Avanade is the perfect stage to bring your thoughtful, energetic, and curious approach to technology consulting.

Our talented Azure Platform Practice consists of some of the most dedicated and passionate in the field and we plan to grow! With Avanade, you will be focusing on the Azure Public Cloud, Edge and Hybrid and working with the newest Microsoft technologies on exciting client projects. If you like pushing boundaries by outsmarting challenges, read on! 

Come join us 

The Azure Platform Practice is at the core of Avanade's excellence: delivering high-quality, complex projects with global impact. We focus on building and running reliable and secure cloud foundations - from large-scale landing zones to data and application platforms. We are committed to making our clients' cloud journey smooth - whether it's moving existing systems to help in datacenter exits, or creating new cloud-native solutions, or improving an existing cloud presence. Innovation and client satisfaction are part of our essence. 

Our team is a fast-growing, diverse group of more than 150 passionate enthusiasts and specialists in Azure technologies. We actively acknowledge and reward quality, encourage learning and have a strong focus on the career and development opportunities of all our people, making sure our employees are proud of working at Avanade is central to us!

Together we do what matters. 

What you’ll do  

• Use your deep knowledge of Azure cloud services to design resilient, scalable and secure cloud environments covering the full breadth of the Azure platform

• Design and implement Azure Landing Zones to establish a scalable, secure and compliant foundation for deploying cloud services.

• Lead complex migrations for on-premises infrastructure, applications, and databases to Azure.

• Develop solutions for Edge and Hybrid scenarios by integrating Azure Stack and other technologies to extend Azure capabilities to on-premises environments and edge devices.

• Architect and deploy Cloud Native solutions using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, and Azure DevOps.

Avanade is seeking ambitious and tech passionate graduates to join our Technology Consulting and VelocITy Graduate Programme, starting October 2026 in Newcastle. This programme is designed to develop future consultants through hands on project experience, structured training, and continuous professional growth.
You will join a diverse, collaborative community, gain exposure to market leading Microsoft technologies, and work directly with clients, senior leaders, and global teams.

Together we do what matters.

What you will do: 

•    Join live project teams to consult on innovative, critical technology solutions.
•    Participate in a 3-month intensive technical training programme, delivered with QA, focused on Data & AI, Cloud, Software Engineering and Cyber Security.
•    Build consultancy capabilities through communications and soft-skills training.
•    Shadow experienced consultants and contribute to projects.
•    Engage in group work, hackathons, and hand-on learning designed to accelerate your technical and professional development.
•    Work toward Microsoft certifications.
•    Benefit from ongoing support through an assigned Career Advisor and Buddy.
•    Collaborate within Avanade’s Early Talent Network for global connections and learning opportunities.

Business Development Manager - Products

Avanade is looking for Business Development Associate Managers who are deal hunters, deal makers, originators, and self-starters who can develop and win new business in a complex consulting environment with sophisticated technology solutions. For this role, we are looking for people with experience in net new sales where you are selling digital transformation and consulting services (e.g., cloud implementation, business applications integration, etc.) to enterprise clients across the Products sector (Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, and Professional Services).

Avanade is looking for Business Development Directors who have superb interpersonal skills and who can establish strong relationships within new & existing clients within the Microsoft ecosystem.

Come join us
There is one in every group - the person who dreams big and has the motivation to bring their ideas to life, even as others might roll their eyes and prefer to play it safe. Are you that person?

Are you the one who isn’t afraid to break the mold and who gets passionate about the power of digital to transform organizations and ways of working? Because we are building teams of people like that to help our clients unlock the power they need now and own what is next.

Together we do what matters.

What you’ll do

• Be focused on the Products market, engaging enterprise clients across Retail, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, and Professional Services. Must be able to drive industry-specific discussions with customers’ C-suite in both business and industry.
• You will be responsible for identifying high-potential transformation deals, leading and running many of the entire sales cycles.
• You will drive new and incremental revenue by prospecting, acquiring, and developing new and fast-growing business with direct clients in your area of expertise.
• You will also work closely with partners driving new business.
• You will build a pipeline for growth and closing business, including statements of work and contracts.
• You will interact with Avanade’s new and current clients, gain referrals from them, and form strong trust relationships that open doors and close deals.
• You will maintain an extensive knowledge of current market conditions, competing offerings, and current penetration of services and solutions.

Summary  

As an ERP Finance Lead, you will be a trusted advisor to clients, leading a functional workstream through the implementation of complex Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management (F&SCM) solutions. This role provides the opportunity to work for Microsoft’s #1 partner, with a focus on innovation, leadership, and delivering high-impact solutions.
What you’ll do
This role is responsible for leading a workstream in the definition and collection of requirements through to the build and deployment of the solution in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management.
A client centric attitude and excellent interpersonal skills are required to lead and develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead client workshops, to analyse and design Finance and supporting module solutions for the projects workstream.
• Lead a team of functional consultants.
• Define and evaluate the functional and non-functional requirements for each business process in the projects workstream.
• Transform the business requirements into application requirements to populate the requirements traceability matrix and conduct a fit/gap analysis.
• Write functional specifications and collaborate with the technical team to ensure functional requirements are understood.
• Prototype, configure and test the respective business processes.
• Document the system configuration and prepare project documentation deliverables.
• Support the key-users in user acceptance testing.
• Train key-users and/or end-users.
• Transition the solution to the support team.
• Stay updated on Microsoft’s latest innovations and contribute to internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.