At CGI, you’ll lead Microsoft 365 delivery at the heart of a major merger and integration programme, helping bring users, data and digital services together securely and effectively. As an M365 Technical Project Manager, you’ll take ownership of a complex tenant-to-tenant migration, coordinating specialists across Microsoft 365, information governance, cyber security, data and applications to deliver a controlled transition. You’ll use your technical understanding to anticipate dependencies, challenge delivery risks and find practical solutions in a fast-changing environment. Working alongside CGI experts, client teams and technology partners, you’ll have the support to make informed decisions while bringing structure, creativity and momentum to a transformation with significant business impact.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
This role is a hybrid role but you will be expected to work on CGI and client sites in Aberdeen at least 3 days a week.
Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will take ownership of the Microsoft 365 project within a major merger and integration programme, managing delivery across a large-scale tenant-to-tenant migration and subsequent integration. You’ll build and maintain the delivery plan, coordinate specialist teams and suppliers, and maintain a clear view of scope, budget, resources, milestones, risks, decisions and dependencies.
You’ll work across Microsoft 365, information governance, cyber security, data governance, applications and business change, supported by specialists from across CGI and the wider programme. Your technical credibility will enable you to ask the right questions, challenge progress constructively and translate complex delivery activity into clear decisions and updates for senior stakeholders. You’ll also help teams navigate migration readiness, cutover and stabilisation, finding practical solutions as priorities evolve.
- Lead & Deliver – Own the M365 project plan, scope, budget, resources, milestones, deliverables and outcomes within the wider integration programme.
- Migrate & Integrate – Coordinate tenant-to-tenant migration across SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Exchange Online and associated M365 services.
- Plan & Govern – Maintain RAID logs, decision logs, dependency maps, action trackers and evidence-based project reporting.
- Coordinate & Align – Manage dependencies across information management, data migration, cyber security, data governance, applications and business change.
- Secure & Control – Coordinate requirements covering Entra ID, identity and access, permissions, retention, classification, GDPR and M365 security and compliance.
- Connect & Enable – Manage dependencies involving Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI and wider business applications.
- Prepare & Transition – Drive target-tenant readiness, migration planning, cutover coordination, business validation, defect management and post-migration stabilisation.
- Engage & Influence – Facilitate technical workshops, readiness reviews and governance sessions with internal teams, partners and suppliers.
- Communicate & Clarify – Turn complex technical progress, risks and decisions into concise updates for programme, business and senior stakeholders.
- Support & Improve – Coordinate with change, communications and training teams to strengthen user readiness and adoption while continually improving delivery.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
You’ll be a technically credible Project Manager with proven Microsoft 365 delivery experience in complex enterprise environments. You’ll combine disciplined project management with sufficient knowledge of the M365 ecosystem to manage specialist teams, suppliers and cross-programme dependencies effectively. You should be comfortable taking ownership in a high-change environment while collaborating across technical and business teams to drive decisions and successful outcomes.
- Proven experience project managing Microsoft 365 or digital workplace programmes within complex enterprise environments.
- Demonstrable experience of M365 tenant-to-tenant migration, tenant integration, collaboration platform consolidation or similar large-scale migration activity.
- Strong working knowledge of SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive and Exchange Online.
- Good understanding of Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI dependencies.
- Proven ability to manage dependencies across information management, cyber security, data governance, applications and business change.
- Understanding of information governance principles including records management, metadata, permissions, retention, classification and content lifecycle.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, identity and access management, M365 security and compliance, and GDPR considerations.
- Strong project management capability covering planning, budgets, resources, RAID, governance, reporting and dependency management.
- Experience coordinating migration readiness, cutover, transition and post-migration stabilisation.
- Strong supplier management experience, including working with service integrators and third-party technology partners.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to translate technical delivery into business-focused reporting.
- Proven ability to create structure, establish ownership and drive decisions within complex, rapidly changing programmes.
- Experience of Microsoft Purview, Entra ID, SharePoint administration or M365 compliance tooling would be advantageous.
- Previous delivery within a merger, acquisition, divestment or major integration programme would be highly advantageous.
- Experience within energy, oil and gas, regulated or similarly complex enterprise environments would be beneficial.
- A recognised project management or Microsoft 365 certification would be advantageous.
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