Technical Team Leader (M365)

About Doherty Associates

Doherty Associates (DA) have delivered IT solutions for over 30 years to world-renowned, international clients. Our customers operate predominantly in the professional and financial services sector, including leading private equity and top tier law firms. We are a Microsoft Solutions Partner with five designations, hold a Tier 1 Microsoft CSP relationship and are ISO27001 & ISO9001 accredited. Our services are built on the Microsoft cloud ecosystem, aligned to the NIST Cyber Security Framework, and focused on quality, security and long‑term client outcomes.

About The Role

Reporting to the Head of Professional Services, the Technical Team Lead is a senior, client‑facing role responsible for leading the team of technical consultants and subject matter experts focused on delivering predominantly Microsoft 365 solutions to our customers (particularly Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra ID). The team works closely with the Pre‑sales function in the scoping and design of new services and with the PMO in the delivery of technical transformations through to service transition into managed services. As a technical Team Lead, you will be hands‑on, work effectively with SMEs and ensure that the right solutions are designed and delivered. This role combines technical delivery with people leadership responsibilities and is best suited to a professional who enjoys balancing hands‑on technical work with leading others. Your role will be to enable and guide senior engineers and SMEs, facilitate sound technical decisions, and act as an escalation route for delivery risk.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership and delivery: Manage the team responsible for the design and delivery of Microsoft 365 technologies, with particular focus on Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID and associated identity, access, device and policy management capabilities. Provide hands‑on technical leadership across the end‑to‑end project lifecycle (discovery, workshops, design, build, test, implementation and deployment), ensuring secure, high‑quality outcomes and predictable delivery. Hold overall accountability for technical quality and governance on Intune and Entra ID workstreams, ensuring the right SMEs/architects are engaged, designs are reviewed, risks are understood and solutions meet security, compliance and operational requirements.
• Project execution, quality and risk management: Ensure that projects are delivered effectively and meet quality and time targets. Proactively manage risk of overruns with the PMO and collaborate with Project Managers in resource planning to keep the team fully utilised. Contribute to post‑project reviews, lessons learned and CSI meetings and help identify improvements in how services are delivered and consumed.
• Standards, automation and service evolution: Drive repeatable delivery through standards, templates and automation (e.g. PowerShell), improving quality, speed and consistency across client engagements. Drive efficiency in project delivery through the adoption of repeatable processes and automation, ensuring AI adoption is at the core of our service evolution.
• Knowledge sharing, capability building: Discuss and represent the team’s practices to the company and externally, including delivering mentoring and Lunch and Learn sessions. Stay updated on the latest trends, features and updates of Microsoft 365 and share your knowledge and insights with the team and the community.
• Operational transition and service readiness: Proactively collaborate with the Service Desk Manager to ensure projects are effectively transitioned into operations. Hold overall responsibility for ensuring appropriate knowledge transfer to the Service Desk following project delivery, including the creation of clear and usable knowledge documentation.
• People leadership and management: Be a visible team leader and model core behaviours: Coach your team on best practice and help develop technical and business skills. Set standards and guard correct adherence to business‑wide processes, ensuring accountability. Develop strong workplace morale by promoting and building professional and social connections across the business. Ensure that team members have clear objectives and hold them accountable for delivering on project and utilisation targets. Regularly assess team capacity to ensure effective utilisation and resource planning. Effectively manage employee lifecycle processes such as onboarding, probation, absence reviews, regular one‑to‑one meetings and performance reviews. Work with the HR Business Partner to ensure timely and accurate completion of key employee processes.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or equivalent consulting work experience.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 architecture, administration, security and governance.
• Proficient in PowerShell with practical experience automating and operating Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Intune at scale.
• Related Microsoft certifications (e.g. Microsoft 365, Security, Identity and Endpoint/Intune) or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience designing and implementing client‑facing Microsoft solutions, particularly identity and access management (Microsoft Entra ID) and endpoint management (Microsoft Intune).
• Strong understanding of governance, security and compliance controls relevant to identity and endpoint management (e.g. Conditional Access, MFA, device compliance, baseline policies and secure configuration).
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Passion for learning new technologies and staying updated on the latest trends and best practices in Microsoft 365, particularly around AI and co‑pilot.
• Fluent English.

About The Person

• Professional demeanour with gravitas.
• Resilient.
• Curious – passion for collaboration and productivity technologies.
• Willing to learn and broaden skills in Microsoft technologies.
• Positive and versatile, happy to get involved in all stages of project delivery.
• Problem solver.
• Structured and organised.
• Self‑motivated.
• Able to develop and foster an inclusive and collaborative working environment.
• Adaptable and agile – able to flex in a fast‑changing, entrepreneurial environment.

What We Offer In Return

• Basic salary plus performance bonus.
• 34 days of annual leave (incl. 8 UK bank holidays and a day off on your birthday).
• Incentives for achieving Microsoft accreditations.
• Enhanced family‑friendly benefit schemes including company sick pay.
• Sponsored training and development and where applicable to the role, a technical exams incentive scheme.
• Private medical insurance and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Income protection and life insurance.
• Company pension scheme.