Program Manager; Sharepoint Upgrade

Position: Program Manager (Sharepoint Upgrade)

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead our enterprise migration initiative from SharePoint 2019 on-premises to Microsoft 365 (SharePoint Online and related services). The Project Manager will oversee planning, execution, communication, risk management, vendor coordination, and stakeholder engagement to ensure a smooth transition to a modern Microsoft 365 environment.

The ideal candidate has prior experience managing large-scale modernization or cloud migrations, preferably involving Microsoft SharePoint, One Drive, Teams, and Active Directory/Azure AD identity integration.

Key Responsibilities Project Planning & Coordination

• Develop and maintain a detailed project plan, including timelines, resource plans, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate the migration roadmap from discovery and assessment through pilot, production migration, and cutover.
• Establish and enforce project governance structure and communication cadence.

Stakeholder & Department Engagement

• Act as the primary liaison between IT, department content owners and leadership
• Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, and migration readiness meetings across multiple business units.
• Work with department leads to organize content cleanup, workflow requirements, and validation activities.

Execution & Delivery Oversight

• Coordinate the work streams including:
• Identity and access strategy
• Workflow modernization
• User training and adoption support
• Ensure project deliverables meet documented business requirements.

Risk, Issue & Change Management

• Identify and track risks, issues, and decision items with clear ownership and mitigation strategies.
• Manage scope, budget, and change requests.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and Microsoft best practices.

Technical Team Coordination

• Work with technical architects, SharePoint administrators, migration engineers, and third-party tool vendors (e.g., Share Gate/AvePoint).
• Coordinate pilot testing, defect tracking, and final go-live execution.

Reporting & Documentation

• Provide weekly status reports, executive updates, and dashboard metrics.
• Maintain project artifacts, communication plans, SOPs, and acceptance criteria.

Training & Adoption Support

• Partner with the training/change management team to schedule and deliver communications, user guides, and rollout support.
• Ensure smooth transition to operations and handoff to support teams.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing IT projects, preferably related to cloud transformation or enterprise application modernization.
• Experience leading SharePoint or Microsoft 365 migration programs (content, workflows, Teams, One Drive, permissions).
• Strong knowledge of technology project phases including discovery, design, testing, deployment, and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Planner, or similar project tools.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with:
• SharePoint 2016/2019 and SharePoint Online
• Identity & access migrations (AD → Azure AD/Entra)
• Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps)
• Migration tools (Share Gate, SPMT, AvePoint, or Metalogix)
• Familiarity with governance frameworks, compliance considerations, and structured content management lifecycle.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Prosci Change Management, or Microsoft certification (MS-900, MS-700, SC-300 or related) is a plus.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage organizational change and user impact
• High level of organization and problem-solving ability
• Adaptability in a complex, multi-department environment

Success Criteria

• Migration is completed on schedule, within budget, and aligned to business and IT expectations.
• End users successfully adopt SharePoint Online and related Microsoft 365 tools.
• Governance, compliance, and long-term support structures are documented and operational.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

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