IT Service Manager

Stepchange; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT services seeks an IT Service Manager to enhance operations and service quality. This role involves managing suppliers, driving ITIL best practices, and ensuring alignment with business goals. Ideal candidates have strong ITIL knowledge and experience in multi-vendor environments, adept at communication and service efficiency improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing IT services in complex multi-vendor environments.
• Comfortable with incident, problem, and change management.
• Skilled at clear communication with technical teams and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full IT service lifecycle, ensuring smooth operations.
• Handle incidents, changes, service requests while driving service improvements.
• Provide reports and insights to stakeholders and improve efficiency through automation.

Skills

ITIL knowledge

Supplier management

Clear communication

Service management

Process improvements

Education

ITIL v4 certification

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering top-quality IT services?

Do you enjoy driving operational stability and continuous improvement?

Are you skilled at clear communication, insightful reporting, and proactive service management?

We’re looking for an IT Service Manager to lead the delivery of smooth, high-quality IT services by managing third-party suppliers and championing ITIL best practices. In this key role, you’ll help maintain operational stability and drive continuous improvements that keep our IT aligned with business goals.

As a core part of our IT Operations team, you’ll be the main link between IT and external partners—setting clear accountability, tracking performance, and ensuring every service delivers real value. This is a great chance to shape our IT service management and support the ongoing success of our organisation.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll manage the full IT service lifecycle, ensuring smooth operations and alignment with ITIL best practices. You’ll handle incidents, changes, service requests, and maintain SLAs while driving service improvements. You’ll also work closely with third-party vendors to ensure high performance and manage escalations.

You’ll support incident response and root cause analysis, keeping teams prepared and lessons learned. Clear communication is key—you’ll provide reports and insights to stakeholders and continuously look for ways to improve efficiency through automation and better processes, while supporting the onboarding of new services.

About you

StepChange is seeking someone with strong ITIL knowledge—ideally ITIL v4 certified—and proven experience managing IT services in complex multi-vendor environments. You’re skilled at supplier management, handling contracts, SLAs, escalations, and driving improvements.

You’re familiar with incident, problem, and change management and comfortable with service tools and reporting. You communicate clearly with both technical teams and senior stakeholders and are proactive in improving service efficiency, reducing downtime, and enhancing customer satisfaction through process improvements and automation.