Technical SME (Google and Slack)

HelloKindred are specialists in staffing marketing, creative and technology roles, offering a range of talent solutions that can be delivered on-site, remotely or hybrid. Our vision is to make work accessible and people’s lives better. We do this by disrupting traditional employment barriers – connecting ambitious talent to flexible opportunities with trusted brands.

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: December 31, 2026

Work set up: Hybrid, 2–3 days on site per week

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Technical SME (Google and Slack) to support a large-scale, multi-year transformation programme focused on modernising collaboration tools, ensuring platform resilience, and enabling strategic carve out scenarios across the organisation. This role sits at the intersection of technology architecture, collaboration tooling strategy, and programme delivery, ensuring the organisation maintains a secure, compliant, and scalable posture while transitioning or integrating collaboration platforms. The SME will play a critical role in shaping, evaluating, and governing technical solutions related to Google Workspace, Slack, and associated integration ecosystems.

What you will do:

• Serve as the primary SME for all matters related to Google Workspace, Slack, and cross-platform integrations including identity, security, messaging, and workflow automation.
• Provide technical direction on platform assessments, migrations, coexistence architectures, and operational design.
• Define future-state collaboration architecture aligned to transformation programme objectives and enterprise standards.
• Lead discovery workshops with business stakeholders, engineering teams, security, and risk partners.
• Analyse existing end-user collaboration landscapes, identify gaps, and assess platform readiness for transformation or separation scenarios.
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements and architectural artefacts.
• Define integration patterns between Slack, Google Workspace, and core systems such as IAM, DLP, monitoring, and workflow tools.
• Guide the design of Slack Enterprise Grid configurations, Google Workspace sharing controls and governance, identity and access management integrations, and API-based automation or workflow integration.
• Support data residency, compliance, and retention requirements during migration or carve out activities.
• Ensure all solutions meet security, regulatory, and audit requirements.
• Provide design assurance through governance forums and architectural review boards.
• Identify platform risks early and propose mitigation strategies aligned to programme timelines.
• Act as a bridge between enterprise architecture, delivery teams, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors.
• Support delivery leads in sequencing platform activities as part of the broader transformation roadmap.
• Contribute to programme-level documentation, dependency tracking, and risk and issue management relating to collaboration platforms.

Qualifications:

• Deep, hands‑on experience with Slack Enterprise Grid including workspace strategy, enterprise key management, user provisioning and integration, DLP, eDiscovery, retention, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of Google Workspace including Gmail, Drive, Docs, IAM, Admin Console, and shared drives.
• Experience designing integration patterns using APIs, event frameworks, and third‑party connectors.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security controls, identity management using SAML and OAuth, and platform governance.
• Proven track record in large‑scale transformation programmes, ideally within financial services.
• Experience working on carve outs, separation programmes, or platform migrations.
• Ability to define roadmaps, architectural models, and target‑state designs.
• Ability to influence and communicate complex technical topics with senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable engaging with CISO, architecture boards, delivery leads, operations, and business functions.
• Google Workspace Admin or Technology certifications are desirable.
• Slack Certified Admin or Slack Certified Consultant certifications are desirable.
• Experience with Atlassian, O365, or cross‑collaboration tooling ecosystems is desirable.
• Architectural certifications such as TOGAF or Zachman are desirable.
• Prior experience in a global bank or highly regulated industry is desirable.

Additional Information:

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship. HelloKindred is committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and role‑related requirements. We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.