Companies ABACUS Team Lead, Enterprise Service Desk

About the role

ABACUS

Job Summary

The role of Enterprise Service Desk Team Lead is primarily responsible for acting as a technical escalation supporting Tier 1 & 2 teams, actively working tickets, and ensuring requests and incidents are progressing efficiently in line with SLA commitments throughout the Service Delivery model. When acting as a technical escalation the Team Lead should provide advanced trouble shooting and mentoring to other members of the Enterprise Service Desk team whilst also collaborating with Tier 3 and other SME teams, driving timely resolution of client requests and incidents.

Responsibilities:

  • Continuously monitor and enforce SLAs and KPIs throughout the day against live tickets to ensure service performance and responsiveness.
  • Provide training, coaching, and real-time assistance to all Service Desk Analysts.
  • Identify strengths and weakness among the team and communicate with the Service Desk Manager when appropriate and/or during review cycles.
  • Assist management in QA Review processes to improve ticket quality and escalation
  • Provide both procedural and technical escalation support and guidance to all Service Desk Analysts while ensuring the highest levels of customer support are met.
  • Review and approve technical escalations to Tier 3 and other SME teams to ensure ticket hygiene and relevant information is present.
  • Action tickets by performing end-user PC and systems troubleshooting and responding to phone, email, and web requests as needed.
  • Develop familiarity with client contracts to understand service levels and obligations.
  • Assist in new hire on-boarding process.

Skills:

  • Experience with ServiceNow ITSM platform
  • Incident, request, problem, change and major incident management experience
  • Strong IT Infrastructure, Desktop, and Networking experience, including but not limited to:
    • Microsoft Windows 10 & 11
    • Microsoft Server 2016-2025
    • Microsoft 365 & Intune
    • Entra ID/Active Directory
    • Citrix Xenapp
    • Virtualization, e.g. VMware, Hyper V, Proxmox
    • Cisco Meraki
    • Email Security, e.g. Proofpoint, Mimecast
  • skills (oral and written), with ability to converse both laterally and vertically.
  • Excellent customer service and service management skills.
  • High energy, friendly with the ability to articulate technical solutions into layman terms
  • Able to work under pressure, prioritize and multitask.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Technical certifications and training a plus.
  • ITIL certification or strong knowledge of working practices.
  • 5 years minimum experience in a relevant field.
  • Experience within a large service delivery organization a plus

What you can Expect: 

  • Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) 
  • Gym discount 
  • Life insurance 
  • Comprehensive travel insurance for you and your family in line with scheme rules 
  • Confidential well-being and counselling support 
  • Competitive Compensation 
  • Contributory pension scheme 
  • Company events 
  • Private Medical and Dental Insurance 
Ready to apply to ABACUS?
Apply to ABACUS

Similar jobs

Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

Apply now
🤖

Whoa — hold up

JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Get the worldwide-remote edge.

Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

Join the channel — it's free