Service Desk Manager
3 days ago
Cardiff
Service Desk Manager – MSP Location: Cardiff (Hybrid) Salary: Competitive Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent This is a fantastic opportunity for you, a Service Desk Manager to join a well-established Managed Service Provider based in Cardiff that is looking to appoint an experienced Service Desk Manager to lead their technical support function. This is a key leadership role within a growing MSP environment, offering the chance to shape service delivery, develop a high-performing team, and drive continual improvement across the operation. If you’re an experienced Service Desk Manager who thrives in a fast-paced MSP setting and enjoys balancing people leadership with hands-on operational oversight, this role will suit you perfectly. Key Responsibilities • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 1st–3rd line engineers, • Oversee daily Service Desk operations, ensuring SLAs and KPIs are consistently achieved, • Act as the senior escalation point for technical and customer issues, • Drive continual service improvement across processes, tooling, and customer experience, • Manage resource planning, shift patterns, and workload distribution, • Produce 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 environmentWhat 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, • Ability to remain calm, structured, and solutions-focused 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 infrastructureWhy This Role Stands Out, • Opportunity to 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