AMS Production Lead/Contract/London - £400 per day -3 days onsite
- Require a Senior Lead with good experience in leading AMS/Production support engagements with Insurance domain (London Lloyds Market)
Years of experience needed -
- 8-10 years in service delivery, IT operations, or a similar role
Skills required:
- .NET, SQL
- Preferrable experience in working with Subscribe, a PAS System (Policy Administrative System).
- Incident/Service Request/Problem/Change Management
- Release Management
- Good understanding on AMS metrics like SLA/MTTA/MTTR
- Take end-to-end ownership of Major and High Priority (P1/P2) incidents from identification through resolution and closure.
- Lead Real Time incident bridges (technical and management) involving multiple support teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
- Ensure timely communication and updates to stakeholders and leadership during major incidents.
- Coordinate with technical teams to drive quick resolution, root cause identification, and service restoration.
- Log, track, and document all incident activities using ITSM tools (eg, ServiceNow, BMC Remedy).
- Ensure proper escalation procedures are followed, and technical/management escalations are handled effectively.
- Work with Problem Management to ensure Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is completed and preventive actions are tracked to closure.
- Analyze incident trends and recommend service improvements to reduce future major incidents.
- Participate in change and risk review boards to ensure incident learnings are applied proactively.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of the Major Incident Management process, documentation, and communication standards.
- Proven track record in managing critical/high-severity IT incidents in complex, enterprise environments.
- Solid understanding of IT infrastructure, application architecture, and cloud environments.
- Strong knowledge of ITIL framework - ITIL Foundation certification (good to have).
- Experience with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, Remedy, or equivalent.
- Ability to make decisions and lead under pressure in a high-stakes environment.
- Good to have Insurance domain knowledge
- Lead the team on day to day operations
- Experience working on COTS products
Behavioral Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting to leadership.
- Willingness to support Oncall
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in B.E, B Tech, MBA or related field