Service Desk ManagerReading Up to £65,000 + Bonus Office Based We''re working with an established B2B SaaS software business looking for an experienced Service Desk Manager to take ownership of its customer-facing support function and lead the next stage of its evolution. This isn''t a role for someone who simply wants to maintain an existing Service Desk. You''ll be given the autonomy to assess how the function currently operates, develop the strategy for its future and introduce smarter ways of working through AI, automation, self-service and data-driven service management. The business has a strong customer base, an established customer portal and good-quality service data. The opportunity is to use that foundation to create a more scalable, proactive and commercially valuable support function.What you''ll be doingLead and develop a customer-facing Service Desk team.Create and deliver the Service Desk transformation roadmap.Identify opportunities to use AI and automation across the end-to-end support process.Improve customer self-service, knowledge management and intelligent workflows.Move the function from reactive support towards proactive customer management.Own and improve SLAs, KPIs, first-contact resolution and customer satisfaction.Use support data to identify customer issues, trends and potential risks earlier.Act as the senior escalation point for complex customer issues.Work closely with Customer Success, Professional Services, Product and Engineering.Build a ..... full job details .....