Dentons is designed to be different. Our Firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a firm with over 21,000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80+ countries.
Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2026); Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2026), and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2026).
This role is an opportunity for you to join Canada’s Global Law Firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.
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. Additional Microsoft certifications or Applied Skills credentials related to Copilot Studio, AI agents, Microsoft 365 administration, security or solution architecture are assets.
- Experience in a legal, consulting, financial or other professional-services environment where confidentiality, risk awareness, records management and client service are important.
- Experience with Managed Environments, the Power Platform admin centre, Center of Excellence capabilities, inventory and telemetry, capacity management or tenant-level governance.
- Experience with SharePoint Framework, PnP PowerShell, site provisioning, content migration, search, intranet or portal delivery, or records and retention requirements.
- Experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub, automated deployment, source control, testing automation or reusable engineering practices.
- Experience with Copilot Studio, agents, AI Builder, Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility or responsible AI controls.
This role is hybrid, requiring a combination of in-office and remote work.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
This role is a replacement position.
The target salary range for this position is $135,000 – $155,000, commensurate with the successful candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications. Dentons is committed to equitable and competitive compensation. This target range falls within our internal salary ranges, which are based on comparable roles in the external market. We strive to hire, promote, and transfer individuals at the entry point of the range, with consideration given to prior experience, relevant skills, and market conditions.
We recognize that rewarding exceptional talent goes beyond salary. Our comprehensive total rewards package includes inclusive and flexible benefits that support the wellbeing and development of our people. This includes extended health and mental health benefits, paid time off, retirement savings plans, a fitness subsidy, parental leave top-up, and more.
In addition, our learning and development programs - such as mentorship opportunities, employee networks, and leadership development initiatives - are designed to support personal and professional growth.
At Dentons, all candidate screening, assessment, and hiring decisions are made by people. From time to time, we use AI-enabled tools to assist in enhancing our recruitment process and materials; however, these tools do not screen candidates or make hiring decisions.
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Dentons Canada, inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) are not just ancillary values, they are foundational to our business. We believe that IDEA is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people, enhances the leading services we offer to our clients, and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to IDEA, we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employer’s for 16 consecutive years (2011-2026), as well as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2026) for the ninth time.
Dentons Canada is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome your application. All employment decisions, including hiring, will be made without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender identity, marital status, place of origin, race, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable human rights legislation.
We are committed to providing you with an inclusive, barrier-free, and accessible workplace to support your success. Should you require accommodation during the recruitment process, for example as a result of a disability, please contact us at careers.canada@dentons.com.
