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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Site IT Support Lead - **Company:** Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited - **Location:** St. Louis, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Information Technology Operations, Knowledge Management - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/df23446d-b567-403a-bac1-44e3ebb27bdd ## About the Role * 3-5 years of progressive IT support, service desk, desktop support, workplace technology, or IT operations experience; an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered. * 2-4 years of people leadership experience preferred, including direct management or coordination of technical support employees and contractors. * Demonstrated ability to manage operational performance, service levels, staffing, escalations, and continuous improvement initiatives. * Strong understanding of ITIL-aligned service management practices and the ability to drive consistent process adoption. * Preferred experience with incident management, change management, major incident management, and problem management in an ITIL-aligned environment. * Experience managing vendor relationships, service reviews, operational governance, and contract performance preferred. * Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including executives, and partners across IT, business, facilities, security, and vendor teams. * Experience with ITSM platforms, reporting dashboards, knowledge management, quality programs, and workforce planning practices. * Ability to balance customer experience, operational rigor, compliance, and cost effectiveness in a fast-paced support environment. * Support basic training plans, role readiness, and capability development for support staff. ## Description The Site IT Support Lead is accountable for delivering high-quality service desk and onsite IT support for a single assigned site. This role coordinates daily work and provides technical guidance, manages staffing and service performance, oversees vendor relationships, and works with ITSM practice owners to support consistent use of established processes. The role supports reliable daily service delivery, a positive customer experience, and consistent execution of established support procedures., * Plan workforce coverage, staffing models, and schedules to ensure consistent service delivery across site support queues, channels, and onsite needs. * Manage service performance governance, including queue health, backlog aging, escalation management, quality reviews, and operational reporting. * Monitor basic service metrics such as customer satisfaction, ticket aging, backlog trends, and resolution performance. * Develop and execute continuous improvement plans that enhance customer experience, reduce avoidable volume, and improve operational efficiency. * Support consistent use of established ITSM processes for incidents, requests, knowledge articles, changes, and asset-related activities. * Maintain knowledge articles, training materials, quality checks, reporting, and support procedures. * Coordinate with vendors and escalate service issues where third-party providers support delivery. * Provide priority support as needed for site leaders, senior leaders, and priority business situations, with timely response and effective escalation management. * Support IT onboarding and offboarding processes, including device readiness, access coordination, asset recovery, user experience, and partnership with HR, Facilities, Security, and contractor teams. ## Related Videos - [Successful talent development in tech: A joint journey of executives and talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1497-successful-talent-development-in-tech-a-joint-journey-of-executives-and-talents) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Same Tower, New Confusion: The Tower of Babel 2.0](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100101-same-tower-new-confusion-the-tower-of-babel-2-0) - [Cracking the Code to Tech Team Satisfaction](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1504-cracking-the-code-to-tech-team-satisfaction) - [Successful talent development: A joint journey of executives and talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1002-successful-talent-development-a-joint-journey-of-executives-and-talents) - [What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1784-what-2025-taught-us-a-year-end-special-with-hung-lee) ## Related Articles - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk) - [How Many Jobs Are Available in Technology?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/450-how-many-jobs-are-available-in-technology) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Best Companies to Work For in The UK: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/186-best-companies-to-work-for-in-the-uk-top-25-companies-in-2023)