Lead the IT Service Desk Engineering function, including team operations, priorities, staffing, performance management, and day-to-day execution across employee-facing IT support services. •
Manage the activities globally, with accountability for execution, workforce planning, and operational delivery. •
Establish and improve procedures, standards, and operating rhythms that increase support quality, reduce manual effort, and create a more consistent employee experience. •
Define, track, and review service metrics such as response times, resolution times, backlog, escalation rates, self-service adoption, customer satisfaction, asset turnaround times, and recurring issue trends. •
Drive service desk engineering improvements, including the use of AI and automation, workflow design, knowledge base maturity, intake optimization, and tool integrations that improve scale and reduce friction for employees and IT staff. •
Ensure high-quality execution of onboarding, offboarding, hardware lifecycle, software access, and office-based support processes for a hybrid workforce. •
Create clear escalation paths, incident coordination practices, and ownership models for employee-impacting support issues. •
Build team capability through coaching, feedback, role clarity, and development planning for managers and individual contributors. •
Requirements
They will be successful by building a high-performing team, creating clear operational standards, using AI and data to improve service quality and efficiency, and ensuring day-to-day support operations can scale with company needs.
You are a power user of AI in the workplace, with a track record of turning tools like Gemini, Claude, Glean, and automation platforms into real operational leverage across support workflows, knowledge management, and employee experience. •
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience, with sufficient related
experience to operate at the Senior Manager level. •
Experience leading IT service desk, endpoint engineering, or internal IT operations teams in a growing company, including responsibility for team planning, execution, and service delivery outcomes, with a strong understanding of ITIL -aligned practices including incident, request, change, escalation, and SLA management. •
Demonstrated ability to identify, implement, and scale AI-enabled improvements in IT support operations, with sound judgment around governance, data handling, and measurable service outcomes. • Demonstrated
experience leading teams and operational processes that rely on platforms such as Jira Service Management, Slack, Google Workspace, Claude, Glean, Okta, Apple Business Manager, and related IT service, identity, and device-management systems. •
Experience managing experienced IT professionals across multiple workstreams, with accountability for performance, prioritization, and operational results. •
Demonstrated ability to translate functional goals into operational processes, team priorities, support standards, and measurable service outcomes. •
Ability to lead in a hybrid environment and support distributed employees with clear processes, communication, and equitable service delivery. Specific Requirements: •
Bachelors degree, major or minor in computer science, information technology, or similar Pay:
Benefits
Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones for Level M3:
Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $136,500 - $187,660**
Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $122,800 - $168,850**
Zone 3: All other US locations - $116,000 - $159,500**
LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
*Within the United States, our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas.
**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary. About LaunchDarkly:
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Additional details
LaunchDarkly is seeking a Senior Manager, IT (IT Service Desk Engineering) to lead the systems, processes, and people responsible for delivering reliable, scalable internal IT support and endpoint service operations.
This role is responsible for managing the service desk engineering function, improving the employee support experience, and building operational processes that help LaunchDarkly scale securely and efficiently.
This leader will manage a small (less than 10) global team in the US, Ireland, and India, to guide execution across service desk tooling, endpoint lifecycle processes, support workflows, knowledge management, and service delivery operations.
The role requires translating functional plans into operational processes, setting procedures that affect the department, and partnering across Security, People, Workplace, Procurement, and other IT teams to deliver consistent outcomes.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can coach managers and individual contributors, improve systems and processes, and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences. Responsibilities: •
Translate functional plans into operational processes and guide execution across service desk workflows, endpoint provisioning and deprovisioning, device management, support tooling, ticketing operations, and service request fulfillment. •
Use data from support operations, endpoint management platforms, and employee feedback to identify service gaps, prioritize improvements, and deliver measurable operational results. •
Partner closely with Security, Identity and Access Management, Enterprise Applications, Workplace, Procurement, Finance, and People teams to ensure IT support services align with compliance, onboarding, offboarding, access, and workplace operational requirements. •
Communicate operational performance, risks, priorities, and recommendations across disciplines, adapting messaging for technical teams, functional peers, and business stakeholders. •
Contribute to policy and procedure changes that affect the IT Service Desk Engineering function. About You: •