Perficient · 2 days ago
Microsoft Practice Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $220K/yr
10+ years expPerficient is a global AI-first consultancy that partners with innovative enterprises to deliver transformative business results. The Practice Lead will oversee the growth of Microsoft Fabric and the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform, guiding the go-to-market strategy and working with enterprise clients on data-platform transformations.
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Responsibilities
Own and drive the Go To Market capability for Microsoft Fabric implementations and EDW modernizations
Maintain knowledge of Microsoft product roadmaps, client funding mechanisms and capabilities in this space
Lead discovery workshops to capture business and technical requirements for data ingestion, modeling, analytics, and visualization
Develop and lead practice strategies around technical capabilities such as:
Fabric Lakehouse architectures
Fabric Pipelines / Data Factory ETL & ELT processes
Fabric Warehouses
Real-Time Analytics solutions
Power BI semantic models
Produce high-quality sales enablement material that aligns to Microsoft direction
Guide both sellers and delivery on the capabilities in this space
Liaise with offshore teams to drive global capabilities that expand client options
Mentor colleagues on Fabric best practices and contribute to Perficient’s Fabric community of practice
Support sales pursuits with demos, POVs, and statements of work
Your experience working with Microsoft will be key in building out a go to market strategy and enable Perficient sellers with the right messaging and key materials. Additionally, you will foster an engaging colleague culture that inspires strong team and individual performance, in line with Perficient's People Promise
Qualification
Required
10–15 years of professional experience, including 5+ years leading practices
Experience working with the Microsoft channel with a current rolodex of contacts in good standing
Expertise in Microsoft Fabric across all experiences (Data Engineering, Data Factory, Data Warehouse, Data Science, Real-Time Analytics, Power BI)
Proven ability to drive go-to-market strategies focused on helping clients maintain and modernize enterprise data warehouses (EDW) while implementing Fabric-based architectures
Hands-on front-end (Power BI dashboards, semantic modeling) and back-end (Lakehouse, pipelines, warehouses) consulting experience
Leadership history in professional-services/consulting environments, including capability development, project estimation and client workshop facilitation
Possesses a strong understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and ethical considerations
Microsoft certifications such as: DP-600 Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate, DP-700 Fabric Data Engineer Associate, PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst Associate
Strong grasp of Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework principles, data-governance concepts, and Purview integration
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
Experience leading globally distributed teams; willingness to mentor junior staff
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Must be willing to travel as client and project needs dictate
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
Company
Perficient
Perficient is an IT consulting firm that helps companies adapt their systems to third party software products that use internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.3M2024-05-05Acquired
2024-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $4.44M
2022-10-17Post Ipo Equity· $5.18M
Leadership Team
Ed Hofffman
Senior Vice President, North America Business Operations
Hari Madamalla
Vice President
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