Service Transition Lead
A new position has become available for a Service Transition Lead (Digital, Data, and Technology) working on a hybrid basis, remotely/onsite 2 days per week in Birmingham or London (plus various client offices). Our major client are wanting to get someone started as soon as possible, so please drop me a message or call me on 01782203040.
Start Date: ASAP
End date: 31/03/2025 (extensions possible)
Hours per week: 40
Rate: £55-58 per hour
IR35: inside
Location: remote/onsite 2 days/week in Birmingham/London
Job Description:
- The objective of this role is to support a program of works to move shadow IT (all digital, data, and technology) across the organization into the Digital Services Team.
- The role will assure the use of transition criteria, ensuring the services are fit for purpose and the processes appropriately followed.
- The role will deal with strong characters and therefore the successful candidate will require excellent stakeholder management skills, as well as influencing, negotiation and diplomacy.
Skills:
- Extensive experience of Service Transition - essential
- Project Management - essential
- Experience in undertaking or leading an Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) in the context of IT Services
- Experience in shaping a transition / carve out strategy for IT
- Experience in translating a strategy to a deliverable programs for separation, merger or decommissioning of corporate and IT services
- Experience in managing the financial carve out and driving value to minimize stranding costs / technical debt
- Experience in developing integration strategies, service offerings and service onboarding
- A deep understanding of digital, data technology solutions in corporate / IT services
- An awareness of how to define service levels for newly onboarded services
- Experience in leading business cut over for critical services
- Experience in business change and managing people impacts of M&A's
- Experience in managing different levels of stakeholders in a matrix environment up to CIO / Exec level
- Experience in leading the development of mapping the current state of the organization and desired future state for in scope services - undertaking relevant due diligence where required
- Experience in identifying optimization / rationalization initiatives to drive value in improving the overall operating model
- Need to have worked across; Applications, ERP, Infrastructure, Data, Cloud, Architecture, Cyber Security
- Standard experience of delivery, budgetary management and risk management.
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