Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Condé Nast sets the benchmark for publishing excellence with leading print and
digital brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Glamour, Wired, Conde Nast Traveller and AD.
Headquartered in New York and London and operating across 28 markets, we
publish over 30 iconic print and digital brands, reaching more than 240 million people worldwide.
With a commitment to delivering beautiful, influential content and brand experiences, our mission is to open the doors to a word of excellence, creativity and passion. Condé Nast is running a major digital business transformation of our business technology and systems, and a long-term commitment to investing into our digital capabilities. Technology is a key part of Condé Nast’s future, and key to the success of this transformation. Historically, we have had different technology stacks in markets all over the world. Now we are looking at unifying our core technology platforms. This is a new global team, with a hub in New York, London, Bangalore and Chennai. This role has the opportunity to help define our Support capability on a global scale. You will get a rare look at digital publishing around the world.
As a Manager of Global Support Operations you will be part of the Global Support
Operations Team leading the L1 and L2 teams supporting 24x7 across all of our
products and services from either our Bangalore or Chennai offices.
This position reports to the Director of Global Support.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
10 - 15 years of total experience and having relevant experience of at least 5 years in IT/Application Support and people management.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
● Infrastructure / Application Support.
● SLA Management
● Process Excellence / Continual Service Improvement.
● People Management
● Service Delivery
● Stakeholder ManagementCONDÉ NAST
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
● Managing team members who provide Level 1 and Level 2 Support for all
Condé Nast Markets.
● Monitor issues and ensure that development or the L3 teams are aware of
emerging trends and growing problems.
● Lead and participate in Post Incident Review and Problem Management
meetings with Key Stakeholders and service owners to review events and
opportunities for ongoing improvement.
● Accurate and timely communication to all the internal/external stakeholders
during major incidents with a detailed description, impact to Business
Application, Markets affected and expected service restoration time.
● Strong Collaboration skills. Working across the cross-functional teams and
Organization for meeting operational and business goals.
● Set Priorities and coach the team effectively to the desired state.
● Responsible for the availability of the team members.
● Open to support 24*7 and provide coverage during the holiday if required.
● SOP Driven culture to be followed to achieve efficiency, quality output and
uniformity of performance.
● Take responsibility for customer escalations and act as a point of escalation
both in and out of working hours as required.
● Manage and lead the end-to-end ITSM Processes within the team.
● Make team members aware of any changes or scheduled activities so that
effective follow up is possible.
● Monitoring and managing Global support and VIP support functions to ensure
service level agreements are met.
● Identifying the process gaps and taking measures to minimise it.
● Taking ownership of critical incidents, coordinating with resolution parties,
and establishing effective communication between stakeholders for
post-incident reviews.
●Leading personnel management, including staff recruitment, performance
assessment, training, and mentoring.
● Providing accurate and regular reports to the management on performance of
the service delivery.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
● Experience working with onsite and offshore stakeholders.
● Good at problem solving and has the appropriate technical skills to manage
the day to day tasks.CONDÉ NAST
● Experience of ITIL principles.
● Experience of working for a Global Organisation supporting colleagues across
multiple countries.
● Managing the availability of associates in shifts and monitoring their
performance.
● Good understanding of web, application servers, Network and their supportive
components.
● Strong personal organisation skills, ability to prioritise and multitask.
●Adaptable to change.
KEY BEHAVIOURS:
● Focus on customer satisfaction, with excellent interpersonal skills and
responsiveness.
●Adherence to IT policies and processes to ensure consistent quality of service
provided.
● Expertise in people management.
● A good coach to train the team members and user community.
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
DESIRABLE SKILLS:
● Experience of working within the publishing, media or advertising sector.
● Experience of working with Editors.
● Experience of working with PagerDuty.
● Experience of working with ServiceNow (or any of the ITSM tools), Jira and
Confluence.
● Experience of working with applications like Salesforce or Peoplesoft.
● Experience of working in monitoring tools - like Solarwinds, Messaging &
Directory services, and Cloud.
● Project/Product management knowledge.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.