Senior Director of Enterprise Strategy at Zelis modernizing healthcare financial experiences. Driving strategic development and competitive positioning across various business units.
About the role
- Director managing the Microsoft 365 strategy, delivery, and optimization for Novartis. Overseeing productivity tools, collaboration services, licensing, and governance operations.
Responsibilities
- Own the global Microsoft 365 strategy, roadmap, and architectural direction—spanning Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Power Platform, Viva, Copilot, and related services.
- Champion productivity transformation by identifying, piloting, and scaling emerging capabilities (e.g., AI, automation, next‑gen collaboration).
- Provide end-to-end accountability for service quality, performance, resilience, and support—covering L2–L4 operations via internal teams and strategic suppliers.
- Oversee service health, incident/problem/change management, service request governance, release cycles, and communication processes.
- Ensure adherence to enterprise security, compliance, audit, SOX, and risk management standards.
- Lead Microsoft licensing strategy (EAs, SCEs, add-ons, Copilot licensing, usage telemetry), ensuring cost optimization and entitlement accuracy.
- Act as the single point of accountability for all licensing audits, reporting, and renewals.
- Drive commercial planning, consumption forecasting, and financial stewardship for the entire Microsoft portfolio.
- Lead enterprise-wide rollout, adoption, and value measurement of Microsoft Copilot and AI capabilities.
- Drive AI governance, data readiness, safe-use frameworks, and business integration.
- Drive adoption initiatives—roadshows, blogs, enablement videos, learning experiences—to help employees unlock full M365 value.
- Build an effective change management and communication engine to support continuous platform enhancements.
- Lead a global team of platform architects, service owners, engineers, and operations specialists.
- Build strong partnerships with Digital Workplace, Network, Security, Compliance, TechOps, and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience around managing large scale M365 Platforms and Products.
- Track record of leading cross-functional transformation and driving enterprise-wide product adoption.
- 12+ years of relevant technology leadership experience, with at least 6+ years in enterprise-level management roles overseeing large-scale M365 platforms or digital workplace ecosystems.
- Proven experience leading end-to-end Microsoft 365 services—Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Identity, Security & Compliance, Power Platform, and AI/Copilot integrations.
- Familiarity with L2–L4 support structures and ITSM processes for M365 services.
- Demonstrated success in managing Microsoft licensing, enterprise agreements, consumption modeling, and optimization initiatives.
- Strong experience with global operations, multisite service delivery, and vendor/supplier management (including Microsoft).
- Experience operating in highly regulated environments with strong emphasis on compliance, audit, and data governance.
Benefits
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