Head of Service Delivery Specialist

1 month ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Parvana Full time

About Our Client

Our client is a global company with a diverse team of engineers, developers, and specialists in finance, HR, digital infrastructure, and marketing. They prioritize integrity and have a commitment to unity.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the SaaS platform's hosting environment, ensuring high availability, performance, and security while collaborating with DevOps and infrastructure teams for maintenance and scaling.
  • Oversee the support desk team, ensuring prompt and customer-centric service, developing SLAs and KPIs for performance measurement, and maintaining a knowledge base for efficient issue resolution.
  • Act as the escalation point for major incidents, leading root cause analysis and establishing incident response protocols to coordinate resolutions between support and technical teams.
  • Implement monitoring and automation for proactive issue detection and support process efficiency, continuously optimizing workflows to enhance customer satisfaction.
  • Conduct performance assessments and capacity planning for both hosting resources and support desk staffing to align with demand and business growth.
  • Ensure compliance with security standards and maintain documentation, coordinating security audits and promptly addressing vulnerabilities.
  • Foster a customer-centric culture by gathering feedback on service satisfaction, developing training programs for the support team, and encouraging continuous improvement.
  • Serve as a liaison between product development and support teams, facilitating smooth rollouts of new features and providing feedback from customer interactions to inform product enhancements.

Requirements

  • A relevant tertiary qualification would be beneficial.
  • ITIL, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, MS Certified: Azure Administrator, etc., are beneficial.
  • Relevant certifications in DevOps or Agile methodologies are also beneficial.
  • 5+ years of experience in service delivery and technical operations within SaaS or tech environments, including 3+ years in hosting management with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • 2+ years managing customer support or service desk teams, with a focus on incident and problem management, including root cause analysis.
  • Proficient in cloud hosting environments and familiar with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and monitoring tools (e.g., PRTG, Datadog).
  • Strong understanding of network infrastructure, security, and compliance in SaaS contexts, coupled with knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience in customer success or client relationship management, emphasizing a customer-centric approach and ensuring high service standards.
  • Strong leadership skills with experience in building and mentoring support teams, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
  • Proactive problem-solving skills focused on continuous improvement and effective decision-making.
  • Project management skills to coordinate tasks across technical and support functions efficiently.

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