Senior Service Delivery Manager

Consortium; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Senior Service Delivery Manager (CCTV) to lead nationwide roadside technology services within Digital Operational Services. This hybrid role combines on-site leadership with two days in the office per week, overseeing CCTV and related technologies across the UK.

You will drive performance, manage incidents and changes, and partner with design, procurement and suppliers to deliver safe, reliable traffic management infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, OT, IT or a related discipline with ITIL qualification.
• Significant experience managing complex IT or OT services in large-scale operations.
• Experience with services that support operational decision-making and safety-critical environments.
• Strong incident, problem, event and service performance management knowledge.
• Proven ability to deliver measurable service improvements through data and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the operational performance of roadside technology types, primarily CCTV.
• Analyse performance, manage risks and issues, and drive continuous service improvement.
• Lead fault, event and problem management for the service.
• Work with service design and procurement to feed lessons learned back into asset lifecycle.
• Improve performance by building relationships among end-users, suppliers, installers, asset managers and maintainers.
• Oversee service management and robust financial management of contracts, monitoring, reporting, and fault/event/problem management.
• Hybrid working requirement with two days in office weekly; travel across the UK.

Skills

IT services management

Operational Technology services

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Supplier management

Incident/problem/event management

Decision making under pressure

Education

Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, OT or IT

ITIL qualification (preferably ITIL 4 or 5)

Job description

Senior Service Delivery Manager (CCTV) role

Hybrid role with two days in office per week

Responsible for CCTV and other roadside technology services

Requires degree and ITIL qualification

Significant experience in IT or Operational Technology services

About the job.

As part of the development of our Digital Services function, we are recruiting to strengthen internal digital capability within Cyber Security, Digital Operational Services, and Digital Corporate and Shared Services. These roles are central to building sustainable in-house expertise that supports the management, development and delivery of digital solutions across the transport network.

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Service Delivery Manager (CCTV) to join our team in Digital Operational Services. This role provides a superb opportunity to be a Senior Service Delivery Manager leading the delivery of essential roadside technology services that are critical to the delivery of a safe and reliable motorway and trunk road network. If you are passionate about service delivery, determined to succeed and want to develop new skills and grasp opportunities that will enable you to progress in the future, then we'd like to hear from you.

You will be working with some of the 30,000 roadside assets (e.g. message signs and signals, emergency phones, CCTV, or speed enforcement) which enables National Highways to operate, maintain and develop our Strategic Road Network safely and efficiently for our customers who use it and our workforce who are deployed on it. Roadside Technology provides vital services to our seven Regional Control Centres, which in turn enables them to manage regular congestion, local incidents and area wide events.

This is a hybrid role, requiring two days per week in the office, and can be based at any National Highways office location across the UK, with some travel to attend team meetings.

• Responsible for the operational performance of one or more roadside technology types. For this role it will primarily be CCTV.
• Analysing the performance, controlling the risks and the issues of the roadside technology services (CCTV) and directing resources to intervene and to achieve continuous service improvement.
• Taking a lead in the fault, event and problem management of the service.
• Working with Service design and procurement teams to ensure lessons learnt from operational experience are fed back up the asset life cycle.
• Improving performance by developing working relationships between end-users, the suppliers, the installers, asset managers and the maintainers.
• Responsible for the service management and robust financial management of contracts, monitoring, assuring and reporting, and leading in the fault, event and problem management of the service.
• Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Operational Technology, Information Technology or a related discipline, with an ITIL qualification (preferably ITIL 4 or 5).
• Significant experience managing complex, business-critical IT or Operational Technology services within a large-scale operational environment.
• Experience of managing technology services that support operational decision-making, infrastructure operations or safety-critical environments.
• Strong understanding of incident, problem, event and service performance management principles.
• Proven experience delivering measurable service improvements through data analysis, stakeholder engagement and supplier management.
• Ability to interpret complex technical and operational information and make informed decisions in ambiguous or fast-paced environments.

About you.

• Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Operational Technology, Information Technology or a related discipline, with an ITIL qualification (preferably ITIL 4 or 5).
• Significant experience managing complex, business-critical IT or Operational Technology services within a large-scale operational environment.
• Experience of managing technology services that support operational decision-making, infrastructure operations or safety-critical environments.
• Strong understanding of incident, problem, event and service performance management principles.
• Proven experience delivering measurable service improvements through data analysis, stakeholder engagement and supplier management.
• Ability to interpret complex technical and operational information and make informed decisions in ambiguous or fast-paced environments.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

The Digital Services Directorate is helping to reshape the way National Highways operates by delivering digital, data, and technology services across all areas, from frontline to back office, in a modern and efficient manner. Our vision is to develop integrated information and technology that empowers our colleagues and provides real-time information to our customers, as well as integrating with intelligent vehicle and transport systems as they evolve, to enhance journey safety and reliability.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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