Avanade Inc.

Modern Workplace Technical Lead

Avanade Inc.$155K — $184K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in technical architecture and solution delivery
  • Strong familiarity with Microsoft Azure and Power Platform
  • Proficient in AI and machine learning frameworks
  • Demonstrated ability in Agile and DevOps methodologies
  • Experience in client engagement and stakeholder management
  • Pre-sales experience and solution shaping capability
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and architecture for Copilot and AI solutions
  • Define secure and compliant technical frameworks
  • Evaluate technologies for prioritized projects
  • Manage end-to-end delivery for Productivity Studio initiatives
  • Create and execute delivery plans with risk management
  • Act as a trusted advisor across technical discussions
  • Mentor delivery teams and promote best practices

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Bonus opportunities
  • Paid holidays and time off
  • Market competitive benefits suite
Full Job Description
Serve as a Productivity Studio MW Technical Lead, responsible for driving end-to-end solution design, technical architecture, and value-based delivery of Low Code PP, as well as agentic and AI-enabled solutions across the Productivity Studio portfolio.

What you'll do:

1. Technical Architecture & Solution Leadership

  • Lead architecture and design of Copilot, Power Platform, Azure, and AI-driven solutions
  • Define scalable, secure, and compliant architectures aligned with enterprise governance
  • Evaluate and recommend best-fit technologies for prioritized use cases
  • Drive POCs, solution ideation, and architecture evolution to accelerate delivery


2. Productivity Studio Delivery Leadership

  • Own and manage end-to-end delivery lifecycle for Productivity Studio initiatives
  • Define and execute delivery plans, including risk, issue, and dependency management
  • Partner with Delivery Lead (you) to ensure alignment across timeline, scope, and financials
  • Ensure adherence to Agile delivery practices and SDLC standards


3. AI & Agentic Solution Enablement

  • Contribute to the evolution of agent-first delivery models and frameworks as part of Productivity Studio's frontier capabilities
  • Ensure solutions leverage enterprise intelligence, governance, and reusable accelerators


4. Value Engineering & Business Outcome Focus

  • Translate business requirements into high-value use cases and measurable outcomes
  • Support definition of business value, ROI, and success metrics for each engagement
  • Prioritize work based on business impact, complexity, and scalability


5. Stakeholder & Client Engagement

  • Act as a trusted advisor to Microsoft and Avanade stakeholders
  • Support pre-sales, deal shaping, and solutioning activities (as evidenced in prior architecture roles)
  • Lead technical discussions with client architects and business stakeholders
  • Drive alignment across cross-functional teams (UX, engineering, advisory)


6. Team Leadership & Capability Building

  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to delivery teams
  • Support onboarding and scaling of Productivity Studio pods
  • Promote reuse of assets, accelerators, and best practices


Qualifications

Skills & Experiences:

Core Technical Skills

  • Microsoft Azure Architecture
  • Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse)
  • AI / Machine Learning / Copilot frameworks
  • Experience in enterprise architecture, DevOps, and cloud-native solutions


Delivery & Architecture

  • Technical architecture leadership
  • End-to-end solution delivery
  • Agile and DevOps execution


Consulting & Business Skills

  • Strong client engagement and stakeholder management
  • Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
  • Experience in pre-sales and solution shaping


Key Success Metrics

  • Delivery of high-impact, production-ready solutions
  • Measurable business value / ROI per use case
  • Adoption of AI-native / agentic delivery patterns
  • Improvement in delivery velocity, quality, and reusability


About you:

An effective and compelling communicator with experience of managing clients and stakeholders up to C-Level

Able to create and deliver findings and recommendations in a clear and convincing manner.

Passionate about trends and technical/industry thought leadership.

A proven leader with strong influencing and negotiation capabilities

Preferable a Microsoft Global Black Belt

Understanding and experience of AI within this field is also a benefit.

Compensation at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

We anticipate this job posting will be posted on 06/08/2026 and open for at least 3 days.

Avanade offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Avanade

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California 155,000- 184,000

Cleveland 140,000- 165,000

Colorado 140,000- 165,000

District of Columbia 155,000- 184,000

Illinois 150,000- 178,000

Maryland 155,000- 184,000

Massachusetts 155,000- 184,000

Minnesota 150,000- 178,000

New York 165,000- 195,000

New Jersey 140,000- 165,000

Washington 155,000- 184,000

About Avanade Inc.

Avanade is a global professional services company that provides IT consulting and services to businesses and organizations. The company was founded in 2000 as a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Avanade's services include digital transformation, cloud computing, data analytics, and managed services. The company has a global presence, with offices in more than 20 countries. Avanade is known for its expertise in Microsoft technologies and its focus on delivering innovative solutions to its clients.
Learn more about Avanade Inc.
Size
36,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2000

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