IT Senior Support Manager

Keywords Studios is seeking an IT Senior Support Manager to oversee first and second line support across their studios globally. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering IT support across locations in a collaborative manner, ensuring an efficient and effective service to internal users.

Requirements

• Create a location strategy for Support taking into consideration the need for 24/7 support that follows the sun.
• Drive an automation first, shift left mentality working across all IT teams.
• Align with the ITSM and ServiceNow teams to ensure standard ways of working and driving investment from the tool.
• Utilise Knowledge Management to drive forth automation.
• Manage and develop the local IT support teams, ensuring that all employees are trained and upskilled to deliver a professional IT support service to our internal users and adhere to ITIL standards where applicable.
• Manage all local IT support operations to ensure that SLAs are met and that our internal users are provided with an exceptional user experience.
• Collaborate with global IT support teams to ensure global IT policies and standards are consistently implemented and measured.
• Collaborate with other IT teams to manage the delivery of IT projects, including new infrastructure, software and hardware.
• Deliver weekly and monthly metrics on support operations and incidents, including analysis of trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ensure that all IT assets in the local offices are managed and maintained to a high standard.
• Proactively manage relationships with suppliers and partners ensuring service level agreements and contracts are maintained and renewed as required.
• Provide regular progress reports to senior management and stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and legislation related to workplace services, health and safety, and environmental management.
• Collaborate with other senior leaders and stakeholders to build a strong culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and learning across the organization.

Benefits

• Valuation and encouragement of diversity in all its forms
• Fostering an inclusive environment
• Priority to the inclusion of people with disabilities