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Service Experience Manager
St. Edward’s University

Service Experience Manager

St.
Edward’s University is seeking a Service Experience Manager to join the Information Technology team. The Service Experience Manager plays a
key role in helping the department achieve its objectives in support of the university’s mission. The SEM oversees the OIT support team and
provides service leadership to a diverse university community. This role is both strategic and operational with a focus on proactively
addressing client service issues. The role is responsible for engineering, managing, supporting, and delivering improvements for end-user
solutions. Additionally, this role provides mentorship training to team members and evaluates new processes and systems in order to best
support the university community. The ideal candidate will exhibit a steadfast interest in user experience and customer service with a focus
on process improvement.

Duties/Responsibilities:

The Service Experience Manager will provide:

• Service Staff Leadership
  • Manages customer service operations to provide a consistent and effective support
    experience. Support Experience entails case submission, level 1 & 2 support until case resolution.
  • Ability to align and train
    teams around organizing, prioritizing, and designing customer service infrastructure and procedures including ticket triaging workflows,
    knowledge base article taxonomies, … with an eye toward increasing efficiency and self-service
  • Oversee the use of case-management
    software to ensure high-quality customer service.
    • Including training and monitoring of users from other departments.
  • Provide coaching, guidance, and training opportunities for team members.

• Process
  Improvement Leadership
  • Ability to ascertain information about current organizational processes and how to go about
    organizing and improving IT Service Management practices based on data and feedback.
  • Assist in capacity planning, performance
    monitoring and maintenance to ensure optimal availability and reliability of our services.
  • Must be an effective communicator and
    facilitator of information to peers, management, leadership and executives.
  • Ability to effectively document business cases,
    solution strategies, status tracking, processes, procedures, and knowledge articles associated with implementing service catalog and service
    request processes.
  • Collaborate with team members to evaluate and support new technologies to improve operational efficiency,
    aligning information technology offerings and university strategic goals.

• Project/Product
  Leadership
  • Use independent decision-making skills and project management expertise to manage technical projects from
    initiation to completion.
  • Manage the relationship with key vendors, namely our external client-service provider.
  • Participate in and contribute to cross-departmental (matrix) teams, both as a technical expert and a support consultant.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 yrs management/supervisory experience
• Previous experience providing
  customer-focused, high-quality support in an academic setting using strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Professional
  experience with project and service management
• Undergraduate degree with a minimum of five years of experience
  supporting modern computing systems in a professional environment.
• Understanding of modern desktop management concepts and
  techniques for managing traditional Windows desktops and Macs.
• Demonstrated ability to foster effective relationships with
  colleagues and customers.
• Competence with effective communication, organization, and documentation skills.
• Ability to set
  priorities, solve problems and deliver business value for users.
• Demonstrated experience working with a team to scope and complete
  IT projects.
• Ability to comply with workplace guidelines and attendance requirements
• Successful candidate must complete
  an employment and/or criminal background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ yrs management/supervisory
  experience
• Experience managing a Service Lifecycle Management Process
• Experience managing a Case Management Lifecycle
  System
• Experience in higher education
• Professional experience using group policies in an Active Directory environment
  and/or Jamf, and related administration tools.
• Strong understanding of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
  principles, practices, and processes in providing and managing the delivery of a large scale, Enterprise-wide service
• Considerable
  experience in IT customer service and/or help desk environment with all levels of computer users.

For detailed
information, please scroll to the bottom of the page to download the job description.

The University offers an
excellent TOTAL REWARDS package!

Medical & Rx Coverage UMR (HSA & FSA Available)

Dental Sunlife
Dental

Vision Guardian/Davis Vision Plan

Short Term Disability (STD) Insurance

Long Term
Disability (LTD) Insurance

Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

Employee Assistance
Program (EAP)

Pet Insurance

Annual Leave & Paid Sick Leave

Retirement Plan (TIAA) Employee
5%/Employer Match 7%

Tuition Benefits

Paid Holidays

Services &
Discounts

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants should submit an online application at; https://stedwards.applicantpro.com.
Please include resume, cover letter, and three employment references. No Calls Please. Applications will not be
considered if it is missing any of these three items.

In your cover letter, please describe your lived experiences that
prepare you to contribute to diversity and inclusion at St. Edward’s University?

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

St. Edward’s University, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and
state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons
and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and
admissions.

ABOUT ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY

Founded in 1885 by the Congregation of Holy Cross, St. Edward’s
University is a private, Catholic liberal arts institution of more than 4,600 diverse students located in Austin, Texas. St. Edward’s
emphasizes critical thinking and ethical practices, as well as small classes, personalized learning and exciting internship opportunities.
The community atmosphere extends to the approximately 800 faculty and staff who work together to make the university a welcoming yet
challenging environment for students. An overview of St. Edward’s University employee benefits is available at; https://www.sted
wards.edu/human-resources/benefits-summary

OTHER ITEMS TO KNOW

Sponsorship:

We
are not offering sponsorship at this time.
*

Background Checks:

A criminal history background check is
required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Reference #: J2020149

Posted: 10/7/2021

Available:
Immediately

How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit an online application at https://stedwards.applicantpro.com
Please include resume, cover letter, and three employment references.

St. Edward’s University is an equal opportunity employer. We
encourage women and minorities to apply to our vacancies and hire only U.S. Citizens and documented workers. We do not offer sponsorship at
this time.

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