# Service Desk Manager

Role purpose: Lead the global Service Desk function, ensuring the delivery of high-quality IT support services to LRQA employees worldwide. Manage and develop a team of Service Desk Team Leads and Service Desk Analysts to achieve operational excellence. Act as a key escalation point for critical IT issues and incidents, ensuring prompt resolution and minimal business disruption. Continuously improve processes, tools, and service levels to align with industry best practices and organizational goals. Foster a culture of service excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team. Key Responsibilities: Team Leadership and Management: Oversee the daily operations of the global Service Desk, ensuring consistent delivery of support services across. Line manage 3 Service Desk Team Leads and 6 Service Desk Analysts supporting their development. Conduct regular performance reviews, set clear objectives, and provide mentoring and development opportunities for the team. Service Delivery and Continuous Improvement: Monitor and analyse key KPIs and SLAs to ensure targets are met or exceeded. Identify areas for improvement in processes and tools and lead initiatives to enhance

- **Id**: 3904521
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lrqa-service-desk-manager>
- **Role**: Support
- **Role family**: Support
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Birmingham, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T02:01:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T22:44:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8781
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Food Safety, Testing, Inspection & Certification

## Company

- **Id**: 1756963
- **Name**: LRQA
- **Domain**: lrqa.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lrqa-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Technologies

- **Active Directory** — Optional: no
- **Incident Management** — Optional: no
- **ITIL** — Optional: no
- **ITSM** — Optional: no
- **Service Desk** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T02:22:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 20
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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