Service Desk Manager

Service Desk Manager

London

£500-£600 per day (outside IR35)

A leading organisation within the rail and transport sector is seeking an experienced Service Desk Manager to lead its IT support function across a multi-site operational environment.

This role will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of a high-quality support service, managing service desk performance, driving continuous improvement and acting as the key escalation point for service-related issues.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead and develop the Service Desk team, promoting a customer-focused culture

* Manage service desk performance, workloads, KPIs and service levels

* Act as the escalation point for major incidents and service issues

* Drive improvements across incident, request and problem management processes

* Produce regular service reporting and performance metrics for stakeholders

* Coordinate support activities across operational sites and corporate functions

* Manage relationships with third-party suppliers and support partners

* Ensure service documentation, knowledge articles and operational procedures remain current

Experience Required

* Proven experience managing an IT Service Desk within a complex, multi-site environment

* Strong leadership and people management skills

* Experience managing service performance, SLAs and operational reporting

* Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

* Strong understanding of IT service management best practices

* Experience working with service management tools and supplier-led environments

* Ideally have experience within rail, transport, infrastructure or other operationally critical industries

* Exposure to service transition, operational change or technology improvement initiatives

This is an excellent opportunity to join a large-scale transport organisation and play a key role in delivering reliable technology support services across a critical operational environment.