Lead Developer - CRM & Power Platform - #2085903

Lead Developer – CRM & Power Platform

Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata

Location: Manchester

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Closing date: 28/06/2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care.

We have modern offices in Manchester city centre and Stratford, London.  Please take into consideration that you may be required to commute to one of our offices for business purposes if necessary.

Job overview

Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision-making.  As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this goal by empowering our workforce to do great things! 

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the DirectGov website for more information on eligibility.

We reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications, so please don’t delay your submission.

Main duties of the job

This is a senior hands-on leadership role, requiring deep specialist expertise, strong technical decision-making, and the ability to guide teams in delivering secure, high-quality solutions.

You will shape delivery standards, influence architectural direction, and ensure solutions meet organisational, NHS and statutory requirements.

What you will do/bring to the role

• Lead the design and development of Microsoft Power Platform business solutions built with Dynamics 365, Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, CoPilot Studio, M365, Azure


• Work within agile delivery teams with product owners, architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate complex needs into effective technical solutions.


• Ensure live services are operated and supported effectively in line with ITIL principles and processes


• Build backlogs to support live service maintenance and delivery, including non functional and functional upgrades and enhancements


• Mentor and support developers and technical specialists, helping to build capability and technical excellence across the engineering community.

Person specification

Essential:

• Holds highly developed specialist knowledge and expertise acquired through master’s degree level or equivalent qualification/experience. Additionally holds specialist knowledge of the relevant area(s) of expertise as outlined in the person specification, acquired through relevant practical experience and training/development Eg Dynamics 365 Functional Consultant (Sales) Power Platform Functional Consultant

Desirable

• Copilot Studio certification

Working for our organisation

The Engineering team at NICE designs, builds, and runs the digital services that underpin the nationally relied-upon health and care guidance used by millions of people. The team creates secure, reliable software that supports both internal guidance production and public-facing services such as the NICE website, BNF, and Clinical Knowledge Summaries.

Engineers work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams, applying DevOps and secure by design principles to continuously improve live services and deliver meaningful digital outcomes.

We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.

We are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make. NICE offer:

• Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK


• Flexible working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times


• Exclusive discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card


• Time to recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays


• Inclusive staff networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and NICE and Proud – we celebrate diversity


• Tailored development – Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities

If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today!

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.