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The City of San Jose is seeking an Enterprise Client Services Manager (Enterprise Supervising Technology Analyst) for the Information Technology Department (ITD).
The Information Technology Department houses a team of customer-centric technicians and engineers to support the use of technology by City employees and the public. As the Enterprise Client Services Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for overseeing and managing that team of engineers and technicians ensuring excellent endpoint management services and day-to-day customer support services.
The City of San José believes in the model of utilizing technology as a means for increased optimization as well as cost savings. With significant technology refresh and upgrade, there is a greater need for highly skilled technical hands-on leadership, oversight, and project management.
This position requires strong technical hands-on experience and leadership skills as well as the ability to take initiative and direct others. We are seeking an individual with a willingness to adapt to an ever-changing business as well as an ever-changing technical environment. The ideal candidate must take full ownership of managing all endpoint services and operations and successfully lead projects to completion. This position demands a proven ability to resolve complex technical issues with limited resources. Most importantly, a team leader, team player, and positive attitude are essential to this position.
Key duties may include but are not limited to:
- Managing a Tier-1 helpdesk team to provide excellent customer service requested via online tickets, phone, and walkups.
- Providing endpoint services management for UCaaS/VoIP, PCs (Windows 10/11 OS), conference rooms, Zoom, etc.
- Designing and overseeing implementation for newly introduced client service project initiatives and ensuring operationalization transitions to the IT Tier-1 support.
- Managing the ticket queues ensuring quality service and promoting fast turnaround time.
- Maintaining and improving the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) based operational standards and services.
- Overseeing customer hardware/software quoting and purchasing operations.
- Monitoring and providing analysis of reports and metrics to management and customers as needed.
- Coordinating and managing key third-party vendor relationships.
- Creating and managing training and development plans for direct reports.
- Tracking maintenance renewals and subscriptions for users-owned services, hardware, and/or applications.
- Managing escalations and/or complaints and utilizing best judgment and discretion to resolve them.
- Improving customer service quality results by conducting surveys; evaluating and re-designing processes; establishing and communicating service metrics; and, monitoring and analyzing results.
- Improving productivity, quality, and customer-service standard based on customer services metrics.
Please note that the Enterprise Client Services Manager (Enterprise Supervising Technology Analyst) position is currently eligible for a hybrid telework schedule - working remote and onsite schedule is subject to change.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
Competencies
The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies, as demonstrated in past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:
Job Expertise – Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices, Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations.
The ideal candidate will also possess a combination of the following knowledge and experience:
- Experience in management and strategic technical roadmaps for UCaaS, Security Patch Management, Enterprise Print Management, and/or Zoom.
- Strong technical hands-on experience in in designing, configuring, implementing, managing and troubleshooting in IT Service Management (ITSM).
- Experience developing standards for ITSM workflows and the Enterprise service catalog.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the ITIL Standard.
- Experience managing IT Tier-1 support team.
- Demonstrates customer service skills to address any customer concerns or escalations.
- Experience creating and updating technical documentation.
- Experience managing processes and process improvements for Tier-1 operations and client services support.
Project Management – Ensures support for projects and implements agency goals and strategic objectives.
Customer Service – Demonstrates the ability to anticipate customers' needs and deliver services effectively and efficiently using professional demeanor.
Problem Solving – Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of problem; collects information; uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome.
Supervision – Sets effective long and short-term goals based on a good understanding of management practices; establishes realistic priorities within available resources; provides motivational support; empowers others; assigns decision-making and work functions to others in an appropriate manner to maximize organizational and individual effectiveness.
Conflict Management – Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or more people, by presenting the facts, analysis, and conclusions or solutions that show command of content and perspectives and interests of the audience.
Communication Skills – Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly, orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other people’s ideas and thoughts.
Selection Process
The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application and responses to the Job Specific Questions. Only the candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews.
You will be prompted to answer the following job-specific questions during the online application process. Please note that there is a 4,000-character limit, including spaces, for each text response.
- Please select the areas of technical competency where you have comprehensive Enterprise level management experience (check all that apply):
- Windows 10/11 OS
- Enterprise Print Management
- Unified communications as a service (UCaaS) and/or VoIP
- IT Service Management (ITSM) Workflows
- Enterprise Service Catalog
- Security patch management
- Zoom
- None of the above
- Do you have hands-on experience with an ITSM implementation project from beginning to end? If yes, please describe in detail the project scope (including the size of the implementation team), your role in the project, and any challenges you encountered.
You must answer all job-specific questions in order to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration.
If you have questions about the duties of these positions, the selection or hiring processes, please contact Tram Nguyen at tramt.nguyen@sanjoseca.gov.
