Director, End-User Services
Cedar Rapids, IA; Des Moines, IA; Springfield, MO; Quad Cities IA, IL, IL
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End User Services
Job Type
Full-time
Description
TITLE: Director of End-User Services
DEPARTMENT: GO IT End-User Services
JOB SUMMARY:
The Director, End User Services, is responsible for leading enterprise end user technology, service desk operations, desktop support, user account provisioning, and IT service management practices. The Director will lead a world-class support organization using the ITIL framework to provide service management structure and discipline. This role will drive a secure, compliant, and user-focused environment while advancing operational maturity and continuous improvement.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Lead and develop teams responsible for end user support, account provisioning, and service management.
- Define EUS roadmap and execute strategy for end user technologies and service delivery
- Partner with business, audit, and security teams to align services with organizational priorities.
- Collaborate with technology peers to ensure high percentage of first call response
- Participate in business engagement feedback sessions and address escalated business impacting issues
- Drive a culture of service excellence and continuous improvement to maintain best in class end user experience
- Own user lifecycle management includes onboarding, role changes, and offboarding.
- Lead enterprise account provisioning processes across all systems and applications.
- Oversee the coordination of employee system access across multiple systems
- Ensure development and compliance with standard operating procedures
- Oversee Service Desk and Desktop Support delivery.
- Drive improvements in customer satisfaction and service quality.
- Ensure effective lifecycle management of end-user devices and software.
- Contribute to and support enterprise initiatives from an end user perspective.
- Own and mature ITIL processes including incident response, service requests, problem management, change enablement, and asset management
- Drive standardization and measurable improvements across all service processes
- Define and monitor service levels, metrics, and reporting for all technology functions
- Lead root cause analysis and long-term issue resolution
- Ensure adherence to regulatory and internal control requirements
- Maintain audit-ready procedures, documentation, and evidence
- Support audits and lead remediation of identified issues
- Strengthen control effectiveness across provisioning and service management
- Hire, develop, motivate, and train staff, including planning and delegating work assignments and projects.
- Evaluate performance, administer touch points and deliver performance evaluations.
- Foster a positive work environment that encourages professional growth and development.
- Establish clear expectations and hold team members accountable to performance and behaviors aligned with our culture.
- Understand and administer compensation based on pay for performance philosophy, including merit increases and variable pay.
- Participate in community engagement events. This can include professional, civic and community groups.
- Comply with all company or regulatory policies, procedures and requirements applicable to this position.
- Foster and preserve a culture of inclusion, innovation, collaboration, accountability, achievement and passion.
- Additional duties and responsibilities may be required to support the company’s mission, vision and values.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in leading enterprise support, system provisioning and IT Service Management teams.
- Ten+ years of progressive leadership experience.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to change.
- Experience in enterprise provisioning, access governance, or identity lifecycle management.
- Strong knowledge of IT service management (ITIL). ITIL Certification preferred.
- Experience working in regulated environments with audit and compliance focus.
- Strong leadership skills.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Duties are performed in a professional office environment.
- Travel to different locations required.