Technical Services Manager - IT Manager

Roku; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Roku is seeking a senior leader to run a distributed IT support function across EMEA and India, delivering consistent, high-quality employee IT support globally. This hands-on manager sets processes, coaches staff, and partners with security, network, and facilities teams to ensure seamless onboarding, incident resolution, and executive support.

You will champion automation, define SLAs, and drive a self-serve, agent-assisted operating model while aligning with Roku's hybrid work approach across

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT support/end-user computing with 4+ years leading teams.
• Experience managing staff across multiple countries and time zones.
• Strong service management discipline and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead a distributed IT support team across EMEA and India, setting expectations and hiring plans.
• Deliver high-quality, global IT support coverage with time-zone aware scheduling.
• Own end-to-end employee support: incident response, onboarding, offboarding, and executive support.
• Define SLAs, track metrics, and report performance to IT leadership.
• Manage service desk workflow and Jira Service Management, driving knowledge base improvements.
• Oversee endpoint support (Windows, macOS, Linux) with Intune/JAMF and security coordination.
• Drive automation and self-service to shift work toward higher-value activities.
• Coordinate with Network Engineering and AV for global site support.

Skills

IT leadership

Remote team management

ITSM / service management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Jira Service Management

Intune

JAMF

Azure AD

Job description

Teamwork makes the stream work.Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.

From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.

About the Team

Roku's IT Infrastructure & Support organization keeps every Roku employee productive and secure, from day-one onboarding through daily support and endpoint protection. We run a modern, cloud-first stack and are actively reshaping IT into an agent-assisted operating model that puts fast, self-serve resolution ahead of ticket queues. This role owns a global slice of the employee support experience through a team based across EMEA and India, and is the primary IT point of contact and escalation point for the EMEA and APAC regions.

• Team: IT Infrastructure & Support (Enterprise Engineering)
• Reports to: Director, IT Infrastructure & Support
• Scope: People-manager role leading a distributed IT support team based across EMEA and India, delivering support to Roku employees across all offices globally, and serving as the primary IT point of contact and escalation point for the EMEA and APAC regions.

The Role

You will lead a decentralized IT support team with staff based across EMEA and India (Bengaluru). While your team is anchored in these regions, your mandate is global: the team you lead supports Roku employees across all offices, using its time-zone spread to extend responsive coverage well beyond any single region. You are accountable for support quality, responsiveness, and consistency for the employees your team serves, and you are the primary IT point of contact and escalation point for the EMEA and APAC regions. This is a hands-on leadership role: you set the process, coach the team, and step into the hardest problems yourself.

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and grow a distributed IT support team based across EMEA and India (Bengaluru), setting clear expectations and owning hiring, performance, and development.
• Deliver a consistent, high-quality support experience to Roku employees across all offices globally, using the team's time-zone distribution to provide broad, responsive coverage.
• Build and run a follow-the-sun coverage model that leverages EMEA and India working hours to extend support across the global employee base, with clear cross-region handoffs.
• Own end-to-end employee support for your scope: incident response, request fulfillment, onboarding, offboarding, and white-glove support for leadership and executives.
• Define and hold SLAs and quality standards; track ticket volume, resolution time, first-contact resolution, onboarding completion, and CSAT, and report performance to IT leadership.
• Own the service desk workflow and ticketing (Jira Service Management), including intake, triage, routing, and escalation, and drive continuous improvement of runbooks and knowledge.
• Manage endpoint support across Windows (Intune), macOS (JAMF), and Linux, including enrollment, compliance remediation, and hardware lifecycle, in partnership with the Secure Device Management team.
• Support identity and access operations, including MFA enrollment, sign-in troubleshooting, and access requests through our provisioning workflows, escalating policy issues to the Identity & Access team.
• Partner with Network Engineering on connectivity (Meraki, Tailscale, Umbrella) and with AV Technology on conference room and all-hands support across sites.
• Own IT readiness for office moves, expansions, new-site builds, and executive or company events within your regions, and support global events as needed.
• Lead onboarding and offboarding execution so new hires are fully set up on day one and leavers are cleanly deprovisioned, in coordination with People and the identity team.
• Manage IT vendors, contractors, and smart-hands providers in your regions, and track hardware and license consumption.
• Champion Roku's shift to an agent-assisted, self-serve IT operating model: identify high-volume, repetitive work suited to automation and help move the team from queue-clearing toward higher-value support and governance.
• Serve as the primary IT point of contact and escalation point for the EMEA and APAC regions.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years in IT support / end-user computing, with 4+ years managing teams, including managing staff remotely across multiple countries and time zones.
• Deep hands‑on knowledge of a modern enterprise endpoint and identity stack, with cross‑platform endpoint support experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux (Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, Intune, JAMF, Microsoft 365, and endpoint security tooling).
• Strong service management discipline: SLA ownership, ITSM process design, and experience running a ticketing platform (Jira Service Management or equivalent).
• Track record of building metrics-driven support operations and reporting outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills, comfortable supporting and interfacing with executives and senior leadership.
• Able to work effectively across global time zones and travel occasionally between sites.
• Bias toward automation and self‑service; genuine interest in how AI and agent‑based tooling can reshape IT support.

Nice to Have

• Experience standing up or scaling IT support for a new or growing international office.
• Proven track record leading a distributed or multi‑site support function that serves a global user base; experience managing a team or hub in India is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with zero‑trust networking (Tailscale), SD‑WAN/wireless (Meraki), and DNS security (Umbrella).
• Exposure to AV / conference‑room support at scale (Zoom Rooms and similar).
• Experience partnering with Security, People, and Finance functions on cross‑functional programs.
• Relevant certifications (ITIL, Microsoft, Apple) are a plus, not a requirement.

What's Roku's approach to hybrid working?

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams generally work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are generally flexible for remote work, except for employees whose specific roles or assigned office location require five days' a week attendance.

What are some of the benefits?

• global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources
• statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension)
• Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs

Accommodations

Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail].

What should I know about Roku's culture?

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV.

We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.

To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet.

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