Life on the team
As a Lead Delivery Manager within Computacenter you will be accountable for leading and managing service and change delivery for an account, a group of accounts or for a significant area of service within one of our larger accounts.
You will lead a team, both directly and through matrix management. You will operate an effective governance model to make sure that your services deliver what we have promised to our customer and to our organisation. This means meeting service levels, meeting financial targets and supporting our Group Services colleague to grow the business and drive overall customer satisfaction, through the delivery of service excellence.
Youll probably have a direct report or two, and a larger number of Computacenter and partner employees to manage within the matrix. Youll make sure that they all understand their role within the customer and are appropriately engaged, motivated and led.
You will need to commute to the customer site (Cambridge, UK) as and when required.
Where youll fit in:
Youll be part of the Delivery Leadership team, either in your own right or reporting into a Delivery Lead, Senior Delivery Lead or delivery Director.
Youll have clear areas of accountability and will be given appropriate autonomy to lead the areas of the service that you are responsible for.
Youll also form part of a wider community of Delivery Managers and will have the opportunity to actively contribute to wider in-country Delivery initiatives.
Youre likely to have a role within the customers day to day Delivery leadership. Depending on the customer you may have a seat at their operational or strategic table. You may need to work as part of a virtual leadership team with other suppliers.
What youll do
Delivery Leadership Management
Lead and manage the delivery of run and change services to deliver what weve promised our customer and our own organisation
Constantly drive us to do better for our customer and our own organisation
Objectively manage performance of our internal and partner delivery teams
Be able to demonstrate understanding of our performance, what it means to our customers business, and what were doing to improve
Look to continually improve both the efficiency & effectiveness of delivery processes and services, adding value that is relevant to the customer throughout the contract lifecycle
Identify risks in service delivery, assess commercial implications and take measures to eliminate risk or avoid risks.
Change Delivery Management
Its likely that youll have a role leading change for our customers. Sometimes this will be relatively simple in-life service change, sometimes in supporting out Group Services colleagues it will be pulling the Computacenter organisation together to deliver more complex change. In carrying out these duties, you will demonstrate awareness of relevant project management approaches
Youll use your contacts and insight to identify new ways in which Computacenter can add value to our customers.
Business Management
Youll work with the Snr Delivery Lead/Delivery Director as well as Group Services and other colleagues, as appropriate, to support the account strategy and to ensure that Computacenter presents itself as a single, joined-up team to the customer
Youll make sure that colleagues in our delivery functions, and our partners who deliver to the customer, understand the strategy, the customers business and our place in that business
Youll contribute to and deliver against a communications plan, both customer-facing & internal, ensuring clear & consistent messaging both verbally & in written form across various media.
Contract Management
Youll support Group Services in the development, negotiation and agreement of contract changes within the Customer account
Youll support the management of the contract schedules that relate to your scope of service. Youll ensure compliance and manage exceptions.
Financial Management
Youll manage the finances of your account or assigned services to ensure accurate forecasting and cost management to achieve or exceed financial baselines
Youll support Group Services, where appropriate of costing for services in Presales.
Relationship Management
Youll work with the Service Director/Lead and account team to define and support the engagement strategy with the customer and other stakeholders
You are likely to be the primary interface to one or more senior stakeholders within the customer organisation. Youll ensure that you maintain a positive and constructive relationship to the benefit of both organisations.
People Management
Perform all Line Management responsibilities for all Direct Reports. Ensure that your team, direct and virtual, is appropriately motivated and engaged and that individual performance is managed
Support the people strategy for the account, including capacity and succession planning, people and capability development and talent identification and retention
Support the communications strategy in support of the account and employee engagement strategies.
How youll be measured:
Youll have clear targets which will be set and discussed regularly. These are likely to include objective measures of Customer Satisfaction, delivery quality and financial performance.
What youll need
What youll know:
Youll be an experienced practitioner in IT Service Management.
Youre likely trained in ITIL, possibly to Expert status.
Youll know that its not all about ITIL. Youll be able to show that you understand how IT services fit in a customers business and how we as a service provider can add value.
What youll also be:
Motivated to succeed as a Team Youll know that success is about how teams work together, both within Computacenter and the customer.
Youll act and encourage your people to remove organisational boundaries using a One Customer One Team approach.
Collaborative Youll openly share ideas with colleagues across Computacenter and youll contribute to initiatives that improve our organisation outside of your account.
Inclusive Youll be aware of & sensitive to both unconscious bias and cultural difference and role model a positive approach to building an inclusive working environment.
Inspiring Its likely that you will lead other Delivery Managers, most of whom aspire to develop their careers into more senior roles. Youll be a role model to them and support them in their growth.
Creative Youll be able to come up with solutions to do better for our customers, for our company and ideally for both at the same time!
Curious Youll want to get to the root of issues, asking the five whys (Six Sigma) and using both data and intuition appropriately. Youll avoid I think, I feel, it seems as much as you can, in favour of I know.
Able to tell a story Youll be able to credibly present your service performance and improvement ideas to different audiences, talking at an appropriate level of detail.
Additional information
Country: UK
Location: Cambridge, UK - Hybrid
Hours: Full time
Role Type: Permanent
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