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IT Service Management Manager
Oklahoma City, OK

Req ID: 277986 

BASIC PURPOSE: The ITSM Manager is responsible for the deployment and evangelization of IT Service Management and its related processes: Incident management, Request Fulfillment, Problem Management, Configuration Management, Change Management, and Knowledge Management. The focus of the position is mainly on Process Owner activities but requires a deep understanding of all processes deployed.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

*Establish, document and articulate IT and business requirements for a new service management tool implementation *Develop a strategy and roadmap to implement an IT Service Management tool that documents integration points and enables a great user experience *Own and manage the product backlog for a new IT Service Management tool implementation *Manage, report, and communicate on the performance of key service management tool processes *Develop configuration management process objectives and policies and implement configuration management tooling in a retail environment to manage software applications and configurations across hundreds of locations and tens of thousands of endpoints. *Document and maintain relationship maps of all business services, applications, and related IT assets. *Ensures that improvement initiatives identified in service reviews are acted on and progress reports are provided to key stakeholders *Coordinate with different business units to define roadmap and process priorities for various ITIL processes *Strategizes, implements, executes, and coordinates with leadership to develop strategies, roadmaps, and goals to integrate individual process with the broader ITSM strategy and assess against clear measures of success *Leverage industry-leading standards, practices, and frameworks to determine how ITSM processes will be designed and/or improved *Negotiate levels of service to be delivered with the customer (either internal or external) and formally document these levels of service in SLAs

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

*Education:

*Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

*Preferred:

*ITILv3 Foundation *ITIL Intermediate certificate in Release, Control and Validation (RCV) or Service Transition (ST) or Operational Supports and Analysis (OSA) is a strong asset *A Project management certification is a plus

*Experience:

*5 years of IT experience *2 years of experience as a Process Owner of a Service Management practice *2 years of project management experience (PMP a plus) *Experience working across organizational boundaries

SKILLS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

*Skills:

*Expertise in service management platforms, preferably Service Now, or other comparable cloud-based enterprise products *Deep understanding of ITIL approach, principles, and processes *Excellent communication skills (spoken and written) *Experience managing a team *Broad understanding of IT technologies and business considerations

*Typical Physical Demands:

*On-call availability as needed. *Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping. *Lifting and transporting of heavy to moderately heavy objects, such as computers and peripherals. *Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, hand, and power tools, and to handle other computer components.

Job Function(s): Information Technology 

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