Hybrid IT Service Desk Manager

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About the role

  • Supervise and mentor Service Desk staff, including analysts and technicians.
  • Oversee staffing, scheduling, and training to ensure proper coverage and skill development.
  • Conduct regular performance reviews and set development goals for team members.
  • Manage the day-to-day operations of the IT Service Desk, ensuring prompt resolution of issues.
  • Monitor service levels and KPIs such as First Contact Resolution (FCR), SLA compliance, and ticket backlog.
  • Ensure consistent incident, request, and problem management workflows using ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira Service Management).
  • Identify trends in service requests to proactively improve services and reduce incident volumes.
  • Develop and implement service improvement plans and automation strategies.
  • Maintain knowledge base and self-service tools to empower end users.
  • Act as a point of escalation for complex or high-impact issues.
  • Collaborate with other IT departments (infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity) to resolve systemic issues.
  • Communicate support trends, incidents, and performance metrics to senior management.
  • Ensure adherence to internal policies and external compliance requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR).
  • Maintain accurate records of incidents and resolutions for auditing and reporting purposes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • 5+ years experience in IT Support, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
  • Proven experience with macOS, jamf, Windows, Office 365 applications, MS Teams.
  • Demonstrated excellent troubleshooting skills for hardware & software related issues.
  • Strong knowledge of ITIL framework and service management best practices.
  • Experience with ticketing and ITSM platforms (e.g., Jira, ServiceNow, Zendesk).
  • Expert domain knowledge and technical skills.
  • Ability to prepare & provide reports.
  • Should be able to present papers to Sr. management.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Superb verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience managing remote or hybrid teams.
  • Proficient in handling multiple tasks.
  • Quick to identify, understand and provide resolution to issues.

Job title

IT Service Desk Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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