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Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day.\nWe’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.\nHaving sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us.\nTaking ownership and driving impact \nBeing open to change and feedback\nBeing passionate about our mission and our customers. \nAbout the role\nAs IT Support Lead, you will play a central role in delivering a reliable, secure, and high-quality technology experience for Catawiki employees. You will lead the day-to-day IT support function, ensuring colleagues receive timely and effective assistance while continuously improving our processes, service standards, and employee experience.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role combining technical support, operational ownership, team development, and stakeholder management. You will remain closely connected to day-to-day support while helping the team work consistently and effectively.\nYou will oversee the employee IT lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding, with a focus on frontline service delivery, endpoint support, eSIM services, IT inventory, logistics, workplace technology, and operational improvements.\nWhat you’ll do\nIT Support Leadership & Employee Experience\nLead the daily IT support operation, ensuring incidents and requests are prioritised, tracked, communicated, and resolved effectively.\nProvide hands-on support across hardware, software, identity, access, network, and collaboration tools.\nServe as an escalation point for complex technical issues and employee-impacting incidents.\nEstablish and maintain high standards for IT support quality, responsiveness, documentation, and customer experience.\nCoach, mentor, and support IT colleagues, helping them develop their technical skills and adopt consistent ways of working.\nMonitor support trends, service levels, recurring issues, and employee feedback to identify improvement opportunities.\nBuild and maintain a knowledge base of technical documentation, how-to guides, and FAQs.\nProactively improve the employee IT experience through scalable processes, automation, and user-friendly solutions.\nHelp ensure a smooth and consistent employee experience throughout onboarding, internal transfers, and offboarding.\nIT Systems Support & Service Operations\nAct as the primary operational contact for employees requiring support with core IT systems and workplace technology.\nSupport the day-to-day operation of Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Jira/Confluence, Jamf, and other business applications.\nHandle user-facing support, troubleshooting, access requests, onboarding activities, and issue escalation in line with established processes and policies.\nCarry out approved operational tasks such as user provisioning, access changes, device enrolment, software deployment, and equipment configuration.\nEscalate complex platform issues, recurring problems, and system risks with clear documentation and impact assessment.\nSupport the testing, rollout, and adoption of system changes, upgrades, and new tools.\nMaintain accurate support documentation, operating procedures, and knowledge-base articles.\nGather employee feedback and recurring support insights to help improve system configuration, processes, and usability.\nManage eSIM services, including provisioning, activation, replacement, deactivation, troubleshooting, and lifecycle administration.\nManage relationships with eSIM providers and ensure reliable service, clear ownership, and effective issue resolution.\nIT Operations, Inventory & Logistics\nOwn IT asset management, including procurement, inventory, allocation, repairs, replacement, and lifecycle management.\nMaintain accurate records of laptops, mobile devices, accessories, eSIMs, software licences, and other IT equipment.\nCoordinate equipment delivery, collection, storage, repairs, replacement, and secure disposal.\nEnsure employees receive the right equipment, connectivity, and access at the right time.\nManage relationships with hardware, software, eSIM, logistics, and other IT service providers.\nTrack orders, deliveries, stock levels, warranties, repairs, and supplier performance.\nIdentify opportunities to improve IT inventory controls, logistics processes, and equipment availability.\nSupport office technology, including Wi-Fi, printers, meeting-room equipment, conference-room AV, and other workplace infrastructure.\nCoordinate and contribute to IT projects such as office moves, system upgrades, technology rollouts, and infrastructure improvements.\nSecurity, Compliance & Risk Management\nHelp enforce IT security policies, standards, and procedures across the organisation.\nMaintain strong controls around identity, access, devices, software, eSIMs, and company data.\nRespond to and remediate security incidents, alerts, and vulnerabilities in collaboration with the broader IT and security teams.\nSupport access reviews, device compliance checks, audits, and vulnerability assessments.\nPromote security awareness and help employees adopt secure working practices.\nEnsure IT processes are documented and aligned with relevant compliance and data-protection requirements.\nEscalate potential security risks promptly and help ensure appropriate follow-up actions are completed.\nService Improvement & Stakeholder Management\nDevelop and improve IT support processes, workflows, service catalogues, escalation paths, and operating procedures.\nUse support data and employee feedback to identify recurring issues and improvement opportunities.\nPartner with IT and business stakeholders on system changes, process improvements, and technology rollouts.\nCommunicate clearly during incidents, changes, and service disruptions, keeping stakeholders informed.\nContribute to IT planning and prioritisation by providing insight from day-to-day employee support.\nHelp create a consistent and scalable IT service as Catawiki continues to grow.\nPromote a culture of ownership, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.\n\nWhat you’ll bring\n3-5 years of experience in IT support, workplace technology, IT operations, or a related field.\nExperience leading, mentoring, or managing people, ideally with 2-3 years in a team-lead or people-management capacity.\nA track record of combining hands-on technical support with operational ownership and team leadership.\nStrong experience supporting users across macOS, Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, Okta, Jamf, and related workplace technologies.\nExperience managing the employee IT lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, access requests, and equipment provisioning.\nExperience with mobile connectivity, eSIM administration, telecom providers, or related IT services is a strong advantage.\nExperience managing IT assets, inventory, logistics, vendors, and office technology.\nAbility to work effectively within established processes for system changes, access management, and incident escalation.\nA practical understanding of IT security principles, device compliance, access controls, and incident response.\nStrong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.\nExcellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on root-cause analysis and sustainable solutions.\nA customer-focused mindset and the ability to build trust with employees at all levels.\nStrong communication and stakeholder-management skills in English, both written and verbal. Additional Portuguese language skills are a plus.\nThe ability to coach and support colleagues, share knowledge, and create clarity in a changing environment.\nA proactive, resilient, and collaborative approach, with a strong sense of ownership.\nA hands-on mentality and willingness to be physically present in the office four days a week.\nA passion for learning and staying current with emerging IT, security, and workplace technology trends.\nWhy You'll Love Working with Us\nCreate a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business.\nLearn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.\nA culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work.\nCelebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location.\nOur Offices and Way of Working\nOur vibrant offices in Amsterdam and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office-based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office-based.\nInterested?\nApply with an English CV and Cover Letter. By applying, you agree to Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply anyway. 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