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Location: Birmingham (2 days a week onsite)
Contract: Permanent
Salary & Benefits: up to £60,000 + Excellent Benefits

Overview

A industry regulatory body is undergoing significant digital transformation and seeking a Lead Developer to drive this forward and join its IT Development team. This role offers the opportunity to lead a talented group of developers in designing, customising, and integrating Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions that drive operational excellence and innovation across the business.

You'll play a key role in shaping the technical direction of the organisation's digital systems, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performing applications that support business-critical functions. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines technical delivery, team mentorship, and solution architecture within a modern cloud-first environment.

The Role

Lead and mentor a team of 5, overseeing the design, development, and integration of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions.

Manage the full development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and design through to build, testing, and deployment.

Oversee the development of complex and mission-critical applications in a Microsoft Azure environment.

Support upgrades, maintenance, and optimisation of PowerApps and related cloud platforms.

Drive automation and build CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps practices.

Identify and manage technical risks, incidents, and performance issues.

Maintain high standards of code quality, documentation, and testing across all projects.

Skills & Experience

Strong proficiency with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM modules and Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).

Proven experience in C#, .NET and JavaScript

Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Git, or other CI/CD tools.

Demonstrated leadership or mentoring experience within a development team.

Strong understanding of software development life-cycle (SDLC) and leading agile sprints

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

If this sounds of interest, please apply or reach out to me at (url removed)

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