IT MSP Service Delivery Manager - Transformation, People, Process

nexian; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Company pension

Career progression opportunities

Direct access to senior leadership

Autonomy and ownership

Job summary

Nexian is seeking an experienced MSP Service Delivery Manager to own and scale our Managed Services operation from Aston Cross, Birmingham. You will lead service desk, escalation, and centralised services while partnering with the CTO to mature operational capability.

You’ll shape a proactive, customer-focused service, develop people, and drive continual service improvement across Microsoft Cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven MSP Service Delivery leadership experience.
• Experience transforming or rebuilding an MSP service desk or operation.
• Strong leadership across 1st, 2nd, and escalation teams.
• Hands-on HaloPSA configuration including workflows, SLAs, dashboards and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operation of 1st, 2nd and Escalation Support teams.
• Oversee Centralised Services: monitoring, patching, backup, alerting and security tooling.
• Improve ticket ownership, SLA performance, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
• Reduce escalations through better workflows and service standards.

Skills

Managed Services

Service Delivery

IT Service Desk Leadership

Microsoft Cloud

Customer Success

Incident Management

Team Leadership

ITIL

HaloPSA

Tools

HaloPSA

Job description

Build & Own the Whole Service Operation. Not Just the Queue

Most Service Delivery Manager roles ask you to maintain what's already there.

This one doesn't.

We're looking for an experienced MSP Service Delivery Manager to take ownership of our Managed Services operation, strengthen how we deliver support, develop our people and build a more proactive, customer-focused service that scales with our growth.

You’ll have genuine authority to improve service delivery, develop people, refine operational processes and work directly alongside our CTO to shape the future of our Managed Services business.

If you’ve ever wanted the opportunity to build and improve an MSP rather than simply maintain one, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role at a Glance

Technical Service Delivery Manager

Aston Cross, Birmingham – Office Based Initially (3–6 Months) | Hybrid Working Thereafter (Subject to Successful Onboarding, Performance & Business Requirements)

Competitive Salary DOE + Company Benefits

Permanent | Full Time

Reporting to: CTO

Product / Service: Managed IT Services | Microsoft Cloud | Cyber Security | Digital Transformation

Pedigree: Growing Managed Services Provider specialising in Microsoft Cloud & Digital Transformation

Your Background / Skills: Managed Services, Service Delivery, IT Service Desk Leadership, HaloPSA, ITIL, Microsoft Cloud, Customer Success, Incident Management, Team Leadership

Who We Are

Nexian is a leading technology partner specialising in Managed IT Services, Microsoft Cloud, Cyber Security, AI, Automation and Digital Transformation.

We help ambitious organisations modernise, secure and optimise their technology through a combination of strategic consultancy, managed services and technical expertise.

Alongside our Managed Services business, we’re recognised as one of the UK's leading Actionstep implementation partners, supporting legal, professional services and other ambitious organisations with technology that enables long-term growth.

We’re a collaborative, ambitious business where ownership is encouraged, good ideas are welcomed and people genuinely enjoy working together.

The Opportunity

We’re specifically looking for someone who has already led Service Delivery within an MSP and can demonstrate how they’ve improved or transformed a service operation before.

You’ll inherit a solid foundation with genuine opportunity to improve how we operate, developing a more proactive, accountable and customer-focused service operation.

You’ll lead our Service Desk, Escalation and Centralised Services teams while working closely with the CTO to improve operational maturity, strengthen customer experience and support the continued growth of the business.

Whilst you’ll have strong technical credibility, this is not a hands‑on engineering role. Instead, you’ll lead the people, processes and service operations that enable our technical teams to perform at their best.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the day-to-day operation of our 1st, 2nd and Escalation Support teams.
• Oversee Centralised Services including monitoring, patching, backup, alerting and security tooling.
• Improve ticket ownership, SLA performance, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
• Reduce unnecessary escalations through improved workflows, coaching and service standards.

Customer Service & Operational Excellence

• Lead major incidents, customer escalations and service recovery activities.
• Become a trusted operational contact for key Managed Service customers.
• Deliver service reviews, performance reporting and continual service improvement initiatives.
• Drive problem management and root cause analysis to reduce recurring issues.

Service Improvement

• Assess the current operation and build a practical roadmap for continual improvement.
• Improve HaloPSA workflows, SLAs, automation, reporting, dashboards and service data quality.
• Introduce better documentation, knowledge management and operational processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive activities and improve service maturity.

Leadership & People Development

• Coach, mentor and develop Service Desk engineers and team leaders.
• Conduct one-to-ones, performance reviews and capability planning.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Support recruitment and succession planning as the business grows.

Projects & Customer Onboarding

• Coordinate operational delivery for new customer onboarding and Managed Service transitions.
• Work closely with Sales, Projects and Technical teams to ensure seamless customer handovers.
• Support pre-sales activity by providing operational expertise and service insight.
• Coordinate project delivery from a service perspective while working alongside technical specialists responsible for solution design.

About You

You’re an experienced MSP Service Delivery leader who enjoys improving operations rather than simply maintaining them.

You understand how to balance customer expectations, technical capability and commercial priorities while developing high-performing teams that consistently deliver excellent service.

You’ll probably bring:

• Proven experience leading Service Delivery within a Managed Service Provider.
• Demonstrable experience improving, transforming or rebuilding an MSP Service Desk or Managed Services operation.
• Strong leadership experience across 1st Line, 2nd Line and Escalation teams.
• Deep hands‑on experience with HaloPSA (strongly preferred) or another leading PSA platform, including configuring workflows, SLAs, queues, automation, dashboards and reporting.
• Experience managing SLAs, KPIs, customer satisfaction and service performance.
• Strong incident, escalation and problem management experience.
• Good working knowledge of ITIL service management principles (certification advantageous).
• Broad technical understanding across Microsoft 365, Azure, Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, Intune, Microsoft Defender, networking, backup/disaster recovery and modern RMM platforms (NinjaOne experience advantageous).
• Strong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial awareness with experience supporting customer onboarding, service transitions and pre-sales activities.
• Experience supporting legal, professional services or other regulated environments would be advantageous.

Why Join Nexian?

This is an opportunity to genuinely shape how our Managed Services function operates.

Rather than inheriting a mature operation, you’ll have the autonomy to improve processes, develop people and create a service operation capable of supporting our ambitious growth plans.

Alongside a competitive salary you’ll enjoy:

• Hybrid working following successful onboarding, subject to performance and business requirements.
• Company pension.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Direct access to senior leadership.
• Genuine autonomy and ownership.
• Opportunity to shape a growing Managed Services business.

Your Experience May Include

Technical Service Delivery Manager, IT Service Delivery Manager, Managed Services Manager, MSP Operations Manager, Service Desk Manager, IT Operations Manager, Head of Service Delivery, Technical Operations Manager or Service Operations Manager.