The Service Delivery Manager's main objective is to manage the performance of services to clients as agreed in the contract and ensure that the Service Levels are achieved
Define service level agreements (SLA) related to contracted services and have an excellent understanding of the contract
Responsible for the cost and quality of solutions delivered by the technical delivery teams including offers, implementation, and operations
Managed the IT Service Delivery team, taking responsibility for the service desk, desktop support, and application support
Ensure SLAs are achieved and client expectations are met (or exceeded)
Build service relationships with clients
Manage the IT Service Delivery team and be responsible for career development and appraisals
Ensure that systems, processes, and methodologies as specified are followed to ensure effective monitoring, control, and support of service delivery
Provide reports to an agreed schedule (or on request), including management and account performance reports
Attend client service review meetings; areas covered will include performance reports, service improvements, quality, and processes
Drives up the quality of solutions (availability and performance) and drives down cost
Understand and underpin the implementation of IT Service Strategies supporting Customer environments
Participate in the gross profitability of the account
Work to mitigate the impact of service failures and improve quality
Responsible for the continued provision of delivered services, to agreed quality
Manage the delivery of service from delivery units and other direct service suppliers
Act as an escalation point for Incident Managers
Responsible for the identification and tracking, within the delivery teams, of true problems to completion. Initiating any necessary escalations
Provide input into bids, due diligence, and transition planning for new contracts
Review all major changes and projects affecting areas of responsibility, checking the impacts of each change
Underpin the Operational Level Agreements within the delivery units where specifically needed (i.e. where the Customer requirements differ from the service level in standard service descriptions)
Keeps a P/L of the customer and keeps track of the right Accruals/Invoices to be made to keep the accounting system up to date
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