SharePoint Manager

THE ROLE

We're seeking a Project Manager to lead our ongoing SharePoint data management initiatives. Microsoft SharePoint Online has already transformed many of our internal processes, aligning with our strategic objectives across key themes:

• Enhancing internal operational efficiency through technological innovation.
• Driving superior data management, enabling better decision-making and performance.
• Strengthening security and risk mitigation.
• Establishing a single, secure, globally deployable data platform with consistent standards.

Data is at the core of our operations, and SharePoint serves as our principal data platform. Optimizing data management processes ensures the success of our diverse business entities, which oversee hundreds of solar energy assets across all lifecycle phases.

Reporting to the Group Head of IT & Security, you will play a crucial role in coordinating our data management programme. While technical expertise is important, a significant focus will be on business engagement and collaboration. Senior business representatives and departmental data trustees will work alongside you, relying on your insights to maximize platform value.

You’ll need exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills to scope, prioritize, and communicate deliverables effectively. Business acumen is essential for evaluating business requirements and defining success criteria. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with IT teams, including SharePoint technical experts, Data Architects, Document Controllers, and the Data Protection Officer, ensuring alignment with our technology and cybersecurity strategies.

The role can be based in the UK, Hyderabad, Spain, Italy, or Portugal, with compensation aligned to location benchmarks. Travel to European locations and Hyderabad may be required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Project Management: Coordinate priorities across business units (BUs) and IT, ensuring tasks such as SharePoint audits, document migration, and system updates are successfully completed.
• Process Development: Work with IT to design and implement key processes, including asset onboarding, third-party document sharing, and permissions management.
• Bug Rectification: Identify and resolve persistent SharePoint issues affecting business teams, working closely with IT to ensure complete resolution.
• Quality Control: Ensure consistency and accuracy in task execution across different regions and clients.
• Q&A Support: Act as the primary point of contact for SharePoint structure and optimization queries, without duplicating IT helpdesk functions.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Project Management & Coordination Skills – Ability to drive multiple workstreams, align priorities, and ensure timely execution.
• Strong Communication & Interpersonal Skills – Clarity in written and verbal communication, particularly in engaging senior stakeholders.
• Technical Expertise in SharePoint – Solid understanding of SharePoint for large-scale data management.
• Business Acumen – Ability to bridge the gap between technology and business needs, including budgeting and cost-benefit analysis.
• Governance & Compliance Knowledge – Experience with security frameworks such as ISO27001, NIST, and GDPR regulations.
• Process Development Skills – Experience in structuring and optimizing business processes.
• Resilience & Problem-Solving Ability – Capacity to manage conflicting priorities and drive solutions under pressure.
• Fluency in English – Additional proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian is advantageous.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS 

• Proven experience managing large-scale data projects in corporate environments.
• Deep understanding of SharePoint’s data lifecycle, including storage, processing, migration, tagging, and archiving.
• Experience in security-compliant environments, ensuring robust data protection.
• Knowledge of enterprise technologies, particularly Office 365 and Azure, is a plus.
• Familiarity with asset management from technical, commercial, or financial perspectives (desirable but not essential).
• Working knowledge of automation and AI applications in data management.

WHAT WE OFFER 

• A busy role in a supportive team, with plenty of opportunities to learn.
• International scope – we operate in over 8 countries.
• Hybrid working.
• Annual discretionary bonus.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the link to apply or send your application to [email protected]. If you have been shortlisted for the next stage, we will be in contact within 14 days.

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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our approach to diversity and inclusion is a natural extension of our values. Our entrepreneurial culture inspires us to try new things, be open to different viewpoints and be bold. Our Group is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of connectedness that values difference and gives space for individual expression. The collective sum of our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, talent and hard work form the bedrock of who we are and who we aspire to be.

We are committed to equal employment and advancement opportunity irrespective of race, color, ancestry, social background, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity.

ABOUT US

NextEnergy Group was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector.  Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction, and ownership of solar assets across multiple jurisdictions.  NextEnergy Group operates via its three business units: NextEnergy Capital (Investment Management), WiseEnergy (Operating Asset Management), and Starlight (Asset Development).

NextEnergy Capital manages the Group's investment activities and has invested in over 520 solar plants, exceeding 2GW in capacity across its institutional funds.

• NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF): Listed on the London Stock Exchange, NESF manages 102 solar and energy storage assets in the UK and Italy, with a total installed capacity of 983MW and a gross asset value of £1,014m.
• NextPower II (NPII): A private fund of 105 solar plants (149MW) focused on Italy, successfully divested in January 2022, delivering net IRRs exceeding its 10-12% target.
• NextPower III ESG (NPIII ESG): A private fund targeting solar infrastructure in OECD countries (e.g., US, Spain, Italy), with $896m raised, exceeding its $750m target.
• NextPower UK ESG (NPUK ESG): A private fund dedicated to new-build solar plants in the UK, with ~£600m raised.
• NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG): A private OECD solar fund investing in solar and adjacent technologies like battery storage. To date, it has raised $745m, targeting $1.5bn ($2bn ceiling).

WiseEnergy® is NextEnergy Group’s operating asset manager.  WiseEnergy is a leading specialist operating asset manager in the solar sector.  Since its founding, WiseEnergy has provided solar asset management, monitoring, technical due diligence and under construction services to over 1,500 utility-scale solar power plants with an installed total capacity in excess of 3.4 GW.  WiseEnergy clients comprise leading banks and equity financiers in the energy and infrastructure sector. 

Starlight is NextEnergy Group’s development company that is active in the development phase of solar projects.  It has developed over 100 utility-scale projects internationally and continues to progress a large pipeline of c.10GW of both green and brownfield project developments across global geographies.

NextSTEP is the venture capital fund of NextEnergy Group, dedicated to investing in innovative startups in the field of environmental sustainability. The fund primarily focuses on investments in Italy and the United Kingdom but also extends its reach to the rest of Europe and the United States, targeting startups in the pre-seed and seed stages. NextSTEP pays particular attention to emerging entities from incubators, startup accelerators, universities, and research centers, supporting projects that address global challenges in crucial areas such as Climate Change, Energy Transition, CO2 Capture and Sequestration, Circular Economy, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Fashion, Waste Management, Water and much more.

NextEnergy Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 2016 by the NextEnergy Group that operates internationally and whose mission is to proactively participate in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions by providing clean energy sources in regions where they are not yet available and thereby contributing to poverty reduction. As the main sponsor of this foundation, the NextEnergy Group donates at least 5% of its consolidated net profits each year. The NextEnergy Foundation has no overhead costs and therefore 100% of the funds raised go to donations for the various projects. Since 2016, in 8 years of operation the foundation has donated more than £1.2 million, supporting over 30 projects in 27 different countries around the world.