Senior SharePoint Architect: Intranet & Governance (Remote)

Emerald Resource Group; Cleveland (OH); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerald Resource Group is seeking a Senior SharePoint Architect to lead end-to-end design and implementation of SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 intranet solutions. You will define governance, information architecture, and site provisioning while working hands-on with an internal team to enable ongoing operations.

The role requires strong consulting skills, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to translate business needs into scalable M365 structures.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience architecting and implementing SharePoint Online / Microsoft 365 environments end to end.
• Proven delivery of intranets and hub-site architectures.
• Strong consulting skills, including requirements gathering, stakeholder management, and communicating design tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated experience building governance frameworks.
• Comfortable working hands-on in a collaborative team rather than only advising from a distance.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-transfer skills.
• Residence in or near the Northern Ohio area.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements-gathering sessions with business stakeholders and translate their needs into a clear SharePoint/M365 architecture.
• Design and implement the intranet, hub-site structure, and departmental sites.
• Define information architecture, navigation, content types, metadata, and permissions models.
• Establish governance: site provisioning, ownership, lifecycle, sharing policies, and naming standards.
• Work hands-on with the technical team on build, configuration, and rollout.
• Explain and document architectural decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Transfer knowledge through documentation, working sessions, and coaching so the internal team can sustain the platform.
• Contribute to the project plan, roadmap, and phased delivery approach.

Skills

SharePoint Online

Microsoft 365

Architecture design

Governance frameworks

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Hands-on teamwork

Tools

Power Automate

Power Apps

Teams integration

Microsoft Purview

Retention policies

Job description

Emerald Resource Group is seeking a Senior SharePoint Architect to lead end-to-end design and implementation of SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 intranet solutions. You will define governance, information architecture, and site provisioning while working hands-on with an internal team to enable ongoing operations.

The role requires strong consulting skills, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to translate business needs into scalable M365 structures.