Senior Service Delivery Manager

Senior Service Delivery Manager

La Fosse | St Albans, ENG, GB

Posted 3 hours ago

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Description

A leading retail and hospitality organisation is looking for an experienced Senior Service Delivery Manager to take ownership of critical customer-facing technology services supporting a large-scale digital and loyalty ecosystem.


This Senior Service Delivery Manager role sits within a mature Service Management function, working closely with senior stakeholders, technology partners and operational teams to ensure services are stable, resilient and continually improving.


We're looking for a commercially minded Service Delivery professional who can challenge suppliers, influence stakeholders and take ownership when things go wrong.


What You'll Do



  • Own service delivery across critical customer and operational platforms

  • Manage strategic technology suppliers against SLAs, KPIs and service expectations

  • Lead major incident, problem and change management

  • Drive continual service improvement and operational resilience

  • Ensure new technology and transformation initiatives are operationally ready

  • Maintain strong governance, compliance and service management standards

  • Act as a senior escalation point for critical service issues

  • Work closely with Service Desk, Product, Technology and business teams


What They're Looking For



  • Strong Service Delivery / Service Management experience

  • Experience supporting customer-facing digital platforms, products or services

  • Extensive third-party supplier and commercial management experience

  • Strong practical knowledge of Incident, Problem and Change Management

  • ITIL qualification and proven ITIL experience

  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills

  • Experience working across Agile, Product and traditional delivery environments

  • Comfortable operating in a complex, fast-paced environment


Experience within retail, hospitality, FMCG or another large consumer-facing organisation would be advantageous, as would international service delivery and DevOps exposure.


The Opportunity


A high-profile Senior Service Delivery Manager position with genuine ownership of critical technology services, senior stakeholder exposure and the opportunity to drive measurable improvements across a large-scale international operation.


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