Service Desk Manager – MSP
3 days ago
Cardiff
Service Desk Manager – MSP Location: Nr Cardiff (Hybrid) Salary: £46,000 This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Service Desk Manager to join a well‑established Managed Service Provider nr Cardiff. You’ll lead a high‑performing technical support team, shape service delivery, and drive continuous improvement across the operation. If you thrive in a fast‑paced MSP environment and enjoy balancing people leadership with hands‑on operational oversight, this role will suit you perfectly. Key Responsibilities • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 1st– 2nd line engineers, • Oversee day‑to‑day Service Desk operations, ensuring SLAs and KPIs are consistently achieved, • Act as the senior escalation point for technical and customer issues, • Manage resource planning, shift patterns, and workload distribution, • Produce clear, data‑driven service performance reports for internal stakeholders and clients, • Support incident, problem, and change management in line with ITIL best practice, • Assist with onboarding new customers and services into the MSP environment Service Experience & Continuous Improvement • Own and enhance the end‑to‑end service experience, ensuring service quality remains consistently high, • Gather, analyse, and act on customer feedback, service data, and performance insights, • Identify trends, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities across processes, tooling, and customer touchpoints, • Work collaboratively with technical teams and leadership to optimise the service offering and maximise customer satisfaction, • Champion a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring the Service Desk evolves in line with business and customer needs What You’ll Bring • Proven experience managing a Service Desk or technical support team within an MSP, • Strong understanding of ITIL principles (ITIL Foundation desirable), • Excellent leadership, coaching, and team‑development skills, • Calm, structured, and solutions‑focused approach under pressure, • Strong communication and customer‑relationship skills, • Experience with modern ITSM platforms (Halo, ServiceNow, Freshservice, Autotask, etc.), • Solid technical grounding across Microsoft 365, Azure, networking, and general infrastructure Why This Role Stands Out • Join a respected MSP with a strong growth trajectory, • Supportive leadership team and a culture that values continuous improvement, • Hybrid working model, • Investment in training, certifications, and long‑term career development, • Modern tech stack and a forward‑thinking approach to service delivery If you’re an experienced Service Desk Manager looking for your next challenge within a dynamic MSP environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply with your CV today