Lead - IT Service Management

Inception42; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

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Job summary

Inception42, a G42 company based in Abu Dhabi, seeks an ITSM practice leader to design and roll out incident, request, problem, knowledge, and service level practices. You will translate maturity assessments into actionable backlogs and coordinate with Change, Release, Application Support, Infrastructure, Product Engineering, and Information Security teams to drive adoption.

You will coach practitioners, establish baselines, workflows, and platform improvements within six to twelve months,

Qualifications

• Substantial practical ITSM experience across multiple teams.
• Proven ability to implement or improve service management practices.
• Strong ITIL knowledge and governance judgement.
• Hands-on experience with ITSM platforms (ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, ManageEngine).
• Ability to analyse service data and drive priorities.
• Confident facilitation and stakeholder coaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and rollout of incident, request, problem, knowledge and service level practices with clear roles and procedures.
• Translate maturity assessments into a sequenced improvement backlog and drive adoption.
• Coordinate across Change, Release, Application Support, Infrastructure and Engineering teams.
• Translate process needs into platform requirements, workflows and reporting; test and verify changes with users.
• Facilitate major incident coordination with clear ownership and communication cadence.
• Drive problem reviews, known-error records and preventive actions.
• Develop service performance reporting with trustworthy definitions and data.
• Improve knowledge quality, self-service journeys and automation.

Skills

ITSM experience

ITIL knowledge

Stakeholder coaching

Process improvement

Data analysis

Platform knowledge

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira Service Management

ManageEngine

Job description

Job Description:

Inception42, a G42 company, is the region’s leading innovator of AI-powered domain-specific as well as industry-agnostic products, built on a rich heritage of research and development. Within the G42 ecosystem, Inception functions as the core intelligence layer – transforming data and compute infrastructure into real-world, applied AI solutions. Beyond its commercial endeavors, Inception is committed to creating positive societal impact. For more information, please visit www.inception42.ai

Overview

Abu Dhabi, UAE | Tech Services

Inception42, a G42 company, is the region’s leading innovator of AI-powered domain-specific as well as industry-agnostic products, built on a rich heritage of research and development. Within the G42 ecosystem, Inception42 functions as the core intelligence layer – transforming data and compute infrastructure into real-world, applied AI solutions. Beyond its commercial endeavors, Inception42 is committed to creating positive societal impact. For more information, please visit www.inceptionai.ai

Overview

Build service management practices that people understand, use and improve. You will turn the ITSM roadmap into working processes, reliable service data and practical digital workflows that help Inception42 deliver consistent services to colleagues and customers.

This is a hands‑on practice leadership role: you will guide implementation across teams, coach process practitioners and take responsibility for adoption and measurable improvement within your assigned remit.

Works closely with service owners, Change and Release, Application Support, Infrastructure, Product Engineering, Information Security and ITSM platform specialists.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Own

• Lead the design and rollout of prioritised incident, request, problem, knowledge and service level practices, with clear roles, escalation paths and usable procedures.
• Translate maturity assessments and service feedback into a sequenced improvement backlog. Pilot changes, incorporate feedback and establish ownership before expanding adoption.
• Work with the Change and Release specialist to connect practices across the service lifecycle and avoid duplicated controls or disconnected handoffs.
• Translate process needs into platform requirements, workflows, service catalogue items and reporting; coordinate testing and confirm that changes work for users and fulfilment teams.
• Facilitate major incident coordination when assigned, maintaining a clear incident record, communication cadence and action ownership while technical teams restore service.
• Drive problem reviews, known-error records and corrective actions, using recurring demand and incident patterns to prioritise prevention.
• Develop service performance reporting with trustworthy definitions and data. Investigate missed commitments and help service owners agree practical improvements.
• Improve knowledge quality, self-service journeys and request automation. Measure successful fulfilment and user effort as well as adoption.
• Establish proportionate service, asset and configuration data requirements, working with accountable owners to keep critical records accurate and useful.
• Coach colleagues, run working sessions and maintain practice guidance. Address process friction and inconsistent adoption directly with the teams involved.
• Coordinate delivery across contributors and suppliers, escalating priority conflicts and risks to the Senior Manager with clear recommendations.
• Within six months, establish practice owners, baselines, workflows, and an improvement plan; implement initial platform improvements with trained teams and evidenced adoption; and track service review actions to completion.
• Within twelve months, demonstrate consistent use, measurable improvement in fulfilment, recurring issues, knowledge use or service performance, and practitioners who sustain the practices with clear guidance and coaching.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• Substantial practical ITSM experience, including leading the implementation or improvement of several service management practices across multiple teams.
• Evidence of taking a process from design into sustained daily use, with measurable improvements in service quality, speed or user experience.
• Strong applied ITIL knowledge and sound judgement about the level of governance appropriate to different services and risks.
• Hands‑on experience translating processes into an ITSM platform such as ServiceNow, Jira Service Management or ManageEngine, including workflows, testing and reporting.
• Ability to analyse service data, challenge data quality and turn findings into clear priorities and accountable actions.
• Confident facilitation, stakeholder communication and coaching skills; able to lead delivery through influence and follow through on commitments.

Nice to Have

• Experience in a software or digital product company and familiarity with Agile delivery and engineering support workflows.
• Relevant ITIL practice qualifications or ITSM platform certification, supported by implementation experience.
• Experience with service catalogue design, configuration data, cross‑functional workflows or service automation.

Inception42 is building AI systems designed for practical deployment at scale — across industries, infrastructure, and national-level initiatives.

If you want to work close to both advanced AI capability and real-world execution, we’d like to hear from you.

What We Look For

If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer‑centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Inception42 community.

What Working At Inception42 Offers

Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground‑breaking, industry‑first innovations.

Career: Outstanding learning, development & growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative, high‑tech projects.

Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.