Director of Applications Consulting

Cathcart Technology; North East; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in North East England is seeking a Director of Applications Consulting to lead their Applications Division. You will shape the strategic direction, manage senior consultants, and strengthen partner relationships using Microsoft's technologies like Power Platform and Teams. The role requires strong commercial acumen and hands-on delivery experience. Offering a salary between £80,000 and £110,000, with an excellent benefits package and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Microsoft's ecosystem, especially Power Platform, SharePoint, Teams.
• Experience leading or shaping application-led functions, including automation and AI.
• Confidence in commercial leadership and stakeholder negotiation.
• Hands-on experience with a real delivery track record.
• Ability to lead effectively in a high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Define direction of the application practice aligning technology and commercial priorities.
• Drive the pipeline and support bids in collaboration with sales leadership.
• Own relationships with key technology partners to shape joint opportunities.
• Lead and support senior consultants development and expectation setting.
• Engage with clients to run workshops and shape application programmes.

Skills

Understanding of Microsoft's ecosystem

Experience in application-led functions

Commercial leadership

Credibility with technical teams

Resilience in high-growth environments

Job description

We are recruiting for a Director of Applications Consulting. A senior, applications focused leader to take ownership of the Applications Division of an award winning, growth focused technology consultancy. The team is built around modern Microsoft technologies, automation and process improvement. This is a strategic role with significant influence, driven by a recent merger that has expanded their customer base, strengthened their partner position and accelerated opportunities for growth.

The team has strong foundations, solid partner relationships and a healthy pipeline. What is now needed is a leader who can set clear direction, support and develop the senior consultants, strengthen commercial and partner activity and deliver meaningful work hands on with clients.

What You’ll Do

• Define and communicate the direction of the application practice, aligning technology choices, partner strategy and commercial priorities.
• Work closely with sales leadership to drive the pipeline, support bids and lead early-stage client engagements, ensuring the practice wins the right work.
• Own senior relationships with key technology partners, strengthening influence, shaping joint opportunities and keeping the team ahead of platform and AI developments.
• Lead senior and principal consultants, supporting their development, resolving delivery challenges and setting clear expectations.
• Spend around a third of your time with clients, running strategic workshops, shaping automation and application programmes and acting as the senior voice in early project phases.

What You’ll Need

• Strong understanding of Microsoft's ecosystem - especially Power Platform, SharePoint, Teams and modern AI tooling, e.g. CoPilot.
• Experience leading or shaping an application-led function covering development, automation, AI or process transformation.
• Confidence in commercial leadership: negotiating with partners, steering proposals and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Credibility with technical teams, backed by hands‑on experience and a real delivery track record.
• The resilience and pragmatism required to lead in a high‑growth environment.

This ambitious business sits at the cusp of a major period of growth – more customers, stronger partner traction and a broader opportunity to deliver more services to more businesses.

We are expecting the right candidates to be currently on anywhere from 80,000 – 110,000, and we offer an excellent benefits package on top. Hybrid working is acceptable, but please note this is a management role, with responsibility for cultural leadership and development, and so we would expect people to be in the office several times a month, and ideally several days a week.

Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.