Our client within the construction industry is looking for an experienced IT Service Manager – Microsoft 365 to join their Digital Workplace team. This assignment is a backfill for a key employee and offers the opportunity to take overall responsibility for the end-user-facing delivery, governance, and continuous development of Microsoft 365 application services.
In this role, you will drive the strategic and operational management of M365 services, ensuring a secure, modern, and efficient digital workplace that supports business collaboration, communication, information management, and workflow automation.
Start date: 2026-11-06
End date: 2027-03-31 (extension possible)
Location: Stockholm, 2-3 days/week at the office
About the assignment:
- Own and manage the end-user-facing delivery of Microsoft 365 application services.
- Govern, design, and continuously improve M365 services across the organization.
- Ensure governance frameworks, security controls, and service configurations are properly designed, implemented, and maintained.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective service solutions.
- Manage relationships with vendors, suppliers, support partners, and internal stakeholders to ensure high-quality service delivery.
- Develop and maintain service documentation, user guides, and operational procedures.
- Drive service improvements to achieve agreed SLA, KPI, and customer satisfaction targets.
- Support budgeting, service maintenance, and compliance with IT security and governance standards.
- Perform lifecycle management activities and continuously optimize the M365 environment.
- Maintain and develop an Evergreen Microsoft 365 environment, ensuring optimal adoption of new features and capabilities.
- Identify opportunities to increase business value through automation, digitization, and improved use of Microsoft technologies.
- Collaborate closely with IT teams, Service Desk, and business units within established governance frameworks.
- Lead and support change, incident, request, and problem management processes.
Your Profile
Must-Have Skills
- Proven experience managing and developing Microsoft 365 services in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 architecture and its integration with IT infrastructure, identity management, and security.
- Experience with service lifecycle management, governance, and continuous service improvement.
- Solid experience working with ITSM processes, including Change, Incident, Request, and Problem Management.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to bridge business, IT, and external vendors.
- Experience translating business requirements into effective service solutions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Fluent in both Swedish and English, written and spoken.
- Structured and organized approach with experience working in agile environments.
- Ability to plan, coordinate, communicate, and execute initiatives from concept through delivery.
Personal Qualities
- Results-driven and proactive mindset.
- Passion for creating business value through technology.
- Strong team player with excellent self-leadership and collaboration skills.
- High level of personal effectiveness and accountability.
- Genuine interest in maximizing the potential of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and how its services work together.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Knowledge of Microsoft Graph API
- Experience with Microsoft Entra ID
- Experience driving automation and digital transformation initiatives within large organizations.