Description:
The Service Delivery Manager is part of the Information Management (IM) function. He/she is responsible for the day to day management of ITSM platform & Solutions team, which is located within the IM Global In-house Centre (GIC). Success of this position will require strong international collaboration with global Airbus teams.
The successful candidate will establish team goals by understanding the business strategy, identify and evaluate business & technical trends and choose a course of action to achieve the same. He/she will accomplish the team results/performance by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, coaching and leading the team in the right direction.
Qualification & Experience:
Engineering graduate/post-graduate with 10+ years of experience in developing, delivering and managing IT solutions.
6-8 years of Service Delivery expertise
6-8 years of ServiceNow Platform skills
8-10 years of ServiceNow Operations skills
6-8 years on ServiceNow Release & Instance Management
6-8 years of Stakeholder management
6-8 years of Product owner or Service delivery or Leadership
3-5 years on ETL Tools
3-5 years of experience on Excellent in MS EXCEL or Google Sheets
3-5 years of experience on Agile ways of working
1-2 years of experience on Servicenow Performance Analytics
Certification in ITIL and Waterfall / Agile/ SAFe project methodologies
Experienced in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders transnationally
Quality management awareness
Essential Skills
High level of energy, strong drive & ability to adjust to changing priorities and making quick decisions with limited information are essential attributes in this role.
Experience in building new teams, defining the road maps in the domain of ITSM with tools like ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, Cherwell etc.
Experience in software product quality engineering including Development, Test planning, implementation , execution and at least 4-5 years relevant experience with ServiceNow Operations within a complex global environment
Experience Managing ServiceNow upgrades and deployments
Knowledge of ServiceNow Best Practices and ongoing knowledge of latest ServiceNow features
Strong organizational, communication & customer service skills.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Strong hands-on technical experience & focus on problem solving and service restoration.
Ability to effectively triage and resolve incidents, assist in change management and deployment support.
Knowledge and use of incident/problem management tool sets such as Service Now, SharePoint etc.
Strong Project Management & Leadership Skills.
Ability to engage and motivate people in large teams
Experience of the SLA and OLA management.
Very strong Customer focus and proactive stakeholder management.
Experience of having worked in Agile framework
Others:
Knowledge of any programming language like Java, DotNet and related frameworks
Knowledge in Data storage technologies.
Previous experience of service management of IT solutions involving MySQL, Linux etc is desirable but not mandatory
Willingness to travel for long & short term to Europe
He/She shall be willing to work in European Shift Times (upto 10.30 PM IST in Summer and 11.30 PM IST in winter.)
Responsibilities:
Hold the full responsibility to lead the service delivery team in the right direction to achieve success.
Takes proactive action to ensure stable and secure applications and IT infrastructure to avoid potential service disruptions, attending to capacity planning and to information security.
Define and implement Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to ensure the right level of support execution.
Own and manage service delivery OLA/SLA achievement with high level of customer satisfaction. Manage Application Support Delivery Team including responsibility for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 support.
Provide technical direction, develop and implement procedures and procure tools pertinent to the effective and efficient operation of the service delivery team.
Monitor overall performance of services and timelines.
Prepare, maintain and analyze service reports to address any possible delays/issues before it occurs.
Identify KPI's and create the right reporting parameters and mechanism.
Distribute KPI/service reports weekly/monthly to key internal stakeholders and alert any potential issues.
Create, review and maintain Knowledge Articles
Ability to communicate across the team regardless of organizational boundaries to achieve the goal.
Escalate on time and propose mitigation/corrective action if service delivery is not meeting expectations.
Develop, improve and implement processes with stakeholder agreement to ensure effective information flow to speed up the delivery timelines
Ensuring operations teams are aware of changes and are prepared to perform the delivery as agreed
Ensure the availability of the team with proper backup plan to support the agreed service window
Investigate customer concerns about service, timeliness and quality.
Oversee training and development of service delivery team
Success Metrics:
Success will be measured in a variety of areas, including but not limited to
Agile mind-set, collaborative way of working, quick reaction in case of operational issues, SLA fulfillment & service availability
Effective Coordination, Successful Collaboration
Customer-first mindset
Assertiveness
Crisis Management