- Pay Rate:
Up to £532 per day pay range subject to IR35 status
- Hours per Week:
37
Anticipated 12 months
- London
QAD/1313/3108
Role: Senior Service Manager - IT Service Management
Contract Length: Anticipated 12 months
Location: London (hybrid days TBC) plus some travel
Pay Rate: Up to £532 per day pay range subject to IR35 status
Our client is looking to hire a Senior Service Manager for approximately 12 months.
As a Senior Service Manager, you will be a key decision maker and liaise with the most senior internal and 3rd party stakeholders who are involved in some of the most cutting-edge skills and topics within information technology.
You will have a strong background and extensive experience in IT Service Management. You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and use your expertise to direct, advise and support your team to deliver high-quality services. Using your strong knowledge of Service Management and stakeholder management skills, you will effectively influence change within the organisation.
You will interface with Service Architecture & Transition, Service Operations & Programme Portfolio colleagues to assure the delivery of the service/s you are accountable for. You will also engage with wider teams and stakeholders to manage opportunities, risks and escalations, ensuring the quality of the service being delivered meets the business needs.
Key accountabilities:
- Ongoing integration of service providers with Operating Models ensuring new / updated services are effectively onboarded as required, ensuring necessary development to support Service integration functions in live developing, implementing, and communicating Service Management and Digital Data and Technology strategies
- Ensure that the customer receives the highest level of service from the Enterprise Services teams and managed suppliers
- Identify appropriate internal and external suppliers to deliver services, working with them to agree the approach based on the defined outcomes
- Effectively engage with senior stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure alignment and to manage challenges and escalations from the Service Management teams
- Accountability for initiatives that will drive continuous improvement across customer services, whilst protecting the integrity of existing services
- Make decisions regarding cost reductions and opportunities based on supplier financial performance, subsequently managing suppliers to deliver accordingly
Key requirements:
- Application of Service Management and agile methodologies and models across a range of services within varying environments.
- Apply your expert knowledge of the various communications channels to effectively engage with stakeholders via the appropriate medium, adapting your approach where required
- Understand how your current work fits into broader Enterprise Services contexts and strategies so that deeper underlying problems and opportunities can be addressed and managed appropriately
- Ability to act as the escalation point to directly manage supplier performance against commercial agreements, working with commercial teams to update contracts when required
- Experience taking responsibility for service spending, ensuring actual costs are within budget and managing any over/underspend
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