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Service Delivery Manager
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- Eastleigh, Hampshire
- Permanent
- Full Time
- £45,000 - £47,000 Per Annum
Job Description
Your new company
A well-established multi-site public sector organisation is seeking an experienced Service Delivery Manager. The organisation are in the early stages of delivering their digital strategy and are looking for an experienced Service Delivery Manager to help them deliver their core business objectives.
Your new roleAs the Service Delivery Manager, you will provide strategic and technical leadership across the organisation's technology estate. You will take ownership of the technical architecture, infrastructure, and critical systems, ensuring they are secure, resilient, and aligned to operational and organisational objectives.
You will be responsible for defining and governing architecture across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments while translating business needs into clear technical roadmaps and delivery plans. The role also carries accountability for critical systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and recoverability in a demanding operational setting.
In addition, you will lead and develop a team of senior engineers, providing direction, mentoring, and performance oversight across both business-as-usual operations and project delivery. You will act as the senior escalation point for major incidents and play a key role in driving service improvement, modernisation, and innovation across the ICT function.
Working closely with internal stakeholders, external partners, and suppliers, you will ensure strong governance, effective change control, and adherence to security and compliance standards.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will bring significant experience in leading technical infrastructure or cloud environments, ideally within a complex environment. You will have a strong understanding of enterprise architecture, networks, and systems integration, alongside a proven ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
You will demonstrate strong leadership capability, with experience managing senior engineers or technical specialists, and will be comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels. Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and supplier management skills are essential, as is experience working within structured service management frameworks such as ITIL.
A proactive approach to continuous improvement, resilience planning, and service delivery will be key, along with the ability to operate effectively in a high-availability, high-pressure environment.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will join a forward-thinking organisation where technology underpins critical public services. You will have the opportunity to shape technical strategy, influence organisational direction, and lead the delivery of robust and resilient technology services.Salary up to £47,000 plus excellent benefits package, including generous annual leave entitlement, public sector pension, annual pay reviews, public sector discount card for several dining and leisure attractions, free on-site parking, flexible and hybrid working.
What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
A well-established multi-site public sector organisation is seeking an experienced Service Delivery Manager. The organisation are in the early stages of delivering their digital strategy and are looking for an experienced Service Delivery Manager to help them deliver their core business objectives.
Your new roleAs the Service Delivery Manager, you will provide strategic and technical leadership across the organisation's technology estate. You will take ownership of the technical architecture, infrastructure, and critical systems, ensuring they are secure, resilient, and aligned to operational and organisational objectives.
You will be responsible for defining and governing architecture across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments while translating business needs into clear technical roadmaps and delivery plans. The role also carries accountability for critical systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and recoverability in a demanding operational setting.
In addition, you will lead and develop a team of senior engineers, providing direction, mentoring, and performance oversight across both business-as-usual operations and project delivery. You will act as the senior escalation point for major incidents and play a key role in driving service improvement, modernisation, and innovation across the ICT function.
Working closely with internal stakeholders, external partners, and suppliers, you will ensure strong governance, effective change control, and adherence to security and compliance standards.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will bring significant experience in leading technical infrastructure or cloud environments, ideally within a complex environment. You will have a strong understanding of enterprise architecture, networks, and systems integration, alongside a proven ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
You will demonstrate strong leadership capability, with experience managing senior engineers or technical specialists, and will be comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels. Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and supplier management skills are essential, as is experience working within structured service management frameworks such as ITIL.
A proactive approach to continuous improvement, resilience planning, and service delivery will be key, along with the ability to operate effectively in a high-availability, high-pressure environment.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will join a forward-thinking organisation where technology underpins critical public services. You will have the opportunity to shape technical strategy, influence organisational direction, and lead the delivery of robust and resilient technology services.Salary up to £47,000 plus excellent benefits package, including generous annual leave entitlement, public sector pension, annual pay reviews, public sector discount card for several dining and leisure attractions, free on-site parking, flexible and hybrid working.
What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)