Senior Service Transition Manager in Manchester

UBDS Group helps organisations deliver meaningful digital transformations through modern technology solutions. We work with clients across the public and private sector to design and build products, platforms and services that genuinely make a difference to users.

As a Senior Service Transition Manager at UBDS, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring new and changed services are transitioned into live operations successfully. You’ll work closely with business owners, project managers, architects, engineers, operations teams and clients, acting as the bridge between delivery and BAU. You’ll be trusted to shape transition approaches, define readiness standards and act as a gatekeeper for services ensuring services are operationally ready, well understood and supported from day one. This is a senior, hands-on role with influence across programmes, portfolios and stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Act as the primary point of coordination between project teams, operations, suppliers and business stakeholders to enable smooth service transitions.
• Ensure Non-Functional Requirements (including support, resilience, security and performance) are captured, agreed, delivered and formally signed off.
• Work closely with Change and Release functions to plan and execute implementations, avoiding conflicts, freezes and operational risk.
• Lead the transition of services into live operations, including creation and approval of runbooks, SOPs and operational documentation.
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer, playback sessions and validated transition plans are in place so teams can operate services independently.
• Define and agree RACI models, clarifying ownership and responsibilities across all live support teams.
• Design and operate a Service Readiness Process, acting as a gatekeeper to ensure only services that meet agreed criteria are accepted into live.
• Ensure appropriate resourcing, training, tooling, documentation and support arrangements are delivered prior to go-live.
• Confirm training and non-functional requirements are met against agreed Service Acceptance Criteria.
• Review transition and support processes, recommending improvements to drive continuous improvement across service delivery.

What We’re Looking For

Service Transition & Delivery Expertise

• Strong experience successfully transitioning complex services into live operations.
• ITIL Foundation (or equivalent practical experience).
• Proven ability to define and manage service acceptance, readiness and warranty processes.
• Experience producing high-quality operational documentation, runbooks and service reports.
• Service design experience, particularly defining operational and support requirements.
• Good commercial and contract awareness.

Leadership & Ways of Working

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to work with senior stakeholders, teams and vendors.
• Proven capability in team and task leadership, coordinating across multiple workstreams.
• Strong resource planning and prioritisation skills in complex delivery environments.
• Clear decision-making ability, balancing risk, delivery and operational stability.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to quality and consistency.
• A continuous-improvement mindset, actively improving transition and support processes.
• Comfortable working in client-driven, fast-moving and sometimes ambiguous environments.

Benefits

• Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies.
• Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality.
• Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance.
• Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays.
• Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice.
• Contributed Pension Scheme.
• Death in service cover.

Why people choose to grow their careers at UBDS Group

Professionals choose to grow their careers at UBDS Group for its reputation as a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation that is deeply committed to both innovation and employee development. At UBDS Group, employees are given unique opportunities to work on cutting-edge projects across a diverse range of industries, exposing them to new challenges and learning opportunities that are pivotal for professional growth. The Group’s culture emphasises continuous improvement, offering ample training programmes, mentorship, and the chance to gain certifications that enhance their skills and marketability. UBDS Group fosters a collaborative environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged, allowing employees to contribute ideas and solutions that have a tangible impact on the company and its clients. This combination of professional development, a culture of innovation, and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions makes UBDS Group an attractive place for those looking to advance their careers and be at the forefront of technological and operational excellence.

About UBDS Group

At UBDS Group our mission is to support entrepreneurs who are setting new standards with technology solutions across cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI, ensuring that every investment advances our commitment to innovation, making a difference, and creating impactful solutions for organisations and society.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.