We’re looking for a Service Delivery Manager who can manage a portfolio of Communications and Managed Services customers and be the person they trust to keep things running well, improve what isn’t and speak plainly when it matters.
You will be confident to own customer relationships end to end, bring structure where it’s needed and calmly drive better outcomes when things get complex. This is a hands-on role with real influence, not a reporting-only position.
This role will suit someone with a strong operational background in IT or Managed Services such as service desk management or a team leader/service analyst/service coordinator who wants to step up into service delivery.
This role can be based in our Birmingham or Bolton office, we offer hybrid working with 3 days on site per week. You’ll be working in a team of 5, with no direct reports, with a focus on establishing what good service delivery looks like.
At Intercity, service delivery is about trust, accountability and doing right by customers, every day.
Key Responsibilities as a Service Delivery Manager:
You’ll be the main point of contact for your customers and the person accountable for how service lands day to day.
That means you will:
- Build strong, honest relationships with customers at all levels
- Lead service reviews and governance meetings that actually lead to action
- Use service data to spot issues early and improve performance over time
- Be the customer’s voice internally and hold teams to account on delivery
- Own SLAs, KPIs, incidents and problem management outcomes
- Identify service risks and deal with them before they escalate
- Make sure services meet contractual and ITIL expectations
- Support commercial conversations around renewals, changes and growth
- Work closely with operations, account teams and presales to shape better services
You will be trusted to make decisions, challenge when needed and keep customers confident in the service they receive.
The ideal person will have:
- Strong operational background such as service desk management in IT or Managed Services
- Experience of managing customers with 300-500 users
- Solid awareness of ITIL and service governance in practice, not just theory
- Hands-on approach
- Takes ownership and stays calm when things don’t go to plan
What We Offer:
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays), with entitlement increasing by one day for each full calendar year employed, up to a maximum of five days.
- Annual pay reviews.
- Holiday buy scheme.
- All-company bonus scheme.
- Death in service cover.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Company pension.
- Active social calendar.
- A strong focus on developing our people.