Technology is transforming the way professional services firms collaborate, share knowledge and deliver value to clients. We are looking for a Digital Workplace & Gen AI Product Owner to help drive the next phase of that journey.
This is an opportunity to extract maximum value for our users from the Microsoft 365 collaboration ecosystem and help define how Generative AI technologies are adopted across the business. Working at the intersection of technology, user experience and innovation, you will ensure colleagues can collaborate effectively, access knowledge seamlessly and leverage emerging AI capabilities in a secure, governed and practical way.
You'll play a key role in translating rapidly evolving Microsoft and AI technologies into meaningful business outcomes, partnering with stakeholders across legal teams, business services and technology functions to maximise adoption, productivity and value.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the future of digital work within a leading professional services environment.
You'll have the autonomy to shape product strategy, drive innovation and champion the adoption of next-generation workplace technologies, including Microsoft Copilot and other AI-powered productivity tools. The role offers significant visibility across the business and the chance to work closely with senior stakeholders on strategic initiatives that deliver measurable impact.
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Own the functional roadmap for Microsoft 365 collaboration and productivity tools, ensuring alignment with business strategy and user needs.
- Lead the development and enhancement of digital workplace capabilities across SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive and the wider Microsoft 365 suite.
- Identify opportunities to leverage Generative AI technologies, including Microsoft Copilot, to improve productivity, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Evaluate emerging Microsoft and AI capabilities, making recommendations on adoption, governance and business value.
- Develop and maintain product backlogs, prioritising enhancements, adoption initiatives and governance improvements.
- Define and implement effective collaboration standards, information architecture and workspace governance frameworks.
- Partner with technology, compliance, security and business stakeholders to ensure solutions balance innovation with appropriate risk management.
- Work closely with change, training and communications teams to drive adoption and user engagement.
- Establish success metrics and monitor product performance, adoption levels, productivity gains and return on investment.
- Produce reporting, recommendations and business cases for technology leadership and governance forums.
- Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders seeking to improve business processes through Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled solutions.
You'll create clear direction for the organisation's digital workplace strategy, helping colleagues embrace modern ways of working while ensuring technology remains secure, well-governed and aligned to business objectives.
Most importantly, you'll combine innovation with pragmatism, identifying opportunities where Microsoft 365 and AI can genuinely improve productivity, collaboration and user experience across the business.
We're interested in professionals who combine strong digital workplace expertise with commercial awareness and a genuine passion for improving user experience.
You'll ideally bring:
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 technologies, particularly SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.
- Experience owning or managing digital workplace, collaboration or productivity products within a professional services, regulated or enterprise environment.
- Experience developing product roadmaps, managing backlogs and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Understanding of Microsoft 365 governance, including permissions, lifecycle management, information architecture, retention and data protection principles.
- Experience translating technology capabilities into practical business solutions and adoption strategies.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience producing business cases, recommendations and reports for senior leadership teams.
- Familiarity with Generative AI technologies, including Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Chat, AI agents or similar productivity tools would be highly advantageous.
- Experience within legal services or another regulated professional services environment would be beneficial.
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We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
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