IT Service Delivery Manager

Operationaldevelop
Reading, UK
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Excel Cloud Computing Data Centers Information Technology Operations Paessler Router Traffic Grapher PCI Data Security Standards PRINCE2 Virtualization Technology Zabbix Datadog Information Technology SolarWinds (Software)
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Servicenow

Job description

I am looking for an experienced IT Service Delivery Manager to own the customer-facing service relationship for colocation, cloud, and managed infrastructure customers. You will need to be credible in front of customer IT and infrastructure teams, understand the systems underpinning the services we deliver (power, cooling, connectivity, virtualisation, backup/DR, security), and translate operational and incident data into meaningful insight for customers. You’ll be the central point of accountability for service quality, working closely with the NOC, engineering, and data centre operations teams to ensure SLA’s are met and technical risk is proactively managed. Service ManagementBuild deep, technically credible relationships with customers at all levels, from IT operations staff to senior technical and business stakeholders. You will become the go-to person for all service delivery matters.Own customer technical queries and incidents through to resolution, ensuring timely, accurate, and satisfactory outcomes.Be accountable for service quality and performance across colocation, cloud, network, and managed infrastructure services, ensuring capacity planning reflects customer growth, projects, and demand forecasts (power, rack space, connectivity, compute/storage).Take an active role in major incident management, coordinating with NOC/engineering teams, driving clear technical communication to stakeholders, and producing root cause analysis (RCA) and post-incident reports for customers.Deliver technical service reviews (remote and on-site) covering SLA performance, infrastructure health, capacity trends, and roadmap alignment.Support commercial growth by identifying technical upsell/cross-sell opportunities and contributing to Total Contract Value growth for assigned accounts. OperationalDevelop and maintain technical service review documentation and reporting templates.Improve and expand customer feedback mechanisms, incorporating technical/operational metrics alongside satisfaction data.Use feedback and performance data to define customer-specific and business-wide KPIs/SLAs that genuinely reflect service quality.Produce monthly customer satisfaction and service performance reports (SLA attainment, incident trends, capacity headroom).

Requirements

EssentialProven experience in a Managed Service Provider (MSP) or Data Centre / colocation environment, ideally in a service delivery, technical account management, or operations facing role.Solid working understanding of data centre infrastructure fundamentals.Understanding of core managed IT services - networking/connectivity, virtualisation, cloud (public/private/hybrid), backup, and disaster recovery.Experience working with incident, problem, and change management processes (ITIL framework).Comfortable interpreting technical performance data (SLA/uptime metrics, ticketing trends, capacity reports) and translating it for both technical and non-technical audiences.Confident engaging directly with customers’ technical teams and holding your own in infrastructure-related conversations.Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear technical reports and service documentation.Excellent computer skills - comfortable with reporting/analysis tools (Excel, BI tools, ticketing/ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow).Detail-oriented, organised, and an effective collaborator across technical and commercial teams. DesirableITIL Foundation certification (or higher).Exposure to monitoring/observability tooling (e.g. SolarWinds, PRTG, Zabbix, Datadog, or similar).Familiarity with compliance/security standards relevant to data centres (ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2).Service Delivery or Project Management qualifications (e.g. ITIL, PRINCE2) beneficial but not mandatory. Benefits33 days annual leavePension: 5% employee, 5% employerLife assurance at 4x salaryGroup income protection at 70% of salary for up to 2 yearsHelp@Hand: remote GP, physiotherapy, nutritionist, and moreCycle to Work and EV car salary sacrifice schemes6 fully expensed company events per yearOption to donate to charity through salary

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