Service Hub Owner REF5600S
Job Summary
Objective of the Role:
As a Service Hub Owner your primary responsibility is to build and lead a high-performing organization that evolves and runs technology products platforms and services at scale (e.g. enterprise platforms customer-facing platforms shared services infrastructure services business systems) with measurable outcomes in reliability security/compliance standardization cost efficiency and user/customer experiencewhile governing and steering vendor-built software delivery using SDLC principles to avoid outsourced risk.
You will:
- Set up vision for platforms products and services; define and own a roadmap balancing both long-term and short-term needs
- Set engineering strategy for platforms and services: standardization across geographies/business units security posture lifecycle strategy (upgrades/deprecations) and AI / automation -first operations
- Lead product / technology choices/architecture/design decisions; own end-to-end experience to ensure technology is driving business success (customer employee or operational outcomes depending on domain)
- Own outcomes at scale not just delivery: fewer major incidents improved change success rate faster onboarding/provisioning or time-to-enable higher adoption/usage with lower support load and improved SLA/SLO adherence
- Lead vendor and platform engineering outcomes: align vendor roadmaps to organizational needs manage escalations and drive technical trade-offs based on evidence (risk reliability compliance cost experience)
- Apply SDLC governance to vendor-built software: set expectations for requirements clarity design validation test evidence secure-by-design release readiness and post-release learningwithout adding unnecessary bureaucracy
- Establish operating mechanisms that improve flow and quality: service health reviews release/change readiness gates RAID/decision logs where needed incident learning loops and continuous improvement cadences
- Define service standards (SLO framework monitoring minimums operational readiness & BAU handover criteria including hypercare exit conditions where relevant)
- Build capability and leadership bench: develop Engineering Managers/Technical Leads shape skills strategy (platform engineering reliability engineering/SRE-like practices security-by-design vendor management domain engineering)
- Build a highly de-centralized organization so teams can move fast with clear ownership across engineering operations suppliers (crisp decision rights fewer handoffs clear escalation paths)
Qualifications :
- Proven leadership experience running platform/service organizations where value is realized through reliability safe change operational excellence and measurable outcomes not only feature delivery
- Strong understanding of SDLC and modern delivery practices to govern vendor delivery (test strategy & evidence release readiness security/privacy controls observability expectations defect leakage prevention)
- Demonstrated ability to improve incident/problem/change outcomes (e.g. reduce recurring incidents and toil raise RCA quality improve change success rate strengthen runbooks/on-call sustainability)
- Experience leading vendor/platform engagements: roadmap alignment escalations lifecycle planning and managing constraints/trade-offs
- Strong stakeholder leadership across security architecture service management procurement/vendor management (where applicable) and business counterparts; able to drive alignment and decisions under pressure
Big pluses if you have:
- Experience across one or more domains such as enterprise platforms cloud/infrastructure business applications (ERP/CRM) customer digital platforms data platforms security platforms or end-user servicesespecially in regulated/high-compliance environments
- Track record of driving standardization across geographies/business units while balancing local constraints risk and compliance requirements
- Strong engineering for operations mindset: automation configuration/policy governance measurable operational readiness and continuous improvement loops
- Experience designing org structures and decision rights that reduce coordination overhead speed up delivery and improve run quality
- Experience establishing and using SLOs/SLAs operational KPIs and governance mechanisms to steer investment decisions and reliability improvements.
Additional Information :
* Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Hungary due to European taxation regulation.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
The largest ICT employer in Hungary, Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions (formerly IT-Services Hungary, ITSH) is a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group. Established in 2006, the company provides a wide portfolio of IT and telecommunications services with more than 5000 employees. ITSH w ... View more