REGIONAL IS OPERATIONS LEADER - R&D APAC

OPmobility SE; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 3,200,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

OPmobility, a global leader in automotive innovation, is seeking a Regional IS Operations Leader APAC to oversee IS service delivery across the region. You will coordinate with Global IS Product Operations, Central Services, and regional teams to ensure continuity, risk management, and process improvements.

The role requires 6–8 years in IT operations, including 3 years in service delivery, with ITIL certification and experience managing SLAs/KPIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information systems, computer science, or equivalent.
• ITIL V3 or 4 certification preferred.
• Project Management or Service Delivery Management certification is advantageous.
• 6–8 years IT operations experience, including 3 years in service delivery management.
• Proven experience managing SLAs and KPIs in regional/global IS services.

Responsibilities

• Oversee IS operation service delivery for the APAC region.
• Coordinate with Global IS and regional stakeholders to deploy policies and standards.
• Lead incident and service request management with timely communications.
• Manage regional change governance and risk assessment.
• Support build-to-run transitions and regional project onboarding.

Skills

ITIL V3/V4 Certification

PM/Prince2 Certification

Project Management

Service Delivery Management

SLA/KPI Management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Information Systems/CS

Job description

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!
OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €11.4 billion economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.
Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting‑edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.
Reporting directly to the Regional IS operations Manager APAC and functionally to the Global IS Operations Manager - R&D, the Regional IS Operations Leader APAC will o versee the IS operation service delivery for his region and communicate regularly in relevant regional instances, especially to deploy Group IS/IT policies, standards, and procedure level to R&D stakeholders.
He/she will a ct as the IS R&D operations representative for his region in IS operation R&D committees. For local applications support, he/she will ensure smooth coordination between Global IS Product Operations, Central Services Teams, and AMER regional teams to maintain business continuity, identify risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities in operational processes of his region.

Main activities

Preventive maintenance / Continuous improvement

• Analyse user survey for his region, identify improvement action, drive some of them
• Analyse usage monitoring of licenses in his region and propose some actions plan to minimize license denials , including but not limited to communication of best practice for usage, change in license mix, purchase of new license

Incident & Service request management

• Critical incident management: mobilize and lead task force until resolution of major IS incidents in his time zone in a timely manner, with appropriate escalation. Communicate status regularly to users and R&D / D&IS management. Create Major Breakdown reports after resolution with lesson learnt and action plan to avoid same incident again and/or increase resolution time
• Non‑critical incidents/service requests : manage some non-critical incidents/service requests directly, as exception in case of peak.
• Continuous improvement: provide monthly analysis of incident and service request service performance in his region, and propose some improvement actions, aligned with AMS partners.

Standard Change Management

• Regional changes: manage urgent standard changes for the region, ensuring risk assessment, coordination, and timely execution, following governance and standards.
• All changes: validate operational readiness for his region before change implementation, account for appropriate communication to impacted users and their management.
• Track and report regional change performance, propose some improvement actions / drive some of them

Project build-to-run process

• Local projects : Ensure regional projects and evolutions handovers are executed following the Build-to-Run framework, propose changes to R&D IS CAB (Change Advisory Boards)
• Global projects : s upport local testing (eg performance testing), acceptance, and onboarding new services into operations, represent his region in R&D IS CABs*

Required Profile And Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, or equivalent
• ITIL V3 or 4 certification (Service Operations or Service Management) preferred.
• Project Management or Service Delivery Management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is an advantage.
• At least 6–8 years of IT Operations experience, including 3 years in service delivery management.
• Proven experience managing SLAs and KPIs in a regional or global IS service context.
• Demonstrated success in coordinating Build-to-Run transitions and operational readiness

As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.