M365 Collaboration Head Of Engineering

Kyndryl M365 Technical Architect

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

You will partner with colleagues within the CIO team to ensure that the M365 roadmap items dovetail with strategic initiatives to support all other platform stakeholders. You will ensure that M365 solutions are reviewed by the relevant architectural boards (TDA / ARB) and that all designs are compliant with our compliance controls.

As a senior technical member of the CIO team, you will help to educate, train and mentor resources throughout the group to better understand and support the holistic M365 strategies for our 90k colleagues globally.

The ideal candidate brings a blend of architectural expertise and hands-on platform experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Product Ownership

o Collaborate with stakeholders to define, prioritize, and maintain a strategic product roadmap for M365 collaboration tools.

o Translate business requirements into scalable, innovative M365 solutions aligned with enterprise platform architecture.

o Act as the trusted advisor for M365 capabilities, features, and enhancements.

• Technical Leadership & Architecture

o Serve as the technical lead and solution architect for M365 related projects and configurations.

o Design, with the wider CIO team, end-to-end technical solutions to enhance all aspects of the Employee Experience while optimizing the service delivered by this team.

o Oversee configuration, integration, and development activities ensuring adherence to enterprise architectural and security standards.

• Team & Delivery Oversight

o Lead and mentor development teams comprising operations and engineers.

o Drive, with relevant support from the team, agile sprint planning and execution across an ongoing program of work focused on digital transformation.

• Governance & Stakeholder Engagement

o Act as the key M365 technical liaison between this team and the enterprise CIO team.

o Ensure compliance with CIO architecture, data privacy, security, and development standards.

o Contribute to enterprise-wide governance bodies, design reviews, and platform health initiatives.

Key Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of M365 experience at this level, with at least 10 years in similar M365 architecture and/or product ownership roles.

• Deep expertise of M365 collaboration tools (SharePoint, Teams, Exchange, Viva etc). W365 experience would be advantageous.

• Proven experience in designing enterprise-scale M365 solutions within a global environment.

• Strong understanding of agile delivery practices, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional team leadership.

• Excellent communication and influencing skills, especially across wide range of IT stakeholders.

• Hands-on experience with SharePoint and data loss, classification etc.

• Experience of Purview, IDAM and Intune desirable.

Desirable Certifications:

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert (highly desirable)

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (desirable)

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer (desirable)

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate (desirable)

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Azure Fundamentals (desirable)

• Agile/SAFe certifications (e.g., Scrum Product Owner) a plus

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