Service Transition Manager

Natilik is a Global Technology Solutions Partner. Our mission continues to be two-fold; growing a brand that is seen as the industrys Confident Guide sat between the vendors who make technology and our clients who want to use it to help deliver the outcomes most important to them. We offer products services platforms applications and expertise to help. We also want to continue to build a business that we can be proud of with a focus on five stakeholders: clients people partners communities and shareholders; putting our people at the heart of everything we do. From the small and simple to the large and complex we want a life-long partnership a company our clients and people can rely on.

Integral to the success of any Managed Service is the correct transition of clients in to and out of support as well as the continuous development of organisational service offerings. The purpose of this role is to plan and manage service changes efficiently and effectively. This includes the transition of new clients and services into support as well as supporting the establishment of new services for existing clients.

A Service Transition Manager will ensure that all services are implemented in a standard and efficient manner and that they deliver value to Natiliks clients. They will own the onboarding of new clients in to Natilik from a service standpoint working in parallel with Natilik project teams to establish and document service processes that guarantee a successful engagement between Natilik and our clients support teams.

Main activities tasks & duties

A Service Transition Manager owns Natiliks Service Transition proposition; ensuring that Natilik services are implemented to an agreed standard following ITIL best practices are supportable consistent and deliver the intended value to our Service Transition Manager will be responsible for:

• Owning all processes for Service Transition ensuring they are continually implemented monitored and developed.

• Managing risks relating to new changed or retired services.

• Successfully deploying new services into existing and new client environments.

• Successfully transitioning new clients into existing and new support environments.

• Engaging external third party and/or internal support teams at the right stages of a project to ensure a successful handover to service operations.

• Setting correct expectations internally and externally on the performance and use of new or changed services.

• Understanding the role of service transition in ongoing service lifecycle for Natiliks clients.

• Responsible for articulating the service solution to Service and Project Management colleagues.

• Meeting annual Service Transition revenue targets YoY (to be defined by Natilik Leader) to support the growth of Natilik and the Service Transition practice.

How you will make an impact

• Maintaining consistent high levels of customers satisfaction (90% NPS above)

• Achieving billable-days target on a monthly/quarterly basis (15 pcm)

• Delivering service transition within budget to maintain contribution levels

• Driving innovation/process improvement internally over and above client-facing activity helping create templates and process refinement

What you will need to succeed

To deliver in your role we expect the following skills abilities knowledge & experience:

• Develop and maintain Service Transition plans that outline the strategy goals and objectives of the sold managed services. Make sure that all deliverables of the plan are achieved in good time and ensue client satisfaction.

• Ensure that sold managed services are properly accepted by clients and that clients expectations are managed throughout the acceptance process resulting in a positive NPS score.

• Understand client change management and other business processes to ensure that services are properly aligned authorised documented and implemented.

• Risk Management

• Problem Solving & Decision Making

• Continuous Learning & Improvement

Skills and Abilities

• ITIL v4 Foundation certified.

• Demonstrable experience building and maintaining relationships with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders including senior level executives technical finance sales and project services.

• Experience of creating and maintaining a project plan.

• Excellent organization time management and communication skills.

• Proven ability to understand a clients business outcomes and the benefits and challenges associated.

• Track record of working alongside IT service projects with a working understanding of project lifecycles and methodologies.

• Willing to innovate to continue improving the way Natilik serves its clients.

Knowledge and Experience

Basic/general understanding of the Project Management or Service Management methodologies. Working towards or achieved a formal accreditation (such as Prince2 ITIL Agile APM MSP PMP etc.)

• At least 1 year of experience in a similar or equivalent environment (as a service transition co-ordinator or similar role)

• Experience working with Cisco technologies (desired not mandatory)

• Understanding the clients business needs and why the technology and support solution investment has been made

• Delivering detailed service transition documentation project plans RACI risk registers service operations manual to demonstrate to a client how their transition goals can be achieved at each stage

Benefits

Natilik offers a series of benefits and perks designed to support your personal and professional growth while fostering a thriving and rewarding work environment. We recognise the importance of contributing to our peoples well-being job satisfaction and work-life balance and remain committed to doing so. This is why we offer:

• 25 days annual leave ( bank holidays) rising with tenure

• Quarterly Awards and Bonuses

• Flexible Working Policy

• Competitive pension scheme

• Access to Financial Wellness support

• Industry-leading home working and mobility technology

• Private Medical Insurance

• Company shares (available after One year tenure)

• Medicash (Cashback Scheme)

• Retail discounts via Medicash

• Access to EAP scheme for you and your household

• Vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme (available after One year tenure)

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Annual paid volunteering day

• Enhanced parental leave

• Access to funding for additional qualifications and courses

• Access to paid study leave