Project Manager - SharePoint Online

Summary: The Project Manager for Document Lifecycle Management will lead the implementation of content lifecycle management for unstructured data in SharePoint Online. This role involves coordinating project activities, providing expert guidance on enterprise content management, and ensuring compliance with data protection and security requirements. The successful candidate will drive change management and user adoption while overseeing the integration of new tools and processes. This position is hybrid based in Birmingham and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinating project meetings, steering committees, and stakeholder engagement across business and vendor teams.
• Providing expert guidance on ECM, including metadata usage, retention policies, archiving, and deletion.
• Aligning document lifecycle processes with data protection, security, and compliance requirements.
• Driving change management and user adoption of new document handling practices.
• Preparing project documentation (e.g., decision papers, change requests, reports) and maintaining risk and issue logs.
• Defining current vs. future document management processes and supporting procurement of relevant tools.
• Overseeing delivery, integration, and sustainability of sourced solutions in collaboration with internal service owners.

Key Skills:

• Experience with ECM projects, particularly File Services Modernisation and SharePoint Online Modernisation.
• Deep understanding of document lifecycle management, including classification, retention, archiving, and deletion.
• Strong knowledge of SharePoint Online as a platform for document and content management.
• Ability to assess unstructured content risks.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks, roles, and responsibilities for content ownership and compliance.
• Ability to create and maintain project documentation: project plans, decision papers, change requests, and status reports.
• Strong Stakeholder Management.
• Supporting project audits through structured documentation, tracking, and reporting.
• Procurement & Vendor Coordination.
• Able to define tool requirements and supporting procurement processes.
• Working with vendors to deliver and implement Document Lifecycle Management (DLM) solutions.
• Change Management & User Adoption.

Salary (Rate): 500

City: Birmingham

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: Hybrid

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Seniority Level: Undetermined

Industry: IT