Purpose of the Role
The Senior Manager – IT Operations is responsible for managing the organization’s live technology environment and ensuring the availability, reliability, security, performance, and support of IT infrastructure, networks, enterprise applications, cloud services, and end-user technology.
Working closely with the Operations Director, Chief Strategist – IT Operations, Vice President – Digital & Innovation, business functions, and technology providers, the role translates approved technology strategies and standards into operational plans, services, controls, and improvement initiatives.
Strategic Leadership
- Develop and execute IT operational plans aligned with the approved IT strategy and technology roadmap.
- Translate architecture standards and technology priorities into practical implementation and service-management activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve availability, reliability, cybersecurity, user support, and operational efficiency.
- Recommend operational investments, resource requirements, system improvements, and lifecycle actions.
- Promote a culture of service excellence, security awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Provide operational input to technology strategies, transformation initiatives, and major business projects.
Functional Management
- Lead the daily operation of IT infrastructure, networks, cloud services, enterprise applications, collaboration platforms, and end-user technology.
- Manage the IT service desk, incidents, service requests, problems, changes, releases, and operational escalations.
- Monitor service availability, system performance, capacity, utilization, and technology-service quality.
- Ensure critical incidents are resolved promptly, root causes are identified, and corrective actions are implemented.
- Manage infrastructure maintenance, patches, upgrades, configurations, backups, and technology lifecycle activities.
- Operate cybersecurity controls including endpoint protection, vulnerability remediation, access management, security monitoring, and incident coordination.
- Maintain disaster-recovery, backup, restoration, and IT business-continuity capabilities.
- Manage technology vendors, telecommunications providers, software licenses, maintenance agreements, and outsourced IT services.
- Develop operational implementation plans for approved technology roadmaps and architecture recommendations.
- Ensure major technology changes are tested, approved, communicated, implemented, and reviewed.
- Maintain IT asset inventories, configuration records, system documentation, support procedures, and knowledge records.
- Provide technical and operational support to Digital & Innovation, Solutions & Partnerships, Operations, and other business functions.
Governance & Performance
- Establish and maintain IT operational policies, procedures, controls, service standards, and escalation processes.
- Monitor IT performance through service availability, SLA achievement, incident resolution, change success, security, and user-satisfaction measures.
- Ensure operational compliance with approved architecture standards, cybersecurity policies, data-protection requirements, and regulatory obligations.
- Maintain accurate service, incident, change, asset, access, vendor, and performance records.
- Identify operational technology risks and implement corrective, preventive, recovery, and continuity measures.
- Conduct periodic reviews of infrastructure resilience, capacity, security, lifecycle status, and operational readiness.
- Support internal and external audits and ensure agreed findings are addressed.
- Report IT performance, major incidents, operational risks, vendor concerns, and improvement progress to the Operations Director.
Stakeholder Management
- Work with business functions to understand service requirements and resolve technology issues.
- Collaborate with the Chief Strategist – IT Operations on architecture standards, roadmaps, investments, and modernization priorities.
- Partner with the Vice President – Digital & Innovation on implementation and operational support for approved digital initiatives.
- Provide technical and operational input to Solutions & Partnerships during client-solution development.
- Build productive relationships with technology vendors, managed-service providers, and telecommunications providers.
- Communicate planned changes, service interruptions, risks, incidents, and improvement activities to stakeholders.
- Coordinate with GRC on technology risks, cybersecurity compliance, data protection, and audit requirements.
- Represent IT Operations in business-continuity, project, service-governance, and operational review meetings.
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop the IT Operations team.
- Establish team objectives, work priorities, performance expectations, and service responsibilities.
- Ensure appropriate coverage, escalation arrangements, technical capability, and knowledge continuity.
- Promote professional development across infrastructure, networking, applications, cybersecurity, and IT service management.
- Foster collaboration, accountability, customer service, and continuous improvement.
- Support succession planning and capability development within IT Operations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
- Professional certifications such as ITIL, PMP, COBIT, CISSP, CISM, TOGAF, or equivalent are preferred.
Experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Information Technology.
- At least 5 years in a senior IT management or leadership role.
- Experience leading complex, business-critical, and high-availability technology environments.
- Experience in BPO, Outsourcing, Contact Centers, Telecommunications, Managed Services, or Technology industries is highly preferred.
- Proven track record in technology transformation, cybersecurity, infrastructure modernization, and IT service improvement.
Application deadline: 7th September 2026.
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