Team Lead, Service Desk
Team Lead, Service Desk Role:
The Team Lead (Remote) will oversee the Service Desk function in a working capacity. Key accountabilities will be ensuring incidents and requests are logged, tracked, resolved, and measured against Service Desk SLAs. Provide guidance and request/ incident resolution delivering an Industry-leading customer experience.
Responsibilities
- Leads Service Desk coverage and adjusts schedules to shift hours, staffing, etc.
- Trouble-shoot, resolve and escalate customer issues for which Service Desk Technicians are unable to resolve
- Provide feedback and updates to customers (and other appropriate Teammates) through to the resolution of requests and incidents
- Tracks customer or other Service Desk operational issues and follows up as needed
- Tracks and maintains aging open incidents for the Service Desk
- Identifies resources in the Service Desk area to participate in cross-training
- Assists with onboarding of new teammates
- Reviews performance results for the Service Desk, identify opportunities for improvement, and makes/implements improvement suggestions
- Provides coaching, mentoring, and training to the Service Desk team
- Performs dispatching/ triaging of customer requests and incidents to the Service Desk and other Technical Operations teams
- Review and provide scoping of non-standard requests acting as the liaison to the Relationship Management team
- SLA monitoring and management of customer requests and incidents
Requirements
- 2+ years in a technical team lead role
- 3+ years of recent computer, server, and network troubleshooting experience.
- Customer-oriented, cool-tempered, highly organized, and a self-starter
- Certifications: ITIL, MCP, MCSA, CCNA, or similar
- Must be resourceful and able to take initiative in a dynamic environment
- Ability to troubleshoot technical problems effectively and efficiently
- Working knowledge of current Microsoft desktop and server operating systems
- Advanced knowledge of computer and server hardware
- Professional customer service skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Identify trends within the Service Desk to drive automation and efficiency
- Ability and willingness to work in an environment providing 24x7x365 support
- Ability and willingness to participate in a standard on-call rotation for after-hours support
- Uphold company core values and standards with all customers