Power Platform Technical Lead

POSITION SUMMARY

Dentons Canada is seeking an experienced, hands-on Power Platform Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and deliver secure, practical solutions across Microsoft Power Platform and SharePoint Online. This role will help the Firm use low-code development, automation, collaboration and content-management capabilities to improve legal and business services. This is a senior individual-contributor role with no direct reports. The successful candidate will lead through solution architecture, hands-on delivery, technical standards, coaching and cross-functional influence. The role will also provide advanced administration and escalation support, while routine user support and lower-complexity operational work are handled through established support roles. The role is expected to enable secure and scalable adoption of Power Platform and SharePoint capabilities, improve automation and collaboration outcomes, and strengthen governance, operational effectiveness and long-term supportability across business solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the technical direction and continuous improvement of Power Platform and SharePoint services, translating business needs, Microsoft product changes, security requirements and operational experience into practical priorities and standards.

• Lead discovery, solution architecture, design, development and implementation using Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, SharePoint Online and related Microsoft 365 or approved Azure services.

• Design and build canvas and model-driven applications, cloud flows, approvals, integrations and reusable components using sound practices for Power Fx, security, performance, error handling and maintainability.

• Lead the design and ongoing improvement of SharePoint solutions, including sites, lists, libraries, content types, metadata, permissions, information architecture, pages, search and SharePoint-enabled business processes.

• Advise stakeholders on when SharePoint, Dataverse, Teams or another approved service is the appropriate foundation for a solution, considering scale, data sensitivity, licensing, supportability and business criticality.

• Establish and apply proportionate governance and security controls for environments, data loss prevention, connectors, identities, access, ownership, inventory, auditing, retention and sensitive or client information.

• Establish repeatable application lifecycle management practices using managed solutions, development, test and production environments, deployment pipelines, testing, release documentation, rollback planning and change controls.

• Provide senior technical oversight for platform configuration, access patterns, monitoring, capacity, service health and complex incidents. Coordinate tenant-level changes and escalations with enterprise administrators, Security, service management teams, Microsoft and other vendors.

• Review solution designs and implementations for security, performance, resilience, licensing, maintainability and support risks, and lead root-cause analysis for complex production issues.

• Create practical standards, templates and technical documentation, and coach makers, developers, analysts, administrators and technical owners to support responsible self-service.

• Partner with legal practices, business services, Knowledge and Legal Operations, Business Technology, vendors and global or regional teams to clarify outcomes, dependencies, ownership and support expectations.

• Communicate technical options, risks, costs and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and contribute expertise to related Microsoft 365, automation, integration and AI-enabled initiatives.

• Drive continuous improvement in platform adoption, solution quality, governance compliance, operational stability and delivery effectiveness through standards, coaching, monitoring and ongoing optimization.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Minimum five years of progressive responsibilities and experience delivering business applications, automation, collaboration or digital workplace solutions, with significant hands-on experience in Microsoft Power Platform and SharePoint Online.

• Demonstrated experience leading the technical design and delivery of production solutions from discovery through release and operational readiness.

• Advanced hands-on knowledge of Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power Fx, environments, connectors, security roles, solutions and application lifecycle management.

• Strong SharePoint Online solution experience, including sites, lists, libraries, permissions, metadata, content types, pages, information architecture and integration with Teams and Power Platform.

• Ability to translate business requirements into secure, maintainable and supportable technical designs.

• Practical experience with several of the following: REST APIs, JSON, Microsoft Graph, custom connectors, gateways, SQL or other enterprise data sources, Azure services, application registrations, service principals or managed identities.

• Experience with governance and operational practices such as environment strategies, data loss prevention, managed solutions, deployment pipelines, monitoring, controlled production identities and operational handoff.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead complex technical investigations and make sound recommendations.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, documentation and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain technical decisions in clear business language.

• Self-directed and collaborative, with strong ownership, judgment, attention to detail and the ability to balance delivery speed, user experience, security and long-term supportability.

• Ability to work professionally with confidential, sensitive or client-related information.

Preferred Experience & Qualifications

• Working knowledge of one or more supporting technologies, such as JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML/CSS, PowerShell, C#, Azure Functions, SharePoint Framework or Power Platform Component Framework.

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate or Microsoft Certified: Intelligent Applications Builder Associate. Demonstrated experience designing, delivering and supporting production Power Platform and SharePoint Online solutions may be accepted in place of certification.