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ITSM Manager

CloudJune Technologies LLC
, UAE
Director
AED 10,000/month
3 days ago
LeadershipStrategic PlanningBudgetingTeam ManagementPerformance ManagementProject Management
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About The Role

The Manager, IT Service Operations owns the operational backbone of the Infrastructure & Cybersecurity function.

This role leads service desk operations, incident management, change management, monitoring, and field support across the organisation.

It is a hands-on leadership role focused on professionalising operations, embedding ITIL discipline, and bringing measurable improvement to how the business experiences IT.

Key Responsibilities

  • *IT Service Management*
  • Own the end-to-end ITSM framework, ensuring consistent service delivery across all locations
  • Establish a clear L1/L2 service model with structured ticket routing
  • Drive continual service improvement using data, metrics, and feedback loops
  • *Incident Management*
  • Own the Major Incident Management process, formal escalation paths, named incident commanders, bridge protocols, and structured executive communications
  • Ensure mandatory Root Cause Analysis on all P1 and P2 incidents within agreed timeframes
  • Establish ticket priority discipline and bring P1 volumes to industry norms
  • Drive proactive incident detection through monitoring
  • *Change Management*
  • Own the ITIL-aligned change management process, including the Change Advisory Board (CAB) and Technical Advisory Board (TAB)
  • Ensure changes are presented by business or application owners with proper documentation, impact assessment, and rollback plans
  • Enforce multi-party approvals and structured change governance

*Service Desk & Field Support*

  • Lead 24/7 service desk operations and regional field support
  • Ensure consistent standards, tooling, and service quality across all locations
  • Build a comprehensive knowledge base capturing institutional knowledge
  • Design and launch self-service capabilities to reduce ticket volume

*Monitoring & Operational Visibility*

  • Centralise monitoring and alerting under a single team
  • Build and maintain operational dashboards for leadership visibility
  • Establish weekly operational reporting cadence with consistent KPIs (SLA, MTTR, incident counts, change success rates)
  • *Team Leadership*
  • Lead a team across service desk, field support, and operations
  • Build a culture of professionalism, accountability, and service excellence
  • Coach, develop, and grow team members through certification and clear growth paths

Required Experience & Qualifications

  • *Essential*
  • 8–12 years of progressive experience in IT service operations, ITSM, or IT infrastructure operations
  • At least 3–5 years leading service desk, operations, or ITSM teams
  • Demonstrated experience implementing or maturing ITIL-aligned practices, particularly incident, change, and problem management
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise ITSM platforms
  • Strong experience with monitoring and observability tooling
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
  • ITIL v4 Foundation certification (Managing Professional preferred)
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Pay: AED10,000.00 - AED12,000.00 per month

Education

  • Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience

  • leading service desk, operations, or ITSM teams: 5 years (Required)
  • IT service operations, ITSM, or IT infrastructure operations: 8 years (Required)
  • Incident Management: 5 years (Required)
  • Change Management: 5 years (Required)

License And Certification

  • ITIL v4 Foundation certification (Required)

Location

  • Dubai (Required)

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