Head of M365 Engineering

Head of M365 Engineering, hands on, Leadership, E5, Build, Collaboration,

A leading FTSE 100 client of ours is seeking a strong hands on leader to take on the role Head of M365 Engineering across the UK.

The Modern Workplace platform supports 90,000 colleagues across the UK - powering productivity, communication, and collaboration at scale.

You will be delivering one of the largest and most ambitious technical transformations in the UK, and we're looking for a visionary Head of M365 Engineering to help shape what comes next.

This is your opportunity to lead the engineering teams behind our enterprise collaboration ecosystem - spanning M365 tools, messaging platforms, data services, and Real Time communications. If you're passionate about technical excellence, innovation, and delivering meaningful impact at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

• Set the direction for collaboration technologies across the organisation.
• Work closely with the Lab Product Owner to lead, mobilise, and maintain high-performing teams delivering on that vision.
• Explore emerging tooling and methodologies to enhance colleague experience and productivity.
• Foster a culture that embraces creative problem solving, modern engineering practices, and continuous improvement.
• Manage, mentor, and inspire a skilled team of collaboration engineers.
• Champion continuous learning, capability uplift, and engineering excellence.
• Define and track key KPIs, ensuring our collaboration services remain reliable, efficient, and continually improving.
• Oversee budgets, technology resources, operational risk, and total cost of service for collaboration platforms.
• Proven leadership experience with the ability to inspire, motivate, and empower engineering teams.
• Hands-on and broad management experience across enterprise collaboration technologies - especially M365 (Teams, SharePoint, Copilot), email platforms, data services, compliance and surveillance tools, and Real Time communications.
• Practical experience working within Agile environments (SCRUM/Kanban) and familiarity with JIRA or JIRA Align.
• A passion for innovation and driving meaningful change through technology.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.