Service Desk Team Leader

11 hours ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Vertex IT Solutions Ltd Full time

Job Title: Service Desk Team Leader

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Service Desk Team Leader to lead our UK Tech Support team, delivering support to local and global SME businesses. The successful candidate will be passionate about technology, customer service, and leading high-performance teams.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience leading a service desk, ideally within a managed services environment, with a minimum of 5 direct reports. They will be an effective communicator who can inspire, influence, and motivate the team.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Mentor all members of the team in customer service, behavioural, performance, and technical skills.
  2. Manage major incidents according to our policies and procedures, which may require working outside standard hours.
  3. Act as an escalation point for customers, providing exceptional customer service and ensuring issue resolution as quickly as possible.
  4. Proactively manage the full ticket lifecycle and distribute workload between engineers to ensure no over or underutilization.
  5. Conduct quality reviews against our ticket, technical, and customer service criteria.
  6. Ensure timely progression and resolution of incoming tickets via phone, web portal, email, and alerts within agreed OLAs and SLAs.
  7. Promote process improvements, including documentation and Information Security and Cyber Security policies.
  8. Career development: interview, onboard, and train new hires.
  9. Align with other Tech Support Team Leaders in regions.
  10. During busy periods, the Team Leader may need to answer phone calls and own tickets submitted by clients or our monitoring system.

Requirements for Success

Knowledge & Experience

  1. A minimum of 2 years leading a team, preferably within an MSP environment.
  2. Intermediate knowledge of the following technologies:
  • Microsoft365 and Office365
  • Microsoft Azure services (notably identity and infrastructure)
  • Networking
  • Windows 10 and 11

Education and Certifications

  1. Possesses ITIL v3 or v4 certification and/or experience working within this framework.

Salary and Benefits

£55,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus a range of benefits, including opportunities for career growth and professional development.



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