Principal Technologist (Digital Workplace)

Summer-Browning Associates Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Summer-Browning Associates Ltd is seeking a Principal Digital Workplace Technologist (M365) on a 12-month contract. The role is London, Bristol or Manchester with hybrid working arrangements.

You will guide on digital workplace strategies, adoption, and roadmap planning, with a focus on AI-enabled productivity improvements. Applicants should bring extensive experience in digital workplaces, collaboration suites, and change management within public sector contexts, and the ability to influence

Qualifications

• Significant technical experience with digital workplace services and productivity suites (M365, Google Workspace).
• Proven ability to provide evidence-based digital workplace guidance for large-scale adoption.
• Experience using AI-tools to enable user adoption and scale benefits.

Skills

M365

Digital workplace

G-Suite

AI tools

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Technical credibility

Tools

M365 admin tools

AI productivity 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