UK remote
Service Delivery Manager
About this role
Roles & Responsibilities Service Transition & Operational Readiness: Support new service onboarding, service acceptance, transition into BAU support. Customer Management: Handle customer escalations, issues, problems, risks, and service requirements, acting as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor. Governance: Chair operational and service governance forums, driving actions, decisions and continual improvement across multiple stakeholders.
Operational Management: Managing competing priorities across operational support and project delivery. Supplier Management: Coordinate internal and third-party delivery partners, ensuring aligned service delivery and accountability against agreed SLAs and KPIs. Major Incident & Escalation Management: Lead customer communications and service restoration activities during major incidents, coordinating cross-functional technical teams where required.
Service Reviews: Conduct regular service reviews with customers, presenting service performance, risks, opportunities and improvement plans. Customer Satisfaction: Achieve targets and drive improvement initiatives. Service Reporting: Produce both customer and internal service reporting. Service Improvement: Identify, prioritise and implement continual service improvement initiatives that deliver measurable operational and customer benefits.
Risk Management: Manage business risk and ensure business continuity. Compliance: Ensure compliance with ISO/IEC 20000 and service management best practices. Financial Management: Own invoicing, budget management and financial performance of assigned accounts. Forecasting: Perform monthly forecasting of revenues, costs and margins, identifying variances and implementing corrective actions where required. Business Development: Explore and drive opportunities for new or additional work within existing customers.
Qualifications, Essential skills and Experience Service Delivery Experience: Significant experience in Service Delivery Management including delivery of managed services within UK Government, public sector or highly regulated environments. Security Clearance: Eligible for UK SC Clearance, with experience operating within secure or highly regulated environments. SIAM / Multi-Supplier Management: Proven experience operating within a SIAM or multi-supplier environment.