Head of Major Incident & Incident Management

Capita

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Belfast - UK

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Posted on: 3 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Head of Major Incident & Incident Management
Office based Belfast
Competitive salary

Were looking for an outstanding Head of Major Incident & Incident Management to join our Belfast Command Hub. As part of our growing centre of expertise for technology operations this role goes far beyond traditional operational leadership.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of how Major Incident and Incident Management operates across a large scale complex technology environment. Youll have the platform sponsorship and authority to define the strategy drive automation and AI adoption and build a truly best in class capability.

If youre someone who thrives on improving service stability reshaping processes and leading high performing teams through transformation this is a role where you can make a real measurable impact. Youll not just run the function you will evolve it embedding a modern proactive data driven approach that strengthens resilience across the organisation.

Join us and youll help build something exceptional. This is your opportunity to leave a legacy elevate operational performance and create a Major Incident capability that sets a new standard for excellence.

At Capita we live by our values:

Customer First Always; Fearless Innovation; Achieve Together; Everyone is Valued. These guide how we work collaborate and deliver exceptional results.

Role Purpose

The Head of Major Incident & Incident Management is responsible for the strategic leadership governance and continual improvement of Major Incident and Incident Management across Technology Operations. The role ensures delivery of an ITILaligned framework supported by automation strong governance and effective communication. The postholder leads a specialist team acts as the organisational subject matter expert and plays a key role in reducing incident volumes and improving service stability.

Job title:

Head of Major Incident & Incident Management

Job Description:

Essential Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience leading a Major Incident Management function including coordination of highimpact incidents.
  • Strong understanding of ITIL best practice with experience improving incident processes.
  • Technical and operational awareness enabling effective partnership with engineering infrastructure and service teams.
  • Demonstrable experience using automation or AI to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Expertlevel experience with ServiceNow to reduce incident volumes and improve service quality.
  • Experience delivering datadriven operational insights dashboards and analysis to improve service stability.
  • Proven experience working within complex matrixmanaged environments.
  • Experience managing and developing teams within largescale IT or customerfacing environments.

You Will Also Have:

  • Ability to deliver confident clear communication during highpressure incidents.
  • Leadership presence that supports team motivation and cohesion.
  • Ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
  • A collaborative approach that encourages crossfunctional teamwork.
  • A continuous improvement mindset focused on service quality and operational excellence.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships and maintain credibility at all levels.

Additional Information

  • Demonstrate strong relationship management.
  • Support ITILaligned service delivery.
  • Encourage a collaborative innovative team culture.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Governance

  • Lead and develop a team of Major Incident Managers and Incident Managers to ensure consistent highquality service restoration.
  • Own and govern Major Incident and Incident Management processes aligned to ITIL best practice.
  • Provide leadership across a matrixmanaged environment.
  • Act as the organisational SME for Major Incident and Incident Management.
  • Establish and embed a Centre of Excellence within the Technology Delivery Command Hub.

Operational Excellence

  • Lead the endtoend management of major incidents with clear accurate communication at executive level.
  • Chair technical bridges and oversee management escalations during critical incidents.
  • Ensure consistent execution of defined roles responsibilities and operational standards.

Automation AI & Service Improvement

  • Drive automation and AI adoption to improve efficiency and reduce manual activity.
  • Utilise ServiceNow capabilities to reduce incident volumes and improve routing accuracy.
  • Promote continual service improvement through data insights and trend analysis.
  • Work with Problem Management and technical teams to reduce repeat incidents and strengthen resilience.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Partner with Problem Management to ensure strong RCA quality and action followthrough.
  • Build collaborative relationships across technology and business teams.
  • Influence teams and senior leaders to embed improved ways of working.

Reporting & Insights

  • Lead the production of operational reporting including incident summaries KPIs and trend analysis.
  • Provide clear actionable data to senior stakeholders.
  • Ensure accuracy and compliance of ServiceNow records.

How this role aligns to our Values

Customer First Always

You prioritise the needs of customers and internal stakeholders ensuring that incident responses and service restoration activities protect our customers and their experience.

Fearless Innovation

You identify and implement new approaches technologies and automation that improve operational efficiency and strengthen incident management capability.

Achieve Together

You collaborate across Technology Operations Technology Delivery and wider business teams to drive service stability and shared accountability.

Everyone is Valued

You create an inclusive environment where all team members feel supported respected and able to contribute to continual improvement and service excellence.

Join Capita Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

Capita is a dynamic leader in consulting and digital services helping some of the UKs most recognized organizations transform and thrive. We use cutting-edge technology and fearless innovation to create smarter more efficient solutions that make a real difference. Our work spans diverse sectorsgovernment healthcare education and financeoffering you the chance to contribute to projects that impact millions of lives. At Capita youll be part of a collaborative forward-thinking team that values creativity growth and inclusion.

Were committed to your development and success providing opportunities to learn progress and shape better outcomes for customers and communities. If youre ready to make an impact and grow your career Capita is the place for you. Check out our website

Whats in it for you

  • Office based Belfast
  • Competitive Salary
  • 23 days holiday rising to 27 (pro rata) plus the option to buy more after qualifying period
  • Paid volunteering daywith a charity of your choice
  • Generousfamily leave policies including 15 weeks fully paid maternity adoption and shared parental leave
  • Cycle2Work scheme pension life assurance and more

Customer first always Fearless innovation Achieve together Everyone is valued

What we hope youll do next:

Choose Apply now to fill out our short application so that we can find out more about you.

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. As part of our strategic goals we are focused on accelerating gender and ethnic representation in leadership roles. We warmly encourage applications from women and individuals from Black Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds.

Were an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. Were committed to providing an inclusive barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio) or if youd like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward please email and well get back to you.For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments please visit the Capita Careers website.

Location:

Belfast

United Kingdom

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Required Experience:

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