Service Transition Manager

Service Transition Manager Bristol £45,000  company bonus We have an exciting opportunity for a Transition Manager to join an established managed services provider in Bristol. Working within a team of 2 Service Transition Managers, this is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Service Transition Manager to take ownership of end-user and endpoint service transitions, driving smooth handovers into BAU and ensuring organisations experience seamless, disruption-free change.

Acting as the single point of accountability across delivery, operations and business leadership, youll shape ITIL-aligned transition plans that keep stakeholders informed, risks controlled, and services ready for go-live.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and deliver transition and business-integration plans. Coordinate Service Owners, Architects, PMs and Operations for handover deliverables. Ensure runbooks, service design packages, SLAs/OLAs and knowledge articles are complete and approved pre-go-live. Manage ELS and formal transition into BAU support. Integrate new technologies and managed-service vendors into the operational ecosystem. Support hardware refreshes, endpoint security rollouts and collaboration platform migrations.

What You Bring:

Proven experience managing IT service transitions in End User / Endpoint / Digital Workplace environments Strong ITIL knowledge across Service Transition, Service Operation and Change Enablement A track record delivering operational readiness, ELS and BAU handovers in enterprise IT Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills Strong planning, organisation and problem-solving abilities Experience creating and maintaining project plans and transition artefacts A proactive approach to risk management, quality delivery and continuous improvement Successful applicants can expect a salary of circa £45,000, as well as a company-wide bonus scheme, pension, 25 days holiday and opt-in healthcare benefits.

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