Collaboration Platform Strategy & Demand Manager

Placed: 28/11/17
Region: United Kingdom
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

Collaboration Platform Strategy & Demand Manager Permanent

ESSENTIAL:- Strong leadership skills. Expertise in building teams, project modes of delivery and DevOps. Agile development experience. Excellent stakeholder management skills. Excellent supplier (Dev, SI, Offshore) relationships and management skills. Excellent experience of process flow, funnels, wireframes, and journey mapping

The Collaboration Platform Strategy & Demand Manager can be based in the on the Wirral or Kingston upon Thames.

The Collaboration Platform Strategy & Demand Manager will have a proven track record to head up the Collaboration Strategy & Demand team in my client`s newly established Collaboration Platform team. With a significant mandate this team is tasked to lead my client in to the new world of cloud collaboration and productivity, a key component in the Digital Employee Experience.

The Collaboration Platform Strategy & Demand Manager will be expected to develop the vision and strategy for digital workplace & collaboration tools and lead the strategic engagement with Microsoft Polaris` to be the representative on the global Microsoft customer advisory board ensuring my client`s needs are represented directly to the product teams.

You would be expected to create and lead the collaboration technology road map, owning the entire product lifecycle from strategic planning to tactical activities, in close collaboration with dedicated project managers and collaboration design authority.

Other duties include:

Product management, through your team, of several products including SharePoint (knowledge sharing & Intranet) and collaboration tools (MS Teams, Groups etc.). Champion the planning of future product developments, driving the specification of requirements (user stories) and creation of concept definitions for current and future features by conducting research; communicating succinctly with stakeholders, users and customers and by analysing user behaviour to drive continuous product improvement. Effectively manage and motivate many different types of geographically dispersed stakeholders and build the commitment to actively support delivery.

Act as the Collaboration Technology SME for the Business, with a strong strategic understanding of the positioning for collaboration capabilities and alignment to Microsoft and Salesforce evergreen strategies. You will be accountable for ensuring the solutions are positioned for highest levels of adoption and fit to business priorities. Lead the Platform Strategy & Demand team, delivering continuous platform innovation and global demand management for solutions in partnership with Design Authority, Activation and Business Engagement teams. Lead a DevOps framework of delivery for platform innovation, maximising the efficiency of delivery with our partners.

Success Criteria and Measures

A defined strategy for collaboration solutions and capabilities that meet the business need.
Successful product creation, development, delivery and ongoing operation.
Exceptional customer and colleague engagement and satisfaction.
Successful delivery of projects to agreed metrics (e.g. - time, cost and quality)
Build the Strategy & Demand team to be recognised as the go-to experts for their products, delivering insight and knowledge that helps us delight our colleagues and customers.
Adherence to a global strategy to ensure that our intranet and collaboration platforms are not a barrier to broader company initiatives.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Have in-depth collaboration technical knowledge

10% Travel involved

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK

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