Mark had enjoyed a long-standing career of selling, designing and implementing best business application-based solutions for tier one companies all over the world. It’s a role he loves. He gets a real buzz out of ensuring the technical solutions he creates deliver the business value that the client needs.
Increasingly though, he wanted to carry out that role in an industry-leading environment where the individual was really valued and where the organization really cared. Aware of HSO’s reputation for putting its ‘large enough to serve, small enough to care,’ slogan into practice, he got in touch. He’s now been thriving in our Unified Operations team since July 2023.
“We're not really a technology company. We're a people company.”
Mark believes HSO’s culture of respect comes straight from the top of the company. It’s the guiding light for how clients are treated, as well as colleagues. Clients are served as people rather than numbers. Meanwhile, colleagues are seen as hard-working experts with lives outside their job.
“There’s a sense of fairness, individuality and personal accountability that also helps teams collaborate together even better,” Mark comments.
And it’s easier to establish good working relationships with clients because they’re based on the core HSO values of transparency and honesty. After all, as Mark says, it’s those values which “drive success.”
Position: International Dynamics 365 CE & Power Platform Consultant
What is your goal? To become the best international D365 CE & Power Platform consultant.
Work on Dynamics 365 CE & Power Platform projects across the globe. Take the next step! Are you looking for a job in which you develop yourself quickly and immediately receive a lot of responsibility? Does the combination of business processes and Microsoft technology appeal to you? Take a next step in your career path!
Personal development: As a CE & Power Platform Consultant, you will be in charge of your own career and personal development with the support of our organization, working side by side with the customers, making a difference. Just in a few weeks’ time you will be ready to step into the exciting world of IT consultancy and business processes, supported by the newest Microsoft solutions.
Leading Microsoft Partner: HSO belongs to the elite Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle, restricted to the top 1% of all Microsoft partners worldwide, and has delivered successful implementations in almost every country in the world. Today the business employs c. 2500 professionals and maintains a worldwide presence with locations in Europe, North America and Asia.
HSO International: Together with 250+ colleagues at HSO International, you are a point of contact for companies that understand the big picture and oversee issues of cross-border implementations. You follow the HSO Excellerate methodology to execute projects in a predictable manner, delivering high-quality results in a most efficient way.
What does that mean for you? You work with Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, Dynamics 365 and our unique, industry-specific solutions to develop the best strategy for a digital transformation and design, implement and manage innovative cloud solutions for our customers.
We don’t just want you to join HSO International; we want you to stay! We don’t want you to have a job with us; we want you to have a career with us. We are ambitious to continue to be a world-class global implementation company. Our people are ambitious for the company, and they are ambitious for themselves. We’ll hire you not just because of where you’ve been and what you’ve done but where you can go and what you can do in the future.
Enterprise Architect HSO International seeks to hire an experienced Enterprise Architect with domain knowledge and technical expertise to align technology with business strategy, using Microsoft and third-party solutions for added value.
Role Location: Based where appropriate, whether on the client site, in the office or working from home. Travel will be extensive and varied. Spending some time in the office developing relationships in-house with the rest of HSO International, keeping abreast of business developments, and understanding the company’s approach to the market will be required.
Enterprise Architect will be responsible for driving customer business transformation. This role involves:
In this space, technology is always evolving. And so, clients’ needs are, too. Luckily, Mark is clearly someone who likes living out the old adage that ‘variety is the spice of life’. When asked to sum up his day-to-day role, he smiles and says: “It’s not a job where one day is the same as the next. You need to have an appetite to jump into the unknown.”
And that means understanding clients’ worlds beyond the technical brief. Mark believes that a wider understanding of their sectors’ challenges and opportunities is important: it helps get under the skin of what they need to achieve for business success.
So, a hunger for ongoing learning is key. As is the ability to relate and connect to people at all levels of an organisation. And, given that HSO is a truly global company with global clients and colleagues, being able to motivate and encourage people from different cultures and countries is crucial.
“The future? Help grow the enterprise architecture team.”
Looking ahead, the future continues to shine brightly for Mark. What are his goals? Ultimately, his mission is to help grow HSO’s enterprise client base, to help continue the company’s ongoing growth.
And that growth trajectory means helping to onboard new members of staff in a way that continues to forge HSO’s strong, people-first culture. As Mark concludes: “I’m looking forward to helping to shape the way we work together, building the team in the HSO way, so my colleagues and clients thrive.”