Operations Manager

DXC Technology; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology services provider in Singapore is seeking an Operations Manager responsible for managing support teams and overseeing incident resolution. The ideal candidate will have a focus on operational excellence with 5-7 years of experience in IT initiatives, a Bachelor's degree, and strong communication skills. This role emphasizes both leadership and technical capabilities, guiding diverse teams in a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Flexible work model

Inclusive environment

Qualifications

• 5-7 years managing complex IT initiatives in a matrix environment.
• Experience in application support and infrastructure.
• Good understanding of government landscape is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage support engineers and ensure effective communication.
• Propose improvements to maintenance strategy.
• Drive major incidents to resolution swiftly.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Ability to manage IT initiatives

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or related discipline

Tools

ITIL certification

Job description

Job Description

Operations Manager

Job Responsibilities

Operations Management

• Manage support engineers (internal, subcontractors or third-party maintainers)
• Ensures adequate communication with customer and internal stakeholders through meetings and reporting
• Proposes improvements to maintenance strategy throughout the life of the contract
• Ensures proper crisis management by defining, driving and communicating resolution action plan in strong coordination with customer and internal stakeholders
• Manages critical situations with the customer potentially with guidance of the lead or expert or senior peer
• Prepares and presents Weekly Reports to customer
• Able to work in a shift based on Roster

Incident Management

• Drive all major incidents to resolution as quickly as possibleManages or oversees dedicated field customer support engineers (internal, subcontractors or third-party maintainers)
• Ensures adequate communication with customer and internal stakeholders through meetings and reporting
• Proposes improvements to maintenance strategy throughout the life of the contract
• Ensures proper crisis management by defining, driving and communicating resolution action plan in strong coordination with customer and internal stakeholders
• Understands technical specification and client requirements, and solution architecture
• Defines strategy and manages maintenance activities for simple solutions
• Manages critical situations with the customer potentially with guidance of the lead or expert or senior peer
• Prepares and communicates Supports Activities Reports
• Presents results to customer
• Ensure that incidents meet the Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Provide coordination across all support teams to ensure timely resolution of incidents
• Escalate all process breakdown related cases causing either a delay in resolution or an actual SLA breach
• Participate in regular incident meetings to review open incidents and drive timely closure
• Prepare periodic service reports for stakeholders
• Perform analysis to identify incident trends
• Review incidents to ensure that they documented correctly in the Incident report as per the Incident Management process
• Track and report all Incident Management related KPIs
• Perform post incident review for major incidents to capture lessons learned and ensure closure of improvement plans

Problem Management

• Run root cause analysis meetings to identify root cause, lesson learnt, and preventive actions
• Work with various support teams to drive problem tickets to closure
• Track follow up actions ensuring timely closure of problem tickets
• Perform analysis to identify and register problem tickets
• Gatekeeper of all known errors
• Track and report all problem management related KPIs

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or related discipline required
• 5-7 years managing complex IT initiatives in a matrix environment or Operational Line Managers experience is preferred
• Experience in Application support, Infrastructure (Storage, Network, Windows, Linux, etc), Web / Application / Middleware services
• Good understanding of government landscape is a plus
• Strong communication skills and able to articulate complex matters in concise manner
• Good inter-personal skills with the ability to manage customers well
• Strong analytical skills and able to deal with complex technical and process subject matters
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• ITIL certification is a must

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.