Practice Lead - Service Desk

Practice Lead - Service Desk

Profession:

IT & Business Transformation

Role:

Other

Location:

Auckland  New Zealand

Work Type:

Full Time

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We're looking for a Service Desk Practice Lead  to lead a small, busy internal support team in a Microsoft-based enterprise environment. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining hands-on operational work with people leadership and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Day-to-day functions:

  • Managing and supporting a Service Delivery team of 4 (L1 & L2 engineers)
  • Triaging tickets, collaborating with Infrastructure (L2/L3), and ensuring work is properly distributed
  • Running and overseeing P1 and P2 incident management
  • Engaging with stakeholders (internal customers and external vendors) to ensure smooth service delivery
  • Acting as the ServiceNOW SME for internal teams – training, improving, and knowledge sharing of workflows
  • Working closely with the Practice Lead in Incident Management and being the go-to support for the IT Manager
  • Reviewing workflows and producing operational reports
Background and experience required:
  • Proven Service Desk leadership experience – with a balanced, “chill” and collaborative style
  • Strong technical knowledge and experience in engineering: Microsoft 365, Citrix, Active Directory, ServiceNOW (at workflow level), ITIL/ITSM
  • Comfortable working hands-on while leading – this role is 70% operational, 30% leadership
  • Ability to push back, delegate and ensure workload balance
  • Flexible and adaptable – you appreciate that not every legacy process can be changed
  • A good communicator who listens and builds trust with stakeholders
Your Tech Environment:
  • 100% Microsoft environment
  • Tools & Platforms: ServiceNOW, M365, AD, Citrix
  • ITSM & ITIL-based processes
Initially full-time in the office, moving to a hybrid role with  3-4 days onsite once established.
  
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