DaaS Service Lead

Bytes Group; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Bytes Group is seeking a DaaS Team Lead to drive day-to-day operations and continuous improvement of the DaaS function at the Leatherhead Head Office. The role emphasizes leadership, process governance and cross-functional collaboration with both internal teams and external partners.

You will guide the DaaS team, ensure effective workloads, maintain SLA performance and promote a consistent customer-focused culture, while developing skills and sharing knowledge across the network.

Qualifications

• Experience in service operations and customer-support.
• Ability to understand, document and explain end-to-end operational processes.
• Experience coordinating workloads and supporting team performance.
• Ability to identify inefficiencies, knowledge gaps and service blockers.
• Strong written communication and process-documentation capability.
• Confidence working with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Customer-focused approach with an emphasis on quality and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Team leadership and performance: provide day-to-day leadership and guidance to the DaaS team.
• Service operations, governance and continuous improvement: oversee workloads, SLAs and customer satisfaction; document processes.
• Procurement portal ownership: champion use of the procurement portal and maintain related docs.
• Personal leadership and development: demonstrate leadership and ongoing DaaS expertise development.
• WIDER TEAM NETWORK: liaise with internal and external stakeholders to support delivery.

Skills

Service operations

Team leadership

Process documentation

Stakeholder management

Customer focus

Problem solving

Communication

Job description

POSITION DETAILS:

Position Title: DaaS Team Lead

Reports to (POSITION): DaaS Team Manager

Team: DaaS Team

Department: Services Support

Location

Leatherhead Head Office

Working Pattern

Monday – Friday – Core Business Hours

PURPOSE OF JOB:

The DaaS Service Lead supports the effective day-to-day operation and continued improvement of the Device as a Service function. The position provides operational leadership, strengthens end-to-end process knowledge, promotes consistent ways of working and supports delivery of positive customer experience.

The position leads improvements across workflow management, process documentation, knowledge sharing, service performance and procurement portal adoption. It works closely with internal teams, customers and external partners to ensure DaaS services are understood, appropriately governed and delivered consistently.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Team leadership and performance

• Provide visible day-to-day leadership, clear guidance and regular one-to-one support to the DaaS operational team.
• Allocate work fairly, monitor individual and team performance, recognise success and address or elevate concerns promptly.
• Promote accountability, effective communication, engagement and a consistent customer-focused culture.

Service operations, governance and continuous improvement

• Oversee workloads, aged tickets, SLAs, customer satisfaction and operational performance, taking action where service is at risk.
• Maintain strong end-to-end DaaS lifecycle knowledge and ensure processes, workflows and contractual requirements are clearly documented and governed.
• Identify and deliver workflow, process and automation improvements that increase efficiency, consistency and service quality.
• Use performance data, skills matrices, process champions and structured knowledge sharing to address capability gaps and reduce reliance on individuals.

Procurement portal ownership

• Champion effective use of the DaaS procurement portal and ensure relevant teams are competent in its operation.
• Maintain portal documentation, gather operational feedback and coordinate improvements aligned to customer requirements.
• Identify and develop opportunities for wider internal, partner and future external adoption.

Personal leadership and development

• Demonstrate confidence, constructive leadership and ownership of priorities, learning and development.
• Continue developing DaaS expertise, presentation, conflict-resolution and stakeholder-management capability, using feedback to improve effectiveness.

WIDER TEAM NETWORK

Internal

• DaaS and BMW Operations; Services Platform & Application management; internal process owners and subject-matter experts; SJP stakeholders; procurement portal stakeholders; customer-facing operational and service teams.

External

• Customers and external service partners, including AvePoint and Core.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS:

Experience and capability

• Service operations and customer-support experience.
• Ability to understand, document and explain end-to-end operational processes.
• Experience coordinating workloads and supporting team performance.
• Ability to identify inefficiencies, knowledge gaps and service blockers.
• Strong written communication and process-documentation capability.
• Confidence working with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Customer-focused approach with an emphasis on quality and consistency.
• Strong ownership, prioritisation and attention to detail.

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

Role-specific knowledge

• DaaS service lifecycle and supporting operational processes.
• Customer onboarding, migrations, warranties, billing and service-exit processes.
• SJP DaaS contractual boundaries and service requirements.
• Procurement portal processes and workflows.
• Ticket, SLA and customer-satisfaction measures.
• Skills matrices, process documentation and knowledge-transfer methods.

DESIRABLE

DESIRABLE

DESIRABLE

DESIRABLE

DESIRABLE

DESIRABLE

Core competencies and behaviours

• Visible and supportive leadership.
• Ownership and accountability.
• Proactive problem-solving and sound judgement.
• Clear and confident communication.
• Constructive stakeholder engagement.
• Customer focus and collaboration.
• Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Professional curiosity and willingness to learn.

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

ESSENTIAL

MEASURES & GOALS

Operational performance

Team consistently meets operational targets; aged ticket backlog reduces; sustained improvement in SLA performance.

Frequency: Ongoing

Customer experience

Positive CSAT scores and customer feedback; service issues are resolved or escalated appropriately.

Frequency: Ongoing

Process governance

Clear, accurate and peer-reviewed process documentation is maintained and adopted.

Frequency: Quarterly review

Team capability

Knowledge gaps are identified; process champions deliver knowledge transfer; knowledge coverage improves.

Frequency: Quarterly review

Workload and leadership

Work is distributed fairly; blockers are escalated; regular one-to-ones and action records are maintained.

Frequency: Weekly

Procurement portal

Increased competent use across relevant teams; workflows are documented; opportunities for wider adoption are identified.

Frequency: Quarterly review

Stakeholder engagement

Positive feedback and effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, customers and partners.

Frequency: Ongoing

Process governance

Clear, accurate and peer-reviewed process documentation is maintained and adopted.

Frequency: Quarterly review