IT Service Delivery Manager

Black Pearl

Egypt

Ref: RP174-907

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

An international company is currently looking for a Service Delivery Manager who will be based in Egypt. In this role, you will be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of programs and projects to meet customer needs, and responsible for customer relationships across African region. Other responsibilities will include:

Key Responsibilities:
- Leading a team of African region dispersed resources to deliver technology projects on time and within budget
- Maintaining end-to-end accountability for customer satisfaction and overall delivery excellence
- Work with project teams to determine necessary activities to successfully deliver projects
- Ensure that the right type and number of resources that are required to fulfill the planned projects are available and in place through cooperation with Operations team
- Delivering customer satisfaction and overall excellence by identifying opportunities (or issues) and assisting with speedy resolution
- Understanding the pipeline of demand to ensure an appropriate supply of resources
- Responsible for financial management and reporting and optimizing processes
- Managing and leading complex stakeholders towards optimal solutions while helping them understand resource constraints and prioritization
- Holding the teams to the highest standards, project discipline and accountability
- Continuously improving the technical delivery model and strategy, implementing, and managing
- Initiate, build and sustain productive relationships
- Serve as an escalation point for customer concerns if/when they arise
- Identify appropriate resolution to achieve client satisfaction in a timely manner
- Monitor and manage end-to-end delivery of programs and projects sponsored by one or more customer groups to scope, time and budget
- Enforce standard methodologies, processes, and tools
- Provide leadership and direction to project team members

Requirements

Requirements

Mandatory Requirements:
- Proven track record of delivering a collection projects for a portfolio size of $5M - $8M
- 10+ years of business development, project delivery and client relationship management in a technology environment
- Experience in Data Analytics or Business Intelligence projects
- Good business acumen and ability to negotiate with business partners
- Strong customer orientation and able to manage customer expectations
- Good executive presence
- Ability to develop strategic plans and translate them to actionable roadmaps
- Good financial and people leadership skills
- Initiates, builds, and maintains productive customer relationships
- Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change
- Ability to manage risk, and encourage strategic risk management-based delivery in others to manage expectations and communicate effectively
- Strong collaboration skills to build teams across business boundaries
- Leadership skills to successfully lead large, diverse, and virtual teams.
- Agile working experience necessary.
- Drives operational improvements and efficiencies through the creation and implementation of rigorous process and controls, acts as a gatekeeper for quality
- Building trust with senior stakeholders in times of pressure

Other Skills/Competencies:
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Good listening and presentation skills
- Native Arabic speaker
- Certifications in Project Management, Business Analysis and Project Assurance would be beneficial to performing this role
- SAS solutions or any Data Analytics projects end to end implementation experience
- Experience in a cross-border role, successfully managing multiple complex projects at regional

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About the Company

Black Pearl is a human resources and recruitment agency that provides a holistic business and talent solution in a progressive, dynamic, and efficient way.

We pride ourselves as a unique black pearl and strive to delight our clients with a personalized partnership that helps them propel towards success.

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