Head of M365 Engineering

Head of M365 Engineering

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.

This opening is based in either Leeds or Edinburgh.

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