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Senior Director, Service Management
full-timeIrving, Chicago, Edina$156k - $290k

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Location

Irving, Chicago, Edina

Salary

$156k - $290k

Type

full-time

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When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary

In this role, you will lead the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of IT service delivery across Digital Workplace and Infrastructure services. You will ensure technology services are reliable, measurable, experience-driven, and aligned with business objectives and enterprise standards.

The Sr. Director, Service Management partners closely with Digital Workplace and Infrastructure leaders to ensure operational performance, employee experience, and value realization remain central to service delivery. This role oversees the end-to-end service management framework while advancing maturity in experience-based operations, observability, and data-driven continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the IT Service Management (ITSM) strategy for Digital Workplace and Infrastructure in alignment with corporate IT standards.
  • Serve as the executive owner for service quality, performance, reliability, and employee experience outcomes.
  • Oversee core ITSM processes including Incident, Problem, Change, Request, Knowledge, and Configuration Management.
  • Lead service operations and command center capabilities to ensure proactive monitoring and timely issue resolution.
  • Drive the adoption of Experience Level Agreements (XLAs) and Digital Experience Monitoring to improve digital employee experience.
  • Establish governance forums to review service performance metrics, user sentiment, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Leverage operational data, automation, analytics, and AIOps to eliminate root causes and improve service resilience.
  • Partner with engineering, product, and infrastructure leaders to align operational insights with roadmaps and priorities.
  • Manage vendor and managed service provider relationships to drive accountability, innovation, and value delivery.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including 5+ years in service management or IT operations roles.
  • Deep expertise in IT Service Management frameworks such as ITIL v4, COBIT, or ISO 20000.
  • Experience implementing experience-driven service models, including XLAs and Digital Experience Monitoring.
  • Proven ability to translate operational and performance data into actionable business insights.
  • Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills with experience presenting to executive audiences.
  • Familiarity with enterprise service and observability platforms such as ServiceNow, Nexthink, Splunk, or similar tools.

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Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $156,500.00 to $290,100.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

Other facts

Tech stack
IT Service Management,Service Quality,Performance Management,Reliability,Employee Experience,Incident Management,Problem Management,Change Management,Request Management,Knowledge Management,Configuration Management,Digital Experience Monitoring,Data Analytics,AIOps,Vendor Management,Collaboration,Communication

About Vizient

Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, provides solutions and services to more than two-thirds of the nation’s acute care providers and more than one-third of ambulatory providers. Vizient offers proprietary data and analytics to deliver unique clinical and operational insights and a contract portfolio representing $156 billion in annual purchasing volume enabling the delivery of cost-effective care. With its acquisition of Kaufman Hall in 2024, Vizient expanded its advisory services to help providers achieve financial, clinical and operational excellence. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at www.vizientinc.com.

Team size: 1,001-5,000 employees
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Industry: Business Consulting and Services

What you'll do

  • The Senior Director will lead the strategy and governance of IT service delivery across Digital Workplace and Infrastructure services. This includes overseeing core ITSM processes and ensuring technology services are reliable and aligned with business objectives.

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Vizient offers a competitive compensation package for the Senior Director, Service Management role. The salary range is USD 157k - 290k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.

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As a Senior Director, Service Management at Vizient, you will: the Senior Director will lead the strategy and governance of IT service delivery across Digital Workplace and Infrastructure services. This includes overseeing core ITSM processes and ensuring technology services are reliable and aligned with business objectives..

Why join Vizient as a Senior Director, Service Management?

Vizient is a leading Business Consulting and Services company. The Senior Director, Service Management role offers competitive compensation.

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