Candour
Service Desk Manager
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Role: Service Desk Manager
Location: South Manchester
Salary: £50,000–£60,000
Job Description
We are currently working with a growing and well-established technology business in South Manchester who are looking to appoint an experienced Service Desk Manager to lead and develop their support function.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technical professional who is ready to take the next step into senior management. The role will combine technical leadership, service delivery, people management, customer engagement, and pre-sales support.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the technical team, including recruitment, mentoring, and performance management.
- Oversee day-to-day service delivery, ensuring customer expectations and SLAs are consistently met.
- Manage team workloads and resource allocation across support and project requirements.
- Act as a senior escalation point for complex technical and customer issues.
- Support technical discussions around solutions, projects, and ongoing customer requirements.
- Monitor performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve processes and service quality.
- Work with senior management on future team structure, recruitment, and technical development.
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Essential Skills & Experience
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- Experience managing an IT support/technical team.
- Strong background in IT service delivery and technical operations.
- Experience using service management or ticketing systems.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and develop technical staff.
- Comfortable working with customers and senior business stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
- Full UK driving license.
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