IT Director
US$204,000 – US$256,000 / yr base salary
Posted 1 Oct 2026
Advertised as “IT Director- Microsoft 365 Productivity and Collaboration”
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
| Base salary | US$204,000 – US$256,000 / yr |
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The Director of Microsoft 365 Collaboration & Productivity is responsible for the strategy, delivery, governance, and operations of the organization’s Microsoft 365 collaboration and productivity services. This role owns the day to day, and strategic management of the Microsoft 365 tenant workloads related to messaging, collaboration, content, and productivity, excluding identity, security platforms, compliance tooling, and endpoint management.
The Director ensures Microsoft 365 services are reliable, scalable, user focused, and aligned with business objectives, while partnering closely with Identity, Security, Compliance, and Endpoint teams that retain focused, and aligned with business objectives, while partnering closely with Identity, Security, Compliance, and Endpoint teams that retain ownership of their respective platforms.
Responsibilities
In Scope Platforms & Services
This role owns strategy and operations for:
- Microsoft 365 service configuration and Feature enhancements for both Commercial and Government tenants
- Exchange Online (email, calendaring, mail flow operations)
- Microsoft Teams (chat, meetings, collaboration, voice if applicable)
- SharePoint Online (sites, content services, information architecture)
- OneDrive for Business (users backups, Geo restrictions, and Geo data storage)
- Microsoft 365 Apps (desktop and web productivity applications)
- Power Platform tenant governance (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI – non-security aspects)
- Copilot adoption and governance (adoption and Evangelizing usage)
Key Responsibilities
Microsoft 365 Strategy & Roadmap
- Define and execute the Microsoft 365 collaboration and productivity roadmap aligned with business priorities.
- Drive adoption of modern collaboration patterns and productivity best practices.
- Evaluate new Microsoft 365 features and services for business value and usability.
Platform Ownership & Operations
- Own the operational health, availability, and performance of collaboration workloads.
- Lead configuration, lifecycle management, and service optimization for:
- Exchange Online