Senior M365 Expert - Teams Governance / Modern Workplace (Nearshore preferred)

For one of our clients, we are looking for an experienced Senior M365 Expert / Modern Workplace Specialist (m/f/d) to support the ongoing Microsoft 365 operations as well as broader governance, data protection and cybersecurity topics.

The role is planned as an external full-time assignment and will be closely integrated into an international IT team.

Start: immediatley
Duration: 3–6 months, with option to extend
Workload: Full-time
Location: Remote
Language: English is mandatory, German is preferred
Contract type: Freelance / external project assignment

Tasks

• Take ownership of operational support around Microsoft 365, especially Teams, Planner, Loop, OneNote and Whiteboard

• Support and further develop M365 governance, with a strong focus on Microsoft TeamsCoordinate and support data protection and cybersecurity assessments in the M365 context

• Review new Microsoft features and coordinate required alignments with data protection, cybersecurity and other supporting functions

• Manage an external partner responsible for Teams incident management

• Support the coordination of the Microsoft Unified Support contract

• Participate in the agile IT setup, including PI planning, sprint activities and maintaining stories and features

• Support related topics such as Copilot, Copilot Chat, Clipchamp evaluation and M365 integrations

Requirements

• Strong experience in the Microsoft 365 / Modern Workplace environment

• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Teams governance

• Hands-on experience with tools such as Teams, Planner, Loop, OneNote and Whiteboard

• Experience with Clipchamp or Copilot is a plusGood understanding of data protection, cybersecurity and IT governance

• Experience in managing external service providers or partners

• Confident communication with IT, data protection, cybersecurity, business stakeholders and management

• Experience working in agile IT environments, e.g. Scrum, sprint planning or PI planningStructured, proactive and reliable working style

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