Medior Service Delivery Manager

Nationale-Nederlanden; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Financial aid for home workspace

Telework subsidies

Flexible hours

Life insurance and pension

Wellness program

Job summary

NN Digital Hub in Madrid leads IT services delivery for NN Group. The role coordinates IT services, acts as a bridge to business and other squads, and ensures releases align with policy and SLAs.

You will oversee the release management lifecycle, collaborate with Architecture & Platform teams, and drive continuous improvement with KPIs. A hybrid working model and a focus on security and performance are central to the function.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years hands-on experience in similar roles.
• ITIL, Technical, cloud, management, project management certifications.
• Strong knowledge of service management (ITIL, etc.), IT methodologies, tools and processes.
• Hands-on experience with IT technologies, automation, networking and Cloud.
• Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment (also on Project management).
• Solid knowledge of IT principles and hardware/software/Cloud for building IT services.
• Experience in writing clear procedures.
• Proven track record in managing critical services (99.x).
• Risk management skills with emphasis on performance and security.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate IT Services team, acting as a link between IT and business to meet SLAs.
• Collaborate with other departments, squads and service providers to assure IT services meet business needs.
• Oversee 1st and 2nd line support responsibilities.
• Define release management objectives, policies, and KPI tracking within group policies.
• Create and monitor a release plan including testing, documentation and operational procedures.
• Lend governance to production releases and coordinate cross-Product release processes.
• Automate configuration changes when possible to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Produce release status reports and maintain communication with related groups.

Skills

ITIL

Cloud

Agile/Scrum

Risk mgmt

Communication

Education

Degree in computer science

Tools

CMDB

ITSM tools

Monitoring tools

Job description

NN Digital Hub is a subsidiary company of NN Group located in Madrid, Spain. We deliver IT services and solutions for the different international Business Units.

Medior Service Delivery Manager

We're looking for a Service Delivery Manager to join our dynamic team.

Coordinate IT Services team, acting as a link between IT and business. A Service Delivery Manager must also collaborate with colleagues in other departments/squads and service providers to assure IT services are delivered according Business needs.

As a Service Delivery Manager owns the release management process. Under the governance of change management and in conjunction with the Architecture & Platform team, release management oversees the overall process by which the production environment is updated, upgraded and maintained. This includes all types of change across infrastructure (hardware and software), applications and operations. The release officer is the major liaison between IT Products DevOps teams and production, acting as the gatekeeper to the production environment, ensuring conformance to policies and operational processes/procedures, release integration testing and production validation.

Your Responsibilities

• Responsible to guarantee that IT services are provided on a stable manner to internal and external customers using advance monitoring (Health/Performance monitoring, APM, AIOps, DEM, …) and reporting techniques.
• Act as a link between IT and business, collaborating with other departments/squads, BU’s/customers and service providers to assure IT services works according to Business requirements and meet SLAs agreed with business
• Manage first level of support to users: 1st line (ServiceDesk) and 2nd line (End User Computing)
• Assist PO’s in their Customer Service meetings.
• Defines the release management process objectives (including KPIs and critical success factors) and policies for configuration, integration, testing, completeness and consistency within group policies. Creates and tracks the release improvement process to be applied within its IT Product domain. Consults with production teams on implementing release management, conducting audits to address failures and meet policy.
• Formalizes and oversees a release plan that covers integration testing, user acceptance testing, documentation and associated operational procedures, such as system management instrumentation, support procedures, run book procedures, service catalog, configuration management database (CMDB) and rollback planning.
• Applies technical and administrative direction and oversight for the life cycle of release items.
• Works closely with Architecture & Platform managers and Product managers to plan releases and manage the release schedule, taking into consideration associated business and technical risks. Assists in coordinating cross-Product release processes between development and production.
• Oversees release changes into production through controlled promotion processes or documented support procedures. As much as possible, automates the configuration changes/updates to the production environment to promote efficiency and consistency.
• Creates and provides release status reports containing current and historical data connected with and related to production release items.
• Acts as a liaison between other process managers (for example, problem, incident and change) to ensure process alignment. Provides expertise in the design, maintenance and delivery of training for release management, including a strong focus on processes for maintaining communication with other groups.

What do we offer?

Benefits

• We work with a hybrid model
• Starting financial aid so you can equip your workspace at home
• Allowance and telework subventions
• Flexible working hours and 2 months of intensive working hours in summer so you can fully take advantage of your time
• We hire a life insurance and a pension plan for all our employees
• We establish objectives bonus as a performance reward
• You can get to the office as you please. We have a free parking lot for cars, motorbikes, electric cars with chargers, and bikes.
• Get to know our flexible retribution facilities such as transport card, nursery checks, health insurance with Sanitas, trainings…
• We care about people. That is why we are involved in society by facilitating volunteer actions and time to all our employees.
• We care about your wellbeing. We have a Wellness Program available.
• We are digital and we love technology. Also, every team works under agile methodology.

Who You Are

• Degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field
• Have 5+ years hands‑on experience in similar roles.
• Certifications (or equivalent): ITIL, Technical, cloud, management, project management and methodologies
• Strong knowledge of Service management (ITIL, …), IT methodologies, tools and processes
• Hands‑on experience with IT technologies, automation, networking and Cloud
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment (also on Project management)
• Solid knowledge of the principles of information technology and hardware/software/Cloud necessary for building IT services
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive procedures
• Proven work experience in managing critical services (99.x)
• Risk management skills: Experience with performance and security is a must.
• Good written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Ability to see the big picture maintaining attention to detail
• Problem solving and Analytical skills

In Nationale‑Nederlanden we are committed with diversity. We are proud to be an inclusive organization and we offer equal opportunities, regardless of race, cultural background, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, and sexual orientation. One of our core values is taking care of our employees so they can give their best within a respectful environment.