PURPOSE:
To support in strengthening and accelerating the BS Services business growth/capabilities by playing a key role in the development, deployment and maintenance of consistent service support and innovation projects across Asia Pacific region.
RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS:
- Overall accountable for the service operation & management throughout the service's lifecycle in the region.
- Manage end-to-end service support issues/performance
- Optimize service support process/operations
- Continuous improvement: Proactively gather feedback from stakeholders and formulate improvement plan and tracking to implementation
- Release Management: Lead, manage, test & communicate the release Service enhancements & bug fixes in APAC
- Evaluate and assess enhancement requests from Operating companies across the region
- Analyze and develop business case for review and discussion with Service Management Office HQ
- Plan, test, document & communicate to stakeholders in the region
- Pre-sales deal support:
- Support region & OpCo deal engagements
- Assess & respond to RFP questionnaires related to Platform Cloud Security
- Support on other queries related to service functional capability, support model and System Integration
- Service Operation:
- Work collaboratively and partner with various teams (HQ, region and OpCo) to ensure customer satisfaction & service quality are consistent.
- Design and create plans of action for the various stages of the service support process.
- Track support teams' productivity & performance and address issues as they arise to ensure maximum efficiency and consistent service experiences in all aspects of service support (e.g support model/process, technology (backend integration), support performance etc.)
- Continuously monitor metrics and leverage customer feedback to drive continuous improvement of service practices
- Manage production issue resolution by applying critical thinking, problem solving and working collaboratively with key stakeholders in HQ and OpCos
- When neccessary, launch new improvement initatives and projects that improve upon support-related processes to meet changing customer needs.
- Promote a customer-centric business approach
- New product/service feature launch:
- Support the launch readiness of the new product/service components (Service support & operation stream)
- Conduct testing and develop documentation in the region
- Collaborate with HQ, region and OpCo stakeholders for the successful testing and launch of new products
- Conduct ad-hoc testing as required
- Lead the operational deployment of the new product/service feature
- Train the relevant teams in the region
- Lead issue resolution by working with all key stakeholders
- Others:
- Lead continuous improvement process and quality management for improvement of existing services and takes care of the processing and implementation
- Work with relevant teams in understanding their products and services and how it can add value to existing/new services & solutions
- Communicate and convey expectations to relevant stakeholder internally & externally to reduce business risk and meet business objectives
- Prioritize work and activities assigned to ensure objectives and timelines are met.
- Present performance or initiatives/project status to Senior Management as required
- Work on other projects/initiatives assigned by manager
To succeed in this role, you will need to possess the following qualifications, skills and experiences:
- Bachelor's Degree in IT or Engineering
- 12 years of experience with at least 5 years of global/regional experience in IT outsourcing, project management with strong system integration background
- PMP or PgMP certification
- ITIL v4 Intermediate certification is a plus
- Cross-industry experience with good organizational and planning skills
- Proactiveness & ability to inspire others to follow
- Proven experience managing internal and external stakeholders
- Proven experience managing failures, exceptions and expectations
- Strong understanding of outsourced managed services business and particularly delivery operations across functional areas - operations, processes, human resources, financial, contracts etc.
- Strong leadership skills - high level of drive, initiative, assertiveness; good communication (written/verbal) - across all levels
- Comfortable to work in a dynamic cross-cultural environment
- Hands-on, independent & adaptable individual
- Program/Project management skills in order to manage multiple complex project & service releases
- Strong understanding of service lifecycle with direct development, deployment or management experience in strategy, service, delivery or technology areas
- Proven track record working in a regional role across various levels of stakeholders