POSITION SUMMARY
DIGIT is looking for a Service Delivery Manager (SDM) to support the Digital Innovation for General Services Administration (GSA) Infrastructure Technologies (DIGIT) task order. GSA IT provides global enterprise-wide IT service delivery and management to its large, diverse, and mobile customer base. GSA IT focuses on delivering innovative, mobile-ready, and collaborative solutions for its users and strives to be the technology leader in agility, efficiency, mobility, and productivity.
The SDM will be responsible for delivery and ownership of holistic customer service offerings. This role will ensure that policies and processes are in place to deliver consistent, efficient, and effective services and is responsible for improving, optimizing, standardizing, and streamlining customer support processes that yield improvements to the customer experience. This position
will be responsible for leading large-scale IT service delivery with an emphasis on best practices to transition to easier-to-use, self-help formats of delivery which reduce the frequency and quantity of human interaction.
This is a key contract position that will serve as the service delivery manager and will liaison between the contractor support team and the government customer (CO, COR, PM) in the conduct of all services performed under this task order. In assuming this position, you will be a critical contributor to meeting Empower AI’s mission: To deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions and services that enable our customers to rapidly adapt to dynamic environments.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position shall perform the following (to include but not limited to) activities:
- Lead DIGIT IT Service Management (ITSM) practice managers, ensuring each practice is operational and supports the customers' business objectives and DIGIT’s service management objectives.
- Strategically and tactically manage several teams including performance requirements, enterprise dashboards, continuous service improvement, customer engagement, and knowledge management teams
- Work with key stakeholders to ensure that policies and processes are in place to deliver consistent, efficient, and effective services
- Work with teams to improve, optimize, standardize, and streamline customer support processes that enhance the customer experience
- Emphasize ITIL v4 best practices to improve service delivery and transition to self-help formats of delivery that reduce the frequency and quantity of human interactions
- Responsible for the implementation and development of continual service improvement.
- Coordinate with the DIGIT Service Management Office (SMO) ensuring that each practice has documented strategies and objectives that align to the organizations.
- Ensure contract deadlines and deliverables are met according to the deliverable timelines.
- Ensure that teams are trained to implement effective practices according to the latest industry standards.
- Lead practice transformation to align with ITIL v4 and Scaled Agile methods.
- Ensure each practice is integrated across DIGIT and with the customer and that each practice meets SLA and measurement standards.
- Suggest ideas to reduce costs in IT and business leadership.
- Perform related work as required.
CONTRACT REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Public Trust Clearance
- ITILv4 Foundation Certification
- Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to ensure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.
- Contributions to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable.
- Work is performed remotely under limited supervision and may supervise others.
CONTRACT DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)certification
- Help Desk Institute Support Center Manager (HDI-SCM) Certification.
- Completed one or more modules toward the ITIL v4 Strategic Leader (ITIL 4 SL) certification
- Active PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Recent experience implementing, managing, and modernizing successful self-help/self-heal services.
- Successful management experience in developing, mentoring, managing, and growing a team with high emotional intelligence, highly influential, patient, and inclusive attitude.
- Proven ability to work independently and on own initiative.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as the ability to think clearly & analyze quantitatively.
- Detail oriented, and ability to meet, and exceed, quality standards.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with an ability to determine an appropriate level of detail given project milestones.
- Excellent planning, organizational, communication and time management skills.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- 7 - 12 years of experience and bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Minimum of 10 years' experience in leading IT service management.
- Experience with ServiceNow.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience with facilitating/coordinating cross-functional teams to develop, deliver, operationalize, document, and support solutions.
- Recent experience with developing and managing a customer-focused continuous improvement program.
- Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable.
- Performs work that requires practical experience and training while under supervision.