Corporate IT Services Operations Lead

Voleon; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life and AD&D insurance

20 days paid time off

9 sick days

401(k) with company match

Daily catered lunches

Job summary

Voleon is seeking an IT Services Lead to own the operational engine of Corp-ITS, providing hands-on support and strategic leadership. You will balance 60% individual contributor work with 40% leadership as the team scales, driving service delivery, automation, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will mentor staff, manage complex incidents, and partner with Engineering to implement rollouts and security improvements, all within a dynamic financial technology setting.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years progressive IT experience across support, operations, and leadership.
• 2+ years direct people management experience.
• Strong IT service delivery foundation across endpoint management, SaaS, identity/access, networking, infrastructure.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Hands-on ITIL experience — incident management and continuous improvement.
• Jira Service Management experience with workflows, SLA configuration, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational leadership for the Corp-ITS team and set service delivery standards.
• Grow into direct people management, including performance conversations and hiring.
• Coordinate between Corp-ITS, Corp-ITE, Security and stakeholders.
• Lead IT service delivery strategy including service desk, SLA management, and incident response.
• Leverage AI tools to improve triage, self-service, and process improvements.
• Manage escalations and critical incidents as highest-level technical resource.
• Hands-on operational work including troubleshooting and platform administration.
• Mentor junior team members and drive resolution of complex issues.
• Lead cross-functional IT projects with Engineering for rollouts and security.
• Own service delivery processes, runbooks, SOPs and continuous learning.
• Build strong relationships across IT and the organization.

Skills

IT service delivery

Automation scripting

SaaS administration

Identity & access

Networking

Infrastructure

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decisions

AI tools usage

Tools

Jira Service Management

Job description

The listed base salary range for this position is based upon the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits.

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management.

We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

Voleon is looking for a Corporate IT Services operations Lead to join our Corporate IT Services (Corp-ITS) team and serve as the technical leader and primary coordination point for IT service delivery across the organization. This position combines hands‑on operational and support expertise with strategic leadership, team mentorship, and cross‑functional collaboration to ensure exceptional IT experiences for all employees.

We're looking for an IT Services Lead to own the operational engine of our Corp-ITS team. This is fundamentally a service delivery leadership role: you'll drive the day‑to‑day rhythm of IT support — ticket triage and assignment, queue management, workflow design in JSM, SLA adherence, and customer satisfaction. You'll ensure internal customers get timely, clear communication, elevate effectively to Corp‑IT Engineering (Corp-ITE), and continuously identify where manual processes should be automated or handed off. This role is the connective tissue between what users need and what Engineering builds.

This role is expected to grow into a full people management position with direct reports. We're looking for someone who brings early or demonstrated people leadership experience and is ready to step into formal management as the team scales. Expect approximately 60% individual contributor / 40% leadership and coordination in the near term, with the balance shifting meaningfully toward people management over time.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational leadership for the Corp-ITS team. Set service delivery standards, establish team norms, and mentor and coach team members toward growth and high performance
• Grow into and exercise direct people management, including performance conversations, career development, hiring, and building a high-functioning team culture as the organization scales
• Serve as coordination point between Corp-ITS, Corp-ITE, Security, and business stakeholders. Translate business needs into operational requirements and ensure alignment
• Lead IT service delivery strategy including service desk operations, SLA management, incident response, and continuous improvement. Define metrics and track performance
• Leverage AI tools to improve ticket triage accuracy, deflect common requests via self-service, and accelerate process improvement
• Manage complex escalations and critical incidents as highest-level technical resource. Coordinate response and communicate status
• Perform hands‑on operational and support work including troubleshooting, platform administration, endpoint management, and infrastructure operations
• Provide technical leadership by mentoring junior team members, serving as a primary escalation point, and driving the resolution of complex technical issues
• Lead cross-functional IT projects with Engineering including rollouts, upgrades, automation, and security implementations
• Own IT service delivery processes, documentation, and SLA. Drive improvements and automation. Maintain runbooks and SOPs. Foster collaboration and continuous learning
• Build strong relationships across IT and the organization as trusted advisor. Facilitate communication and collaboration

Requirements

• 5-8+ years progressive IT experience spanning support, operations, and technical leadership. Breadth across multiple areas showing readiness for this multifaceted role
• Proven technical leadership including mentoring, setting direction, and influencing decisions. Formal management not required
• 2+ years of direct people management experience, including performance management, career development, and building team culture
• Strong technical foundation across IT service delivery (endpoint management, SaaS administration, identity/access, networking, infrastructure)
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash). Understanding of infrastructure-as-code approaches
• Hands‑on ITIL experience — You've applied it to real service design, incident management, and continuous improvement
• Jira Service Management (JSM) experience — you've built and operated workflows, not just used the tool as an end user. Experience with automation rules, SLA configuration, and reporting required
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills. Ability to influence without formal authority
• Experience leading cross‑functional projects from planning through delivery.
• Strong analytical and process improvement mindset. Experience with metrics, KPIs, and data‑driven decisions
• Experience supporting highly technical users (engineers, data scientists, researchers).
• Demonstrated use of AI tools (e.g., LLM-based triage, chatbot/self‑service, workflow intelligence) to improve IT service delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with IT metrics, KPIs, and service delivery reporting
• Experience coordinating and supporting distributed or hybrid teams
• Proven ability to adapt and execute during periods of organizational change
• Working knowledge of modern workplace technologies, including zero‑trust, EDR, SaaS management, and DEX tools
• Relevant IT certifications (ITIL 4, ACSP, Microsoft 365, Jamf, CompTIA, PMP/Agile, leadership)
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.