Senior Service Manager

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Bristol, Reading

Bristol, Reading

212894-en_GB

Life on the team


You’ll be a primary member of the Leadership Team for your customer(s) together with the Sales team, including Group Managed Services (GMS), Group Professional Services (PS) and Group Technology Sourcing (GTS) as required.

You’ll be Computacenter’s leading services presence for all services delivered and associated growth opportunities, managing customer engagement at a senior level in line with your Account Plan.

As the Service Lead, you will interface with GMS, PS, GTS, Sales, etc, to ensure that all Contractual and Professional Services, both in life and new opportunities, are delivered consistently and to the required level of quality, as per the contracted delivery and commercial outcomes.

You’ll work with GMS Delivery Leadership to ensure that their teams aligned to the account are appropriately aware of all deliverables and are kept engaged with account progress.

What you’ll do

  • Leadership & Management: Lead and manage the Services teams, ensuring alignment with customer outcomes. Work closely with Delivery Leadership to ensure consistent and high-quality service delivery.
  • Stakeholder Relationships: Cultivate and manage key stakeholder relationships with customers, focusing on services delivered and identifying growth opportunities.
  • Growth & Strategy: Drive growth in Contractual and Professional Services by understanding customer objectives and challenges, converting them into opportunities for Computacenter.
  • Collaboration: Actively drive a One Team approach and Account Plan generation and delivery. Collaborate with Sales and Delivery teams to manage relationships, opportunities, and in-life management of change.
  • Customer Experience: Manage the services improvement plan, focusing on the 'in life' transformation of service, contract, commercial, and technical outcomes. Drive initiatives to enhance customer experience.
  • Contract & Commercial Management: Ensure contractual obligations are met, manage commercial performance, and oversee the financial aspects of the P&L. Track and manage commercial risks and obligations.
  • Professional Services: Involve in pre-sales to ensure project success, oversee project delivery, and adhere to governance processes.
  • Innovation & Development: Stay updated with industry developments, new technologies, and Computacenter solutions. Promote diversity and inclusion within the team.

What you’ll need

  • Proven experience in a similar leadership role within the IT services industry.
  • Strong understanding of customer strategy, industry trends, and business objectives.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to drive strategic growth and manage complex service portfolios.
  • Collaborative mindset with a focus on team success and customer satisfaction.
  • Active interest in personal and team development.
  • UK Vetting Security Clearance

Additional information


Country: UK
Location: Flexible, but must have easy access to the South West of the UK.
Hours: 37.5

Why you should choose us

Freedom & trust

You’ll have the support on hand when you need it and the autonomy when you don’t. Feel right at home in an environment where you’re able to work with freedom and flexibility, and trusted to manage your own work.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Working with the best

Over 1,300 technology consultants, 900 project managers and 3,200 systems engineers come together to form our highly regarded professional services community. You’ll find they’re a close-knit team, where mutual trust and collaboration is the norm.

Sharing knowledge

We organise several events and initiatives, such our UK Professional Services Conference and ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions, that bring together the brightest minds in the business. Here you can learn new things, network, and celebrate success together.

Exciting digital technology

Challenging and rewarding projects: The range of technologies and industries that we are so diverse, that no two projects are alike. The result? A role for you that’s varied and provides the opportunity to expand your expertise and develop your career further.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Personal development

We like to invest in our people. We offer training and technology certifications, mentoring and coaching, specialist or management careers, access to our on-the-go immersive learning platform, Percipio, and much more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

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