Lead Sharepoint Developer

REAL Technical Solutions Limited; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

REAL Technical Solutions Limited is seeking a Lead SharePoint Developer to lead the evolution of our digital workplace for thousands of colleagues. You will shape collaboration, content governance, and user experience across SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365, heading a small development team within Content and Collaboration.

The role requires strategic and technical leadership to deliver scalable, secure experiences; you will drive the design, build and deployment of sites, mentor developers,

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in SharePoint Online and M365 development.
• Experience leading technical teams on enterprise-level digital collaboration projects.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design, build and deployment of SharePoint Online sites, structures, and digital experiences.
• Managing and mentoring a team of SharePoint developers, driving quality and continuous improvement.
• Working with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions that deliver real value.
• Overseeing workflow, form, and automation development using Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Driving ECM best practice, from metadata standards to content lifecycle and user adoption.
• Providing technical leadership across ECM architecture, integrations, performance improvements, and migrations.
• Ensuring governance, compliance, and security standards are applied consistently across the M365 environment

Skills

SharePoint Online

M365 development

SPFx

Power Platform

Power Automate

PowerShell

PnP

C# / ASP.NET Core

JavaScript / TypeScript

React

Azure DevOps

Agile / Scrum

DevSecOps

Leadership / mentoring

Communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Lead SharePoint Developer

£75,000 plus excellent benefits & bonus - Worthing, Sussex - 1 or 2 days in the office - loads of developmental opportunities within this role

• My client a leading utilities (CNI/Critical National Infrastructure organisation), seek an experienced Lead SharePoint Developer to lead the evolution of their digital workplace for over 3,000 colleagues.
• As the Lead SharePoint Development, you will shape the future of collaboration, content governance, and user experience across SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365.
• You will head up a small, skilled SharePoint development team within our Content and Collaboration function, driving modern, secure, user-centred solutions that transform how the business works, shares, and communicates.

Core elements for this positions:

• All about being a strong communicator - lots of technical and non-tech Stakeholder engagement - customer facing.
• Technically very strong.
• Ability to make decisions.
• Someone that can come up with solutions.
• Run Project and Sprints
• Create a centre of excellence.
• A self-starter.

Responsibilities for the Lead SharePoint Developer:

You'll be the strategic and technical lead for all SharePoint development, ensuring we deliver solutions that are scalable, secure, and brilliantly designed.

Typical responsibilities include:

• Leading the design, build and deployment of SharePoint Online sites, structures, and digital experiences.
• Managing and mentoring a team of SharePoint developers, driving quality and continuous improvement.
• Working with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions that deliver real value.
• Overseeing workflow, form, and automation development using Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Driving ECM best practice, from metadata standards to content life cycle and user adoption.
• Providing technical leadership across ECM architecture, integrations, performance improvements, and migrations.
• Ensuring governance, compliance, and security standards are applied consistently across the M365 environment

Additional role requirements for the Lead SharePoint Developer:

• This role incorporates Agile delivery, DevSecOps practices, and ownership of CI/CD pipelines within Azure DevOps.
• Expected to lead our Content & Collaboration Centre of Excellence, supporting and coaching citizen developers.
• Occasional out-of-hours work may be required to support high-impact changes or platform updates.

What you'll bring to the for the Lead SharePoint Developer role:

Essential:

• Proven expertise in SharePoint Online and M365 development, including SPFx, PowerShell, PnP, and the Power Platform.
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, including Agile, Scrum, and DevSecOps.
• Experience leading technical teams and delivering enterprise-level digital collaboration solutions.
• Programming skills across .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core), JavaScript/TypeScript, and frameworks such as React.
• Experience working with Azure DevOps and cloud-based architectures.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Desirable:

• Scrum Master or Product Owner certification.
• Experience in UX, design thinking, or user research within digital product development.

Lead SharePoint Developer

£75,000 plus excellent benefits & bonus - Worthing, Sussex - 1 or 2 days in the office - loads of developmental opportunities within this role