ITSM Change and Problem Manager

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ITSM Change & Problem Manager owning ITIL-aligned change governance and root cause analysis. Improving operational stability across global infrastructure, security, application, and service desk teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the end-to-end change management process, from request intake through review, approval, scheduling, and post-implementation review.
  • Chair the Change Advisory Board (CAB), facilitating risk assessment, impact analysis, and change scheduling.
  • Evaluate change requests for completeness, risk, rollback viability, and business impact.
  • Maintain the forward schedule of change and drive continuous reduction of failed and emergency changes.
  • Report on change KPIs, including change success rate, emergency change ratio, and change-related incidents.
  • Own reactive and proactive problem management, driving root cause analysis (RCA) for major and recurring incidents.
  • Facilitate RCA sessions using 5 Whys, Ishikawa/fishbone, and Kepner-Tregoe techniques.
  • Maintain the known error database (KEDB) and track workarounds and permanent fixes.
  • Partner with engineering and operations teams to prioritize and remediate problem records.
  • Analyze incident trends to proactively identify systemic issues before they escalate.
  • Continuously improve ITSM processes, tooling, and documentation.
  • Produce metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting on change and problem performance.
  • Coordinate across infrastructure, security, application, and service desk teams.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years in IT service management, with demonstrated ownership of change and/or problem management processes.
  • ITIL 4 Foundation certification required.
  • ITIL Intermediate/Managing Professional or Specialist modules strongly preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with ITSM platforms (ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, BMC Helix, or similar).
  • Proven experience facilitating CAB and RCA sessions with technical and business stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical skills and familiarity with root cause analysis methodologies.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-level reporting.
  • Experience in a regulated or high-availability environment preferred.
  • Familiarity with major incident management and its handoff to problem management preferred.
  • Data analysis / reporting skills (Power BI, SQL, or equivalent) preferred.
  • Additional certifications: ITIL Managing Professional, DevOps, or project management (PMP/PRINCE2) preferred.
  • Process discipline, stakeholder management, risk-based decision making, attention to detail, and a proactive, continuous-improvement mindset.