The Sweden Business Applications Practice Lead is responsible for driving the practices growth and solidifying Avanade’s position as a leading strategic partner. Reporting to the Head of Practice Leads and aligning with the global practice, this role ensures Dynamics 365 technical solution excellence and delivery integrity. The Sweden Business Applications Lead will oversee technical execution, cultivate team skills in current and emerging Microsoft technologies, and implement a comprehensive talent strategy to support business needs.
Come join us
With direct client impact, this role exemplifies Avanade’s values and leadership behaviours, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. The Sweden Business Applications Lead will be a critical player in delivering high-quality solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals, and supporting talent deployment to meet evolving client and organizational priorities.
What You'll Do
Market Development and Sales Support
Client Relationships: Own and extend client relationships, becoming a client advisor with tangible contributions to the Country and clients, helping broaden the Sweden client network, identify opportunities for growth, and deliver an exceptional client experience.
Strategic Relationships and Innovation
Strengthen Sweden Microsoft & Accenture Partnerships: Cultivate and sustain a close working relationship with local Microsoft Product Engineering Groups and relevant Accenture leaders; and with on-, near, and offshore delivery centers positioning us as the partner of choice and important source of product feature feedback.
Innovation and Future-readiness: Stay informed of client feedback, emerging trends, and innovations, providing ideas to global for new opportunities for practice-relevant solutions to maintain competitive edge. Foster and incubate innovations locally. Help establish and support innovative strategies to lower our cost to serve based on market demands.
Practice Solutioning and Delivery
Solution Integrity and Technical Leadership: Hold local accountability for shaping practice-specific technical solutions, providing oversight on all deals to maintain solution integrity. Address delivery quality escalations and ensure delivery best practices are being solutioned and delivered. Provide thought leadership relevant to the practice, enhancing our impact in the market.
Capacity for GTM Support, Solutioning, and Delivery: Ensure the Sweden practice has sufficient capacity to support client teams from pre-sales assets, to solutioning, to delivery of practice-related solutions.
Practice Talent and Skills
Skills Development and Growth: Contribute to and execute the global growth program within the practice for critical skills, including certifications, to keep employees in all sourcing options (on-, near-, & offshore) at the forefront of current and emerging Microsoft technologies. Leverage global job families, skills, & project roles to deliver consistent practice solutions.
Swede n Talent Plan: In alignment with the global practice and Sweden client teams, define a holistic Sweden talent that includes skills, headcount, and location across all sourcing options to meet client demand, support the I&D agenda, and develop a future-ready workforce.
Employee Engagement and Retention: Execute local programs to drive employee engagement, retention, and well-being, cultivating a highly skilled and motivated workforce within the Sweden practice.
Career Development and Succession Planning: Communicate career pathways, support leadership development, and own succession planning for the Sweden practice. Drive employees to broaden of skills, secure promotions, and encourage experience in diverse roles.
Compensation and Performance: Own talent and performance management processes for assigned practice members. Includes accountability for leading Talent Discussions, understanding talent pipeline, and making pay and promotion decisions in collaboration with HR to ensure consistent standards and reward structures are used.
Experience :
Significant relevant consulting experience designing, selling, and leading client engagements with Dynamics AX/D365 Finance & Operations. Dynamics Customer Engagement skills are highly desirable. Proven competency & skills in practice.
Skills:
Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of D365 Finance and Supply Chain and/or D365 Customer Engagement, ensuring technical excellence and solution integrity across Sweden.
Delivery: Strong delivery skills and experience delivering complex projects
About you:
Characteristics that can spell success for this role:
People Management: Proven experience leading teams at the country level, with a focus on delivering results, growing skills, fostering culture, and EVP.
Strategic Relationships and Innovation.
Strategic Alignment: Experience working within a matrix, aligning Sweden goals with global strategies while addressing local market needs.
Growth Mindset: Demonstrated ability to capitalize on growth opportunities, ensuring the practice remains competitive and responsive to market trends.
Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade:
Opportunity to work for Microsoft Global SI partner of the year, for the 20:th year in a row, with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
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 communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to 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!
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