Job Vacancy Network Service Manager

Job title: Network Service Manager

Location: Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 Depending on experience and skills

What you'll be doing:

• Responsibility for the delivery and management of change across services, supporting the Tower Service Manager to meet the required outcome of these agreed changes
• Owning knowledge and familiar with services and products under management
• Ensuring service definitions documents for the managed services are maintained and current
• Supplier Management, forming close working relationships, ensuring accountability for the management and delivery of the contracted services
• Providing input and challenge into monthly service reviews and internal reporting cadence
• Ensuring service demand information flows between key stakeholders and that that service capacity is appropriate to meet the future demand
• Responsibility for the management of service risks ensuring that these are appropriately communicated to the Tower Manager ensure that mitigation actions are developed and implemented
• Responsibility for supporting customer and supplier escalations and complaints relative to the managed service to effective conclusion
• Ensuring that Business engagement community have the required information to meet their customer's business needs

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• General working knowledge of Network Service Management of Network Services and suppliers
• Good commercial awareness and understanding of current Network infrastructure and products
• Good understanding of SIAM and ITIL process
• Experience in stakeholder management with colleagues/suppliers across a range of capabilities and disciplines within EITS

Desirable:

• ITIL V3 foundation or equivalent
• Background in a technical Network environment

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Network Service team:

The Network Service Manager is the professional conscience ensuring that lines of services are; accessible, compliant, and relevant to our business in terms of service definition, cost and performance.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 16th October 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.