Strategic Service Transition & Operational Readiness Lead

Methods

Greater London

On-site

GBP 75,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension Salary Exchange
Private Medical Insurance
Life Assurance
Travel Insurance
25 days annual leave

Job summary

Methods is seeking an experienced Service Transition Lead to manage the controlled transition of new and changed services into live operation within a major technology transformation programme. The role ensures technical readiness, operational understanding and ownership by service teams, coordinating across identity, endpoints, Microsoft 365, applications, infrastructure, networks and security.

You will establish entry/exit criteria, drive readiness actions, and align operational requirements

Qualifications

  • Requires proven experience coordinating service transition in large technology programmes.
  • Experience establishing operational acceptance criteria and ownership arrangements.
  • Ability to design and drive operational readiness activities across multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define the overall service-transition strategy and acceptance criteria.
  • Develop transition plans for pilots, waves, cutovers and handover to business-as-usual ops.
  • Coordinate service design and operational readiness across technical workstreams.

Skills

Service Transition
Operational Readiness
ITIL
Stakeholder Mgmt
Documentation
Change & Cutover
Microsoft 365
Cloud & Hybrid Infra

Tools

Microsoft 365
Identity & Access
EndPoints & Security

Job description

Methods is seeking an experienced Service Transition Lead to manage the controlled transition of new and changed services into live operation within a major technology transformation programme. The role ensures technical readiness, operational understanding and ownership by service teams, coordinating across identity, endpoints, Microsoft 365, applications, infrastructure, networks and security.

You will establish entry/exit criteria, drive readiness actions, and align operational requirements

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