IT Service Manager, UPM, Helsinki
Tiivistelmä työpaikkailmoituksesta:
You will provide end-to-end service management and leadership for global IAM, CyberSecurity and License Management, ensuring supplier delivery supports business strategy, resilience and security.
You will define and govern ITIL-based ITSM frameworks, set SLA and KPI models, steer prioritization and escalations, and ensure strong supplier governance and compliance.
The role requires advanced knowledge of IT infrastructure and modern solutions, experience stabilizing IAM or CyberSecurity services in multi-supplier SIAM environments, and fluent English.
The position starts as soon as possible for an initial six-month period with a possibility to extend and is based in Helsinki with some remote work flexibility and occasional visits to Tampere.
Tämä tiivistelmä on luotu tekoälyn avulla.
We are looking for a IT Service Manager to UPM's IT Digital Resilience team in Helsinki. We wish you have gained knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, and modern IT solutions. Please submit your application soon, as we are moving quickly with the potential candidates!
About the role
In this role, you will provide leadership and endtoend service management ownership of global IAM, CyberSecurity and License Management within UPM IT and supplier ecosystem. You will ensure that service delivery from suppliers consistently supports business strategy, resilience, security and longterm value creation across the organization.
You will define and govern ITILbased ITSM frameworks in line with contractual requirements, setting clear expectations for service performance through SLA and KPI models while ensuring strong supplier governance and accountability. As the service manager accountable for service outcomes, you will steer prioritization, risk management and escalations, enabling transparency and informed decisionmaking at both operational and management levels, assuring compliance with; contracts and external/internal controls.
Acting as a key partner to our architectural design personnel, service owners and crossfunctional stakeholders, you will drive service alignment with enterprise roadmaps, support modernization initiatives and contribute to the evolution of scalable, futureready operating models.
Work tasks
Provide endtoend leadership for IAM and CyberOperations services and suppliers, ensuring reliability, security and alignment with business strategy
Establish and oversee SLA and KPI models, ensuring measurable service performance, transparency as well as continuous service improvement
Manage service escalations and act as a single point of escalation for business-critical issues
Lead and steer the governance forums
Monitor service performance, risks, and dependencies across integrated services
Drive service quality, stability, and customer satisfaction
Ensure services comply with UPM security, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements
Support budgeting, cost control, forecasting, and financial transparency for services
Ensure alignment of services with UPM IT strategy, standards, and operating model
Collaborate closely with Service Owners, Business IT, Architects and local/site IT management
Act as the primary interface between UPM IT stakeholders and IT service providers
We are looking for
Advanced knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, and modern IT solutions
Experience in stabilizing and improving complex IT services, specifically in IAM or CyberSecurity
Proficiency in navigating multi-supplier ecosystems within a SIAM model
Solid understanding of ITIL and ITSM practices
Strong presentation, facilitation, and reporting skills
Solution-oriented mindset with high accountability under pressure
Fluent English skills
It is meritorious if you have
ITIL certification
To succeed in the role, you also are:
Change oriented
Great communicator
Stress tolerant
Other information:
Start: As soon as possible
Employment period: 6 months, possibility to extend
Location: Helsinki, some flexibility to remote work. Occasional visits to UPM Tampere.
Our recruitment process
This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.
Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.
Information
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