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Functional Consultant

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Functional Consultant

Hybrid role with occasional visits to client sites in London. Expected travel around twice per week.

  • Join a team of passionate thought leaders in a dynamic and collaborative environment! Cognizant Microsoft Business Group’s Business Applications team is hiring now and we’re looking for our next Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Functional Consultant to join us.

  • The Microsoft Business Group is a cloud-first, full-service Microsoft partner committed to delivering innovative technology solutions that solve human challenges. We are compelled by our core values to drive transformational results for clients across all company sizes, geographies and industries. The Cognizant Microsoft Business Group team delivers full lifecycle solutions—from project inception and planning, through deployment to ongoing support and maintenance.

Why should you work at Microsoft Business Group?

  • Multi Award Winning Business
  • Official and Award-Winning Microsoft Partner
  • Award Winning Databricks Partner
  • Official GitHub Partner
  • Cloud Native Organisation
  • Growing International and Diverse teams
  • Hugely collaborative environment, where ideas and knowledge sharing are actively encouraged
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Income Protection Cover
  • Death in Service Cover
  • Group Personal Pension Plan with enhanced employee contributions

  • Flexible Working and Working from Home

  • We are committed to diversity, inclusion and belonging and welcome applicants from all backgrounds

Job Summary

  • You will be working on Dynamics 365 CRM solution implementations for Cognizant’s public sector customers. Candidate will be working in a capacity of Functional Consultant within a project team.

Experience, understanding and knowledge required:

  • Experience of Dynamics 365 CE capabilities and extensibilities
  • Experience in leading business discussions with customer for project discovery and business process mapping
  • Experience in leading discussions around business requirements, product backlog refinement and user expectation management in Agile projects
  • Solid experience working in an Agile team to agree and develop system/product designs based on user requirements and specify these as user stories
  • Ability to write clear, testable user stories using Gherkin acceptance criteria
  • Experience managing agile delivery teams and team of business analyst
  • Understanding of Design & configuration experience in Dynamics 365
  • In-depth knowledge of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform
  • Experience in doing fitment analysis of customer requirements
  • Knowledge in Performance tuning possibilities in Dynamics 365 implementations
  • Experience in collaborating with business stakeholders for data integration and data migration activities which can guide team of developers
  • Experience in managing Dynamics 365 projects in a capacity of product owner or business analyst
  • Capability to estimate Dynamics CRM project requirements
  • Knowledge in multiple components of responding to RFPs/RFIs
  • Capable of leading RFP responses for green field/Enhancement/Support D365 engagements
  • Microsoft Azure knowledge

  • Understanding of DevOps project implementation

Essential Technical Skills:

  • Dynamics 365 CE
  • Functional Consulting
  • Bid Management
  • Team Management

  • Agile

Nice to have:

  • Product Management

  • Azure DevOps


If you wish to apply, kindly send your profile to [email protected]

Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Applicants for US based positions must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The company is unable to provide employment-based immigration sponsorship for US based positions.

If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] for roles based in the Americas or [email protected] for roles based in India.

About Cognizant: 
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

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