Squad Lead - Digital Workplace M365 (m/f/d)

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METRO.digital is a leading international wholesaler specializing in food. We develop digital solutions to make each day a success for our customers and colleagues.

Transformation and Operating Model

We are progressing on a worldwide digitalization journey and undergoing a transformation. Our new Target Operation Model (TOM) builds a business‑led IT organization aligned with METRO’s core strategy.

Job Description

For the Digital Workplace & Service Management Platform (Tech) we are looking for a Squad Lead for the following tech squads:

Workplace Productivity & Solutions – Provide productivity solutions to empower all employees.
Workplace Backend – Provide stable and secure foundation for Workplace services, including Directory and Azure services.

How will you make an impact?

As Squad Lead you will maximize the squad’s business outcome, drive the future workplace environment and have functional leadership responsibility for squad members.

Your Responsibilities

Shape the transformation of the workplace environment to implement our cloud strategy.
Take full responsibility for the squad’s outcomes: solution & service lifecycle, costs, benefits, and business impact.
Translate business needs into actionable squad strategies and ensure alignment with platform mission and business objectives.
Stay current with market and technical trends, identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
Steer and manage external service partners, ensuring operational stability.
Offer ongoing functional leadership to squad members, ensuring high‑quality solutions and services.
Own execution and delivery of squad objectives, managing and prioritizing the backlog and ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
Develop and continually update detailed roadmaps for the squad.
Actively align with Platform Leads, Skill Chapter Leads, other Squads and Countries; take ownership of dependencies and risks.

Required qualifications and competencies

Leadership experience managing complex, interdisciplinary teams and solutions.
Deep technical background in workplace environments and best practices.
5+ years of experience in enterprise environments.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 services (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange), AD & Entra ID, Azure.
Experience managing external service partners.
Experience in a matrix organization functional leadership role.
Strong analytical, conceptual and communication skills.
Customer‑orientation and positive attitude.
Very good fluency in English (written and verbal).

Benefits

Hybrid and agile work in a flexible, multicultural environment.
People development programs and training for growth.
Supportive culture with individual solutions to support your professional journey.