Senior Application Manager Microsoft M365 (m/f/d)

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09.05.2025

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Job Description:

Are you looking for an opportunity in a fast-growing, global IT team where collaboration, innovation, and a stakeholder-centric approach are priorities? As part of Simon-Kucher, our IT team works globally as a trusted partner in the company’s journey towards success and navigates the ever-changing technological landscape. As a Senior Application Manager Microsoft M365, you support business owners that use our business applications with administration, maintenance, and consulting, actively shaping our employees’ work environment.

What makes us special:

• Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with a startup feel
• Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by our entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity
• Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g., LinkedIn Learning)
• Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g., 360-degree feedback)
• Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g., Headspace)
• Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to healthy snacks and beverages
• See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party

How you will create an impact:

• Be responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and operation of Microsoft M365 tools (SharePoint, Teams) and Power Platform applications (Power Apps, Power Automate, etc.)
• Collaborate with and consult stakeholders to understand business needs, recommend application enhancements, and drive the adoption of best practices
• Participate in strategic planning to align Microsoft services with business goals, staying abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies
• Define operational level agreements within the IT organization and ensure compliance with them
• Oversee configuration and maintenance of the Microsoft applications in close collaboration with the Simon-Kucher MS operations team
• Ensure advanced technical support to end-users, addressing and resolving service-related issues on agreed service level agreements
• Liaise with software vendors for support, updates, enhancements, and developments, ensuring service level agreements are met
• Support and enhance knowledge management and digital collaboration based on Microsoft tools and solutions
• Develop and deliver training sessions for end-users (in collaboration with our Learning & Skill development team), create detailed documentation, and maintain up-to-date knowledge bases
• Manage incident resolution and problem-solving processes, conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures

About you:

• Apprenticeship as IT specialist or bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, IT, or a related field
• Around 5 years of experience in Microsoft application management or a similar role
• Proven experience in developing and customizing applications within the Microsoft 365 environment, including SharePoint, Power Apps, and Power Automate
• Understanding of web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript
• Experience with SaaS enterprise software solutions and cloud technologies
• Familiarity with integration scenarios and process automation scenarios as well as API management
• Advanced communication skills to effectively convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• A keen focus on user satisfaction, understanding their needs, and ensuring applications meet their expectations
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Proficient in both spoken and written English to effectively communicate within international teams, vendors, and stakeholders

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Would you like to learn more about us and our company culture? Click here to watch our recruitment video.

About Simon-Kucher:
Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30+ countries.
Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist. simon-kucher.com

We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves, and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients, and our business.

Your personal contact:
Christina Jaup-Schwilk
recruitment.germany(at)simon-kucher.com

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