Technical Delivery Manager (M365)
Contract: 6 months
Location: Remote, with occasional travel to office (multiple across UK)
IR35: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC clearance required
The Role
We are looking for an experienced M365 Technical Delivery Manager to lead the delivery and rollout of a new Microsoft 365 platform within a large-scale digital environment.
The programme is transitioning from a Google-based environment to Microsoft 365, and you will play a key role in establishing the foundations of the new platform and coordinating its implementation.
This is a hands-on technical delivery role requiring someone who can bring together technical teams, suppliers and internal stakeholders to successfully execute a complex M365 rollout.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the technical delivery and rollout of a new Microsoft 365 platform.
- Coordinate the foundational work required to transition from a Google environment to Microsoft technologies.
- Orchestrate technical resources, stakeholders and delivery teams across the programme.
- Manage delivery activities involving third-party service providers.
- Work closely with technical teams to ensure the platform is implemented effectively and in line with programme requirements.
- Manage dependencies, delivery risks and priorities throughout the rollout.
- Operate effectively within an Agile delivery environment, adapting the delivery approach where required.
- Support technical contract and supplier management throughout the programme.
Essential Experience
- Strong experience delivering complex Microsoft 365 programmes or platform implementations.
- Hands-on understanding of the M365 ecosystem and Power Platform core technologies.
- Proven experience leading or coordinating large-scale technology/platform rollouts.
- Strong technical delivery management capability, with the ability to orchestrate multiple teams and resources.
- Experience working with and managing third-party technology/service providers.
- Strong understanding of Agile ways of working.
- Comfortable working in technically complex environments involving multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
- Ability to operate flexibly and take ownership of delivery from foundational setup through to rollout.
Desirable Experience
- Previous experience supporting migrations from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
- Technical contract management and supplier management experience.
- Experience establishing or implementing M365 platforms within large, complex organisations.
About Korn Ferry
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