Senior Service Manager

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SENIOR SERVICE MANAGER, TECHNOLOGY SERVICE DESK, OPERATIONAL SECURITY, REVIEW OF SERVICE, SLAS, CSI, CONTINUOUS SERVICE IMPROVEMENT, STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

£39,333 - £45,232 + allowances + pension

An exciting new opportunity has become available, to work for one of our high profile Central Government clients as a Senior Service Manager based in Croydon.

The post holder will be responsible for:

* Ensure customers obtain the best possible availability and performance from delivered services through effective and efficient management of service affecting incidents whether provided by internal or external service providers.

* Ensure the continuous review of services and service affecting incidents to formulate improvements and remediation activities to enhance services and provide additional value to customers.

* Continuously review services against SLAs to ensure they either meet or exceed performance targets and any potential conflicts or risks are understood and mitigated.

* Act as an escalation point for service related matters, negotiating and managing conflict as necessary with suppliers, stakeholders and customers.

* Support service reviews and operational review meetings with suppliers (internal and external), whilst developing and maintaining effective service line supplier relationships.

* Drive continual service improvements through the measurement and challenge of services and processes, tools and capability as part of Continuous Service Improvement (CSI) plan. Promote

* CSI to all stakeholders engaged in the consumption and provision of the end-to-end service.

* Collate and maintain management and service performance information, on both a regular and ad-hoc basis, to deliver clear visibility of operational performance and enable overall service reporting.

* Validate/assure supplier invoices against agreed performance levels.

* From both a Service Integrator and operational delivery perspective, depending on assigned role, provide impact analysis for changes and review business mandates and supplier proposals as necessary.

* Identify and manage or escalate as appropriate service risks and issues in accordance with standard processes.

* Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders (customers, colleagues and suppliers).

* Support the design, agreement and implementation of the relevant Service Model standards and processes across all relevant suppliers.

* Participate in the acceptance, onboarding and early life support of new services.

* Ensure that there are adequate IT Service Continuity and Disaster Recovery provisions for the services and processes and services and validated in line with business requirements

* Ensure services are safe and secure. Highlight security vulnerabilities and work with partners to maintain a secure environment to protect our customers from threats either internal or external.

Essential Criteria

* Strong technology based service management experience with ability to demonstrate effective customer focussed service delivery.

* Must have demonstrable Relationship Management experience building and maintaining effective relationships with a current team, wider teams, suppliers and external stakeholders.

* Must have established, led and or supported service review regimes with suppliers (internal and external) and business stakeholders, to drive required quality service delivery against agreed service levels and outcomes

* A sound understanding of technology evidenced by insightful, knowledgeable and effective end to end service management of a range of complex, large and or disaggregated services.

* Experience of driving continual service improvements through the measurement and challenge of services and processes, tools and capability.

* Confidence and enthusiasm are important in order to demonstrate credibility and maintain engagement of stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

* ITIL qualification

* Knowledge of ServiceNow

* Experience supporting the design, agreement and implementation of the relevant Service Model standards and processes across a range of suppliers

* Financial and or commercial knowledge in respect to technology delivered services

* A relevant academic and/or vocational qualification

If you would like to discuss the position further please feel free to contact Ryan on 0161 924 3689