| 1958798 | |
| GE Global Growth Organization | |
| Global Growth Organization - Africa | |
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| IT Operations and Service Management Leader | |
| Experienced | |
| Information Technology | |
| Business Solutions | |
| GhanaNigeria | |
| Nairobi | |
| Yes | |
| The IT Operations and Service Management Leader will have end-to-end strategic and operational responsibilities for the definition and delivery of shared service IT Infrastructure services across SSA. This position will serve as a single point of contact for senior IT leadership team in region and work collaboratively with the wider GE IT & functional IT to deliver world-class IT operations as well as managed the delivery of all the IT services in the region. | |
| IT Operations - Global-Ops IT • Develop deep relationships with GLOBAL-OPS IT service provider teams, and GLOBAL-OPS IT approved in-country suppliers/vendors • Drive ITIL operations (Incident / Problem / Change Management ) in the region • Manage the delivery of GLOBAL-OPS IT infrastructure solutions • Become the GLOBAL-OPS IT technical expert for regional solutions • Manage budgets and contracts associated with program(s) or initiative(s) • Support, advise, assist, guide and resolve infrastructure problems for client leaders and users • Work as a business partner with functional leaders and users to evaluate / improve business processes with cost effective infrastructure solutions • Manage all vendor relationship for IT in SSA • Act as an escalation point for unresolved support cases. • Work with stakeholders, management and vendors to ensure fast, timely and smooth delivery and operation of IT Infrastructure services. • Drive to root cause for all failures; incorporate changes to address vulnerabilities. • Work with technical architecture team to identify and eliminate single points of failure within the infrastructure. • Manage production change control and all compliance related activities for the dealer originations suite of applications. • Lead and or support other SSA IT initiatives as identified by regional & global CIO’s IT Service Delivery • Analyze Problem & Change data to drive continuous service improvement. • Drive data analysis to ensure that BSD (Business Service Downtime) & SEV1 volume and secondary ADIR (Average Daily Incident Rate) and MTTR (Median Time to Restore) are reduced according to goals & objectives. • Represent the 2nd level escalation (1st level being Regional IT Operations Leaders) contact for Incidents that are not resolved within the agreed SLA • Drive process improvement by initiating/running projects that assesses & remediates IT operational issues • Provide technical leadership to execute IT infrastructure fault management, maintenance and deployment. • Apply technical knowledge, skills and problem solving methodologies to identify, document and communicate areas of opportunity for improvement. • Manage operating rhythm to measure delivery of service including periodic operational reviews. • Oversee the monitoring strategy of technical environment and the response to failures. | |
| • Strong understanding ITIL framework methodologies and ITIL certified • Demonstrated knowledge of IT capabilities and experience of running IT operations in Africa • Demonstrated experience with driving service improvement to achieve best in class IT Operations • Significant experience within a leadership role in a shared service organization. • Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or Computer Science • Prior experience with process quality methodology or infrastructure technologies (compute, database, network, etc.) • Strong program management skills including project initiation, scoping, resourcing, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and communication • Minimum 7 years of recent hand-on experience in IT or Telecommunications Operations field, within a multi-discipline, matrix-oriented technical team. • Ability to deliver compliance requirements and to excel in a global matrix organization | |
| • Six Sigma BB/MBB certified • Matrix organization skills / ability to motivate multiple groups to maintain collaboration • Ability to influence and gain commitment at all organizational levels • Project Management (PMI) certified • High energy, customer passion & attention to detail • GE Leadership training program experience (IMLP, OMLP, FMP) is preferred (for internal GE employees only) |
