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Head of Microsoft 365 CollaborationLocation: London (Fully Onsite)Day Rate Contract - Inside IR35
Are you a proven leader in Microsoft 365 collaboration and infrastructure delivery? We are seeking a Head of Microsoft 365 Collaboration to join our prestigious international banking client in London on a day rate contract.
In this role you will lead a team of M365 specialists, drive the strategy and roadmap for collaboration services, and ensure seamless integration and support of Microsoft 365 technologies to enhance productivity, compliance, and security.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of M365 specialists, administrators, and consultants.
- Oversee technical delivery of infrastructure and collaboration projects, ensuring solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
- Collaborate with global IT, business stakeholders, and external vendors, managing contracts and relationships.
- Develop and enforce governance, security policies, and compliance standards for the M365 environment.
- Ensure remediation of audit and security findings across on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
- Provide BAU support for collaboration services, including MS Teams, Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and message routing.
- Deliver operational readiness for deployed services (handover documents, DR plans, incident resolution).
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends, evaluating applicability to business needs.
- Drive adoption of new M365 features and best practices, supporting digital transformation and business objectives.
- Represent collaboration services in senior stakeholder forums and management reporting.
About You
- 10+ years' experience in messaging/collaboration technology in large, regulated financial institutions.
- 3+ years in a leadership role managing technical teams.
- Deep expertise in M365, MS Exchange, Enterprise Vault, Intune, MS Teams, message routing, and mail gateway technologies.
- Strong track record of technical delivery and infrastructure support across multiple workstreams.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex collaboration issues.
- Experience with senior stakeholder management and reporting.
- Skilled in technical knowledge transfer, BAU support, and service desk collaboration.
- Familiar with ITIL, change, incident, and problem management frameworks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to engage at all levels.
- Flexible and able to support business requirements outside standard hours.
Education & Certifications
- MCSE Messaging or Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator (preferred).
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure AD, Active Directory, and associated technologies.
- Excellent general IT infrastructure knowledge (hardware, software, networking, cloud).
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of digital collaboration in a leading financial organisation. If you have the vision, technical depth, and leadership to drive Microsoft 365 collaboration across a complex enterprise, we want to hear from you.
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