Global IT Services Desk Manager

Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud the AI-powered Experience Orchestration platform organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty workforce engagement efficiency and operational improvements.

We employ more than 6000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Global IT Services Desk Manager to lead an AI first support operations 24x7 follow-the-sun IT Services Desk supporting a global workforce. This role is accountable for the operational performance stability continuous improvement of our AI enabled support experience (virtual agent chat self-service and automation) and leading out AI-enabled Level 1 support capability backed by L1.5 and L2 teams across multiple regions.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on service excellence operational discipline and delivering a consistent high-quality customer experience at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead global follow-the-sun Services Desk operations ensuring consistent and reliable service delivery across regions

• Own the operational performance of the AI-driven Level 1 support platform including quality accuracy and escalation controls

• Manage coach and develop a global team of 12 across L1.5 and L2 support roles

• Ensure effective incident request and major incident management aligned to ITIL best practices

• Own and continuously improve escalation processes including P1 and Major Incident workflows

• Drive workforce planning coverage and capacity management to support 24x7 operations

• Own service performance reporting and lead Monthly Operational Reviews with Security IT Business Solutions GTM PMO IT Operations and IT Services

• Act as the primary operational escalation point for service-impacting issues

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and implement scalable repeatable process improvements

• Ensure SOPs and knowledge base articles are reviewed accurate and kept up to date

• Maintain clear documentation for configurations integrations and automation solutions

• Monitor tool usage to inform licensing needs and cost optimization efforts

Required Experience & Skills

• 5 years experience in IT service management or IT operations management

• Proven experience managing global follow-the-sun service desk teams

• Strong understanding of ITIL processes and enterprise service management practices

• Experience working with AI-enabled or automated support platforms preferred

• Advanced knowledge of ITSM/ITAM tools (e.g. ServiceNow) incident and change management and performance monitoring

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven continuous improvement mindset

• Confident people leader with strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally to resolve incidents and improve services

• Familiarity with customer self-service solutions live chat and digital support platforms

• ITIL v4 Foundation (or higher) certification

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About Genesys:

Genesys empowers more than 8000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. With agentic AI at its core Genesys Cloud is the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform that connects people systems data and AI across the enterprise. As a result organizations can drive customer loyalty growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more visit.

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