Head of Service Management

Location: Greater London

Head of Service Management# Career Opportunities## Head of Service Management Apply:
London:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
JR1001526

When you join EDF Trading, you’ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches, and think outside the box.

Energy markets evolve rapidly, so our team needs to remain agile, flexible, and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil, and environmental products.

EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.

Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits, which include (location dependent) hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessments, corporate gym memberships, an electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, a cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities, and much more.

Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading, so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 750 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.

Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group - a world leader in low-carbon, sustainable electricity generation.

Join us, make a difference, and help shape the future of energy.

Job Description:

** Department
* * Information Technology – Service Management
** Position Purpose
** Lead the service management organisation responsible for end-user support, deployment operations, ITSM practices and service excellence across EDF Trading.

The role is accountable for the quality, consistency and efficiency of technology services delivered to the business. The position owns the service-management operating model, service catalogue, end-user computing strategy, major-incident framework and continual-service-improvement programme. It ensures that service management enables rapid delivery while maintaining strong operational controls and a positive employee experience.
** Main Responsibilities
*** Define and execute the enterprise service-management strategy and operating model.
* Lead the End User Support, Deployment Operations and Service Management Practice teams, ensuring effective L1, L2 and L3 support, request fulfilment, communications and user experience.
* Own incident, major incident, problem, change, request, knowledge and service-configuration-management disciplines.
* Establish and maintain a service catalogue with measurable service commitments and performance indicators.
* Champion a user-focused support experience, adapting communication and problem-solving to meet the needs of diverse users, including VIPs, executives, traders, and business-critical staff.
* Drive continual-service-improvement initiatives across all technology functions.
* Own end-user technology lifecycle management including collaboration tooling, endpoint services, device management (including desktops, laptops and mobile devices) and workplace experience capabilities (including meeting room technology).
* Ensure efficient onboarding/offboarding, request fulfilment, service communications and user engagement.
* Improve service performance through automation, workforce optimisation, workflow simplification and self-service adoption.
* Establish governance and quality controls around CMDB accuracy, asset management and service reporting.
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