Service Desk Manager

Service Desk Manager London (hybrid) 6 month contract (Outside IR35) £500 - £600 p/d A well-established and growing organisation is seeking an experienced Service Desk Manager to lead and evolve its IT support function within a complex, multi-site environment. Supporting a diverse user base across office, remote and site locations, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering a high-quality, customer-focused IT service, ensuring stability, performance and continuous improvement across the service desk and field support teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and manage the Service Desk and Field Support teams, driving performance, development and a customer-first culture Act as the senior escalation point for major incidents and complex technical issues Own end-to-end incident, request, problem and change management aligned to ITIL best practices Oversee ticket queues, workload distribution, SLA/OLA adherence and ticket quantity Produce regular service reporting (SLAs, backlog, ticket ageing, trends, first-time fix rates) and provide insights to leadership Drive continuous improvement through root cause analysis, gap analysis and service optimisation initiatives Coordinate service desk involvement in projects, rollouts, migrations and onboarding/offboarding activities Work closely with infrastructure, security, applications teams and third-party suppliers to ensure effective service delivery Maintain and improve knowledge management, documentation and standard operating procedures Ensure alignment with governance frameworks (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus) and internal controls Manage supplier relationships and support vendor performance and accountably Requirements:
Proven experience managing a Service Desk in a multi-site, complex environment Strong leadership experience managing and developing support teams Excellent stakeholder engagement and customer service skills Strong experience with ITSM tools (Service Now essential) Solid understanding of ITIL practices (Incident, Problem, Change Management)

Experience with Microsoft environments (M365, Azure AD / Entra , Intune, Windows 10/11, Teams, SharePoint) Knowledge of IT asset & service management (ITAM/SAM) principles Experience managing third-party suppliers and service performance Strong reporting, analytical and service improvement capability Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-demand environment