Principal Technologist (Digital Workplace)

Summer Browning; London Borough of Newham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SBA is supporting our Central Government client in London, Bristol or Manchester, with hybrid working. The Principal Digital Workplace Technologist will lead strategies for M365 and productivity tooling, influence senior stakeholders and shape roadmaps.

You will evaluate AI-enabled workflows, ensure security and information governance, and guide adoption at scale across the public sector. Strong communication and change leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with digital workplace services and productivity suites in public sector contexts.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into practical, evidence-based guidance.
• Experience with AI-tools and enabling user adoption at scale.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organisational change.
• Experience designing roadmaps and future states for digital workplace services.
• Proven capability to assess risk, complexity and make robust design proposals.

Tools

M365

G-Suite

Open-source tools

Job description

SBA are currently supporting our Central Government client who are seeking a Principal Digital Workplace Technologist (M365) on a 12 month contract.

Location: London, Bristol OR Manchester - (hybrid)

You will have:

• Significant technical experience with digital workplace services and productivity suites, particularly M365, G-Suite and understanding of other commercial and open-source alternatives, preferably in a government or wider public sector context
• Experience developing practical, evidence-based digital workplace related advice and guidance to support adoption, effective use and technology-related change at significant scale
• Experience in AI-tools and enabling user adoption and scaling
• Experience evaluating and designing productivity suite capabilities, including collaboration, interoperability, accessibility, security and information management, to inform practical recommendations
• Experience developing future states and roadmaps for digital workplace services, including assessing how AI may change productivity tools and working practices
• Experience to be able to influence and share your learnings and expertise with others across organisational boundaries, with the ability to adapt feedback to ensure change is effective and lasting
• Technical experience which you have used to build credibility with senior stakeholders to influence decisions and drive change
• Experience evaluating proposals and create design approaches characterised by high risk, impact, and complexity

NB: BPSS and SC eligible as a minimum requirement