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Head of Service Delivery Management

Centurion, Tshwane💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-24

Core

Strategic and operational leadership over service delivery governance, ensuring contracted services, SLAs, and performance are managed, measured, and visible for enterprise clients.

Role type

Senior IC Head of Service Delivery Management

Builds

Enterprise technology services and intelligent digital operations

Domain

IT Service Management (ITSM) / Managed Services

Required skills

Enterprise IT service delivery leadership, SLA-driven service governance, client escalation management, ITIL-aligned service management, commercial awareness of service performance, stakeholder engagement (CIO/CTO), operational readiness governance, team leadership for Service Delivery Managers

Preferred skills

Higher-level ITIL/SIAM/ISO 20000/COBIT/PMP certifications, experience in regulated environments (financial services/public sector/telecoms), knowledge of AIOps and automation

Technologies

Enterprise monitoring, observability, AIOps, automation tools

Responsibilities

Lead Service Delivery Managers across multiple enterprise accounts, diagnose and drive corrective action for service performance deterioration, manage serious client escalations with executive communication, introduce consistent service governance standards, resolve service issues involving credits or contractual exposure, develop and performance-manage experienced SDMs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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