The Practice Lead – Azure is a senior leadership role that sits between technical execution and strategic leadership. As the go-to technical authority for the Azure cloud practice, you will own the overall health, growth, and direction of the practice — spanning technical excellence, people development, delivery governance, and business enablement.

This role is ideal for someone who leads from the front technically, grows people intentionally, and thinks about the practice as a business unit they own.

Responsibilities

Be the deepest technical expert within the Azure practice and the final authority on architecture decisions
Review and provide guidance on solutions designed by Azure Architects and Sr. Architects
Resolve critical technical escalations from ongoing Azure project engagements
Define and enforce technical standards, best practices, and guardrails across all Azure engagements
Drive cloud-native and well-architected approaches consistently across the practice
Identify skill gaps and execute upskilling and Azure certification plans across the team




Define career progression paths and build a high-performance, learning-driven culture within the practice
Ensure all Azure projects follow defined technical quality standards and architecture principles
Define and execute the Azure practice roadmap, including current capabilities, service offerings, and technology focus areas
Build reusable assets, including reference architectures, accelerators, templates, and runbooks
Lead and contribute to RFP/RFI responses and participate in client conversations and workshops as the Azure practice SME
Identify and support upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing accounts
Represent the Azure practice in leadership reviews and governance forums
Report Azure practice health metrics—utilization, certifications, project quality, bench strength—to the Cloud & DevOps Entity Head
Track Azure ecosystem trends and proactively introduce emerging services into the practice

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