At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the operational readiness for new IT services and ensure smooth transitions.
- Company: Join DXC Technology, a diverse and inclusive tech leader.
- Benefits: Enjoy a supportive environment with flexible work options and career growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement and community.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring IT services are ready for launch.
- Qualifications: Experience in IT Service Management and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.
Location: Farnborough (onsite 5 days per week)
Security Clearance: Due to the secure nature of the work and our customer requirement, candidates are required to hold DV clearance.
The IT Service Operational Readiness Lead is responsible for ensuring that new or changed IT services are fully prepared for operational support before deployment into live environments. This role acts as the bridge between project delivery teams, service management, operations, and support functions to ensure all operational, technical, and business readiness activities are completed, documented, and approved. The role supports successful service transitions by coordinating operational acceptance, support models, knowledge transfer, training, documentation, risk management, and service handover activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Service Transition & Operational Readiness
- Lead Operational Readiness Reviews (ORR) for new and updated services.
- Develop and maintain operational readiness frameworks, processes, and governance.
- Ensure all operational acceptance criteria are met before service go-live.
- Coordinate service transition activities across project and operational teams.
- Act as the operational readiness authority for project deployments.
- Service Acceptance & Governance
- Define and maintain Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) requirements.
- Facilitate readiness assessments and go-live reviews.
- Identify and manage operational risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Ensure service support requirements are documented and approved.
- Knowledge & Documentation Management
- Ensure support documentation, work instructions, runbooks, and knowledge articles are created and maintained.
- Coordinate knowledge transfer sessions between delivery and support teams.
- Verify service desk and resolver groups have the information required to support the service.
- Support Model & Resource Readiness
- Validate support structures, escalation paths, and service ownership.
- Ensure monitoring, alerting, backup, recovery, and support tooling are operational.
- Work with technical teams to confirm operational support capability and capacity.
- Assess resource and training requirements for support teams.
- Stakeholder Management
- Partner with project managers, service owners, architects, engineers, and support teams.
- Provide readiness status reporting to senior leadership and governance boards.
- Communicate risks, mitigation plans, and deployment readiness recommendations.
- Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve service transition and operational readiness processes.
- Support ITIL best practices and organizational service management initiatives.
- Analyse post-implementation reviews and lessons learned to improve future readiness activities.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong understanding of ITIL principles and frameworks.
- Previous experience in IT Service Management (ITSM) and Service Transition processes.
- Experience managing operational readiness or service transition activities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working with infrastructure, cloud, application, and support teams.
- Strong risk management and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritises in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
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