Svc Delivery Director, Svc(IMS) Ldrship

We’re searching for a Service Delivery Director (IMS) to be part of our diverse team of talent here at NCS!

If you believe in going above and beyond, want to exemplify the best, and wish to bring people and technology together like never before, then we would love to have a conversation with you!

What we seek to accomplish together:

The Service Delivery Director shall be the single point of contact for the services to be delivered under this Contract and be present at all management meetings. If he is not available, he shall be duly represented by a person of higher authority, who shall have good knowledge of the services to be delivered, status and issues under this contract.

The Service Delivery Director is required to manage a large team of over 100 resources and have a strong technical background to manage the complex environment.

Responsibilities

Project Delivery

1. Review the project lifecycle (initiation, plan, execution, completion)
2. Review project schedules, quality plans, budgets, and communication and risk management plans
3. Manage issues arising out of scope definition and subsequent disputes that impacted scope, schedule and cost
4. Manage issues arising from integration of various components of the project including hardware, software installation, testing, business process review, redesign, application development, migration and data conversion etc.
5. Oversee the implementation of the project with regard to schedules, budget, manpower and quality
6. Resolve project overrun issues with Senior Management
7. Monitor and report on project management progress
8. Manage resources in terms of mobilising resources during different periods of time from team to team to maximise productivity or minimise wastage
9. Manage contracts and subcontractors
10. Effectively engage stakeholders in project decisions and execution
11. Build long-term customer relationships by anticipating and exceeding customer’s expectations
12. Negotiate with customers on change control mechanism to meet schedules and prioritize changes based on business needs

Business Development

1. Proactively identify opportunities for further expansion or improvement of services delivered to the customer and liaise with the Account Manager(s) for development of that opportunity
2. Be involved in pre-sale activities

Team Management

1. Provide leadership to the project team to ensure that proposals/ enhancements are fully analysed and evaluated for benefits and costs
2. Provide the project team with accurate information about business needs and priorities as well as details about business systems
3. Participate in leadership activities and provide performance feedback and developmental coaching
4. Monitor and improve team performance, conduct team building, providing leadership, coaching, and performance management

A little about you:

Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent.

Typically 12 years of IT Delivery experience.

Deep experience in IT operations management, especially in the area of infrastructure planning, data centre operations, network, server platform and systems management, preferably with at least ten thousand (10,000) users.

In addition, the Operations Director shall be ITIL Foundation certified, familiar with ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 and have managed at least one of the reference sites provided by the Tenderer in its Tender Offer.

Self-motivated with a positive “can-do” attitude, creative with excellent presentation, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including strong persuasive techniques.

Able to lead, develop and maintain respectful and trusting relationships.

About NCS Group

We want to create the extraordinary, and to impact millions of people every day.

We believe in building a talent-led delivery model to enable our best people to lead, and to support them with the right structure, processes, and tools to ensure that our clients are delivered top quality services.

We want to invest in you!

Great work is never done alone, and that’s why we also believe in creating a collaborative work environment to bring people with different expertise and talent together.

We create opportunities for our people to grow in our organization with well-defined career tracks and specializations to ensure that our people and talent can continuously deliver new value for our clients.

We’re here to make the extraordinary happen.

Learn more at ncs.co and our LinkedIn Career site.