Power Platform & Copilot Studio Governance Lead

Job Description

Our client is a leading global law firm with a strong focus on technology, innovation, and professional services operations and they are looking for a Power Platform & Copilot Studio Governance Lead. The organization supports a complex international infrastructure spanning multiple offices, cloud environments, and business-critical applications. This role can sit remotely near an office location: Charlotte NC, Chicago IL, Dallas TX, Houston TX, Los Angeles CA, Miami FL, New York NY, San Francisco CA, Silicon Valley CA, Washington DC; as they ideally come in 2-3 days a week as needed. The ideal candidate is not primarily a Power Platform developer. Rather, they have experience leading governance, administration, operationalization, or Center of Excellence initiatives and have successfully helped organizations scale Power Platform as a secure enterprise capability. Experience working across stakeholder groups, driving adoption, implementing controls, and building operational processes is more important than pure development expertise.

We are seeking an experienced Power Platform and Copilot Studio governance professional to lead the implementation and operationalization of enterprise-wide governance, security, support, and administration capabilities. This individual will partner with IT, Security, Compliance, Service Management, and business stakeholders to transform existing high-level governance objectives into a scalable operating model that enables Power Platform and Copilot Studio as strategic enterprise platforms. The ideal candidate has previously led or played a significant role in enabling Power Platform governance within a large enterprise environment and possesses a combination of technical expertise, stakeholder management, process design, and project execution skills.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Governance Strategy & Operating Model

• Refine, document, and implement enterprise-wide governance strategies for Power Platform and Copilot Studio, building upon existing organizational goals and platform vision.
• Partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders to define policies, processes, standards, and operating procedures governing platform usage.
• Establish and operationalize governance controls, including environment management, data governance, application lifecycle management, approval workflows, support processes, and platform oversight.
• Develop enterprise standards and best practices for Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and related Microsoft technologies.
• Define ownership models, support responsibilities, and RACI frameworks across IT, Security, Compliance, and business teams.
• Create governance processes that balance innovation and agility while maintaining alignment with enterprise security, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Develop enablement materials, development standards, and adoption guidance for business teams building Power Platform solutions.

Cross-Functional Program Execution

• Serve as the primary lead driving governance implementation across multiple enterprise teams, including Security, Infrastructure, Service Management, Compliance, and Business Operations.
• Gather requirements, facilitate stakeholder workshops, and translate business objectives into actionable governance and operational processes.
• Partner with teams responsible for ITSM, approvals, provisioning, and operational support to implement required workflows and controls.
• Drive platform onboarding initiatives from strategy through implementation and operational handoff.

Environment, Security & Administration

• Design and implement Power Platform environment strategies, including development, testing, sandbox, and production environments.
• Develop and enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies and platform security controls.
• Define environment provisioning, access management, approval workflows, and lifecycle management processes.
• Leverage Microsoft Entra ID, Purview, SharePoint Advanced Management, and related Microsoft governance capabilities to support platform oversight.
• Establish governance controls for Copilot Studio, including knowledge sources, connectors, security boundaries, agent approvals, and usage management.

Operational Support & Platform Governance

• Define and implement operational support models for Power Platform and Copilot Studio solutions.

• Integrate business-critical solutions into enterprise service management and support processes.

• Partner with support teams to develop request fulfillment workflows, provisioning processes, monitoring standards, and escalation procedures.

• Establish monitoring, observability, incident management, and operational reporting capabilities.

• Create governance processes for ongoing platform administration and support. Licensing & Adoption

• Develop enterprise Power

Platform licensing and cost management strategies.

• Establish governance processes surrounding Copilot Studio consumption, licensing, and usage controls.
• Drive platform adoption through standards, best practices, governance education, and stakeholder engagement. Provide recommendations for scaling Power Platform and Copilot Studio as strategic enterprise capabilities.

Compensation: $50/hr to $55/hr. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in the 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the applicable law of the worksite location.

Skills and Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft technologies, including Power Platform administration, governance, architecture, or platform management.
• Demonstrated experience implementing or operationalizing Power Platform governance within a large enterprise environment.
• Experience implementing CoPilot Studio
• Experience developing governance frameworks, operating models, support processes, and administrative controls for enterprise collaboration or low-code platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Platform Administration, environment management, and DLP policies.
• Experience establishing platform onboarding, governance, and operational support processes.
• Experience working across technical and business stakeholder groups to build consensus and drive adoption.
• Strong project management, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Prior experience building or leading a Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE).
• Experience implementing governance programs for Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, or other AI platforms.
• Hands-on Power Platform development background before transitioning into governance, administration, architecture, or platform leadership roles.
• Microsoft Power Platform certifications.
• Experience with Freshservice, ITSM workflow design, service catalog implementation, or enterprise request-management processes.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, Entra ID, SharePoint Advanced Management, and related governance technologies.
• Familiarity with Azure AI Foundry and broader Microsoft AI governance frameworks.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].