and capabilities within the Microsoft ecosystem
• Flexible work schedule -We provide employees with a flexible work schedule that includes flexible start and end times as well as the ability to work remotely

Find out more about some of our benefits here.

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and our communities. You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor and guide you, but to also lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact and live. It's all here, so take a closer look! Together we do what matters.

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on:

• Expanding your thinking
• Experimenting courageously
• Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by:

• Empowering every voice
• Encouraging boldness
• Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by:

• Amazing the client
• Prioritizing what matters
• Acting as one

Learn more

To learn more about the types of projects our Advisory team works on check out this case studies:

• Avanade Advisory Avanade
• Bain & Company KM Platform Case Study Avanade US
• Junior Achievement - Digital Strategy Client Story Avanade US
• RWE AG Client Story Avanade US
• Rathbones WX Case Study Avanade US

Interested in knowing what's going on inside Avanade? Check out our blogs:

• Avanade Insights Blog Avanade
• Inside Avanade Blog Avanade