Service Transition Manager - MUST HAVE ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE - REMOTE + TRAVEL

Blue chip client is urgently looking for an Service Transition Manager

Description
CONTRACTOR MUST BE SC CLEARED (active) and SOLE UK NATIONAL (MOD SC CLEARED PREFERABLE)

Profiles with no more than 28 days outside the UK during the last 5 years

Role Title: Transition Manager

Location: Any UK location | it's not remote but can be based anywhere in the UK. There is always the expectation to be able to go to an office.

Duration: 6 initial months contract

MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:

Our Transition Managers lead large service transitions, end-to-end, providing innovation in solution design, maximizing commercial benefit and delivering operational efficiency, whilst ensuring client expectations are met.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including identity, nationality (must be single) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

You will lead the transition input to our bids developing viable solutions, plans and costs, balancing commercial risk and price competitiveness.

You manage the whole process of transferring services from incumbent service providers into the client, ensuring service levels are maintained throughout.

You run transition projects so that they meet agreed project and service level objectives, by the target dates, within the agreed costs.

You develop innovative, comprehensive, realistic and effective plans that meet client needs and expectations.

You operate in difficult, complex or political environments taking full responsibility for outcomes. You represent and promote the group internally and externally including at board level. You develop strategic partnerships and strong relationships with internal and external clients and maximize benefit for all the parties. You help shaping and managing client expectations to grow projects portfolio on the account.

You lead and build effective delivery teams to meet business objectives and transition requirements.

Your skills and experience

You demonstrate the following competencies:

Large-scale Service Transition management

Business & people leadership

Service & delivery excellence

Client acquisition & development

Negotiating

Innovation & capability growth

Technology awareness & leveraging

Vendor management

Risk management

Continuous service improvement

You also have the subsequent experience and strengths:

A broad knowledge of relevant sector, with ability to work across a range of projects eg Cloud, Data Services, Infrastructure Management, Service Desks, EUS, Cyber Security, Service Management and SIAM ie must understand and be able to work across multiple Client offerings.

Managing large, distributed delivery models with international capability, with revenue of £1m-£10m per Annum

Structuring, running and managing IT/outsourcing/infrastructure multi stream Services business projects

Running a range of transition/transformation projects

Managing internal, client and third-party delivery teams of 25+ employees

Managing multiple vendors and suppliers

Industry recognised project management training and/or certification

Flexibility about work content and location/work arrangements

Experience in working in other countries outside UK is an advantage

UK Security Clearance will be required

Your security clearance

SC CLEARED (active) + sole UK national, MOD SC cleared preferable.

Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client