Microsoft AI Consultant

As a Microsoft AI consultant, you help organizations take Copilot and AI agents from “sounds interesting” to “this actually works”. You implement smart tech with clear ground rules and thoughtful guidance, so teams adopt new ways of working with confidence and good ideas move beyond the pilot stage. Key takeaways - You turn promising Copilot and AI-agent ideas into secure, useful solutions that positively impacts business productivity. - You combine strategy, hands-on delivery, governance, adoption, and clear communication. - You bring senior Microsoft 365 and AI experience, guide teams, and keep projects moving from idea to go-live. Your role Strategy & Value - You help clients identify where Copilot can make a meaningful difference and guide teams from promising ideas to focused, achievable solutions. - You find use cases that do more than sparkle in a demo. - You turn AI ideas into a realistic plan without an exploding task list. Implementation & Lifecycle - You guide teams from idea to agent design, then bring it to life in the relevant environment. - You support testing, go-live, and continuous improvement once the agent meets the real world. Governance - You set clear ownership, environment, data, and access rules, so “I thought you owned it” never becomes the governance model. - You keep approvals, monitoring, cost, and risk under control. Adoption & Stakeholder Engagement - You build support through clear communication and active champion networks, not hopeful calendar invites. - You tailor training, check readiness, and stay close after launch, because even smart agents sometimes need a little push. Consulting, Presales & Delivery - You test new shiny things without calling every hype the next big miracle. - You create clear requirements, solution designs, scope definitions, and implementation plans. - You make an impact with strong workshops and demos. - You create honest proposals that turn strong ideas into clear next steps. - You lead projects from discovery to go-live, bring multidisciplinary teams together, and create reusable solutions that help clients and colleagues move faster next time. Required Skills & Knowledge Copilot & Microsoft 365 - You feel at home in Copilot Studio and keep agents on the straight and narrow. - You know how SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, Microsoft Search, and the wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem work together to support collaboration, content, communication, and knowledge sharing. Power Platform, Integration & Azure AI - You use Power Automate, Dataverse, connectors, data integration, and Power Apps to make agents more capable and easier to use. - You connect agents safely to data, apps, and APIs, without leaving the back door open. - You use Azure OpenAI, retrieval-augmented generation, and search to build agents that give grounded, reliable answers rather than confident guesses. Governance, Security & ALM - You turn governance into clear agreements, not a rulebook nobody reads. - You use Azure DevOps or GitHub to keep source control, quality checks, and deployment pipelines organized. - You keep AI safe with strong permissions, data protection, and smart controls. Adoption, Consulting & Communication - You run workshops that keep people awake, even after lunch. - You help change stick without an 83-page manual. - You make complex ideas clear, no technical dictionary required