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IT Service ManagerReporting to the Director, Service Operations, this role supports the definition, implementation, and management of Major Incident and Problem management processes for Safelite.
Working in conjunction with the Safelite Service Management team and other key stakeholders, as the IT Service Manager, you will manage the team to ensure all Major Incidents across Safelite are addressed successfully in a timely manner to minimize business impact. You will also participate as a Manager Incident Analyst when required. Additionally, you will be responsible for Problem Management processes, including root cause analysis, trends, and consistency. You will collaborate with the Service Transition Manager to ensure that the organization is prepared to support new or changed services.
The successful candidate will drive continual improvement in Service Management capabilities leveraging best practices, tools, technology, and insights from business partners to achieve effective outcomes.
What you will do
- Support the definition, implementation, and operation of Major Incident processes, systems, and tools within Safelite. Collaborate with other business units and Belron to optimize and standardize processes.
- Run the Major Incident Corrective Action Review process when incidents arise. Conduct root cause analysis against all major incidents to prevent reoccurrence and implement appropriate problem management processes related to repeating issues.
- Accountable for the delivery of Major Incident Management and Problem Management services against agreed KPIs. Actively manage and/or support Major Incidents as they arise within Safelite, ensuring minimal business disruption.
- Proactively liaise with Business users, leaders, and partners to keep them informed of the impact of major incidents and the progress of resolution.
- Participate in ongoing support meetings/reviews with other IT and business leaders to drive continuous service improvement.
- Ensure IT Services Run organization is appropriately set up to take on ongoing support of new or changed services.
- Delegate and direct service tasks, monitor the progress of current projects, and manage service team members to ensure the team's objectives and goals are met.
- Develop and deliver Disaster Recovery (DR) policies, training material, lead training sessions, communications, and DR exercises.
- Educate and support internal and external resolving groups on the policies and principles of processes.
- Act as an escalation for major production incidents, leading the incident response in real-time and coordinating with IT teams to ensure proper resolution.
- Review and prioritize the investigation backlog and pending action items, ensuring that delivery teams remain engaged until completion.
- Produce Root Cause Analyses to be shared with senior executive management for all major and high incidents and work with the Problem Management team to ensure that long-term remediations are tracked.
Education Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline. Equivalent years of experience may be considered.
Experience Qualifications
- 7-9 years of experience in technology management and/or operational experience.
- 4-6 years of experience with developing and delivering training on systems, processes, standards, and policy.
- 4-6 years of knowledge of the ServiceNow platform including familiarity with ServiceNow modules (CMDB/ITSM, Portal, Mobile, and Automation) and workflow.
- 4-6 years of demonstrable experience of collaborative working with teams locally and globally.
- 4-6 years of broad general knowledge of infrastructure, network, application technologies in addition to SDLC, ITIL, and Service Management common practices.
- 4-6 years of proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and measure success.
- 4-6 years of excellent troubleshooting and documentation skills.
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills (High proficiency).
- Excellent organizational skills (High proficiency).
- Ability to engage, build relationships with, and influence senior leadership and stakeholders (High proficiency).
- Proven knowledge of ITIL Service Management processes (High proficiency).
- Effective analytical skills including an ability to anticipate and highlight potential risks associated with management or resolution, workarounds, and root causes (High proficiency).
- Experience with managing multiple major service providers across an integrated environment (Medium proficiency).
Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation, and dedication, we're the right company for you.
Internal Associates: Already a member of the Safelite team? Apply through your Workday account by searching 'Find Open Jobs'.Diversity: Safelite welcomes everyone. We value our diverse workforce and suppliers, and we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Learn more at Safelite.com/Careers.
Benefit amounts are estimates only. Actual values will depend on benefit elections during enrollment.
This position description is not all-inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA, and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements.
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