IT Service Management Service Lead
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Job description
This role is all about helping the organization deliver great IT services. As the ITSM Service Lead, you'll guide and mature key service management practices, making sure they run smoothly, efficiently, and in line with ITIL best practices. You'll work closely with teams across the institution to improve processes, strengthen the service catalog, and drive continual improvement. This role does not offer H1B sponsorship. Candidates must live in or be willing to relocate to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.
What You'll Do
- Lead and enhance IT service management practices
- Partner with teams across the organization to improve service quality and operational excellence
- Gather requirements to support practice maturity and service catalog development
- Analyze service performance and identify opportunities for improvement
- Advocate for ITSM and help educate teams on best practices
- Support iterative deployment of ITSM capabilities in collaboration with development teams
- Manage multiple priorities and communicate progress clearly to leadership, Liaison between Service management Center of Excellence (CoE) and user groups, primarily focused on maintaining uniform and best practice ITSM processes. Defines and maintains enterprise wide ITSM processes (INC, MI, PRB, CHG, DMD, RQST, KNW). Creates, maintains, and updates process documentation. Defines KPIs and measures process performance against the defined KPIs. Coordinates with user groups to: Ensure that the user groups are following the defined process, provide required coaching/guidance as required. Receive process related feedback, question, concerns, and address them. Identify new requirements and document in backlog. Keep user groups informed on upcoming ServiceNow platform activities (upgrades, releases etc.) Coordinates with CoE team to: Gathering requirements, acceptance criteria, and creating user stories for development. Review platform backlog and prioritize implementation. Support platform team via elaborating requirements, testing. Planning and implementing IT Service Management processes. Advises and promotes ITIL best practices. May also be responsible for training and educating employees about the various processes in the workplace and ensuring accurate data tracking. Perform other duties as assigned., Liaison between Service management Center of Excellence (CoE) and user groups, primarily focused on maintaining uniform and best practice ITSM processes. Defines and maintains enterprise wide ITSM processes (INC, MI, PRB, CHG, DMD, RQST, KNW). Creates, maintains, and updates process documentation. Defines KPIs and measures process performance against the defined KPIs.
Coordinates with user groups to:
- Ensure that the user groups are following the defined process, provide required coaching/guidance as required.
- Receive process related feedback, question, concerns, and address them.
- Identify new requirements and document in backlog.
- Keep user groups informed on upcoming ServiceNow platform activities (upgrades, releases etc.)
Coordinates with CoE team to:
- Gathering requirements, acceptance criteria, and creating user stories for development
- Review platform backlog and prioritize implementation.
- Support platform team via elaborating requirements, testing.
Planning and implementing IT Service Management processes. Advises and promotes ITIL best practices. May also be responsible for training and educating employees about the various processes in the workplace and ensuring accurate data tracking. Perform other duties as assigned. SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.
Requirements
Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Experience as an ITSM process analyst or lead
- Strong knowledge of ITIL and ITSM methodologies
- Hands-on experience with ServiceNow ITSM and SPM
- Familiarity with Scrum, especially backlog management
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with tools like spreadsheets and data modeling software
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-engagement skills
- Ability to think strategically while handling day-to-day details
- Proactive mindset and ownership of your work, Required Education Bachelor's Degree in major coursework in computer science, math, information systems, or other related field.
Experience 6 years of progressively responsible information technology experience An equivalent combination of education and/or directly related experience may be substituted in lieu of the stated requirements to include in depth knowledge and experience in ITSM process management, prior experience planning, implementing, and maturing IT Service Management practices and processes.
Preferred Experience ITIL v4 Foundations (ITIL practitioner) is a plus. Prior ServiceNow experience is a plus.
Benefits & conditions
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- Loan forgiveness
- Childcare
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Parental leave
- Health insurance
- Paid time off, UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include: PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay Paid Time Off, available day one Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Paid Parental Leave Benefit Wellness programs Tuition Reimbursement Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!
