Manager- IT Service Management

Boscov’s•Reading, PA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Experienced IT service management leaders, bring your expertise to work for you where people love to shop! Boscov's is a chain of full-service department stores serving the total family needs of our customers. For over 100 years, Boscov's has been known for its great values and famous brands, and for offering a broad selection of quality merchandise in its stores and online. We are looking for a Manager, IT Service Management to join our Information Technology team. As part of a fast-paced, dynamic Information Technology team, you will own the health and reliability of IT service delivery across the organization, leading 24/7 IT operations and serving as the primary escalation point for major incidents. You will champion ITIL-aligned service management practices across incident, change, problem, service request, and asset management, oversee an outsourced helpdesk partner, and drive disciplined use of Jira to keep technology services available, recoverable, and continuously improving for stores, corporate offices, and distribution. If you are looking for a great opportunity to pursue a rewarding career with a company known for quality and big savings, apply today!

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
5+ years of experience in IT service management or IT operations, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management capacity.
ITIL Foundation certification required; ITIL Intermediate or higher preferred.
Demonstrated experience leading Major Incident response and managing change control processes.
Advanced knowledge of ITSM tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, etc.
Experience managing outsourced or third-party helpdesk/support providers.
Familiarity with IT asset management tools (e.g., Device42) and CMDB practices.
Working knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery planning for IT systems.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams under pressure.
Availability to support a 24/7 operational environment, including on-call rotation as needed.

Nice To Haves

ITIL Intermediate or higher preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee round-the-clock IT operations to ensure continuous availability, monitoring, and rapid response across all critical systems and services.
Own the relationship with our Helpdesk provider and other operational service providers, holding them accountable to SLAs, service quality, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
Lead all Major Incidents and drive root-cause analysis to minimize major and recurring incidents, turning incident data into lasting fixes.
Run the change control process, chairing change advisory board reviews and ensuring all changes are assessed, approved, and implemented with minimal risk.
Ensure service request tickets are actively updated and closed within SLA, holding teams accountable for performance.
Maintain accurate IT asset records using Device42, ensuring the asset lifecycle is tracked and audit-ready.
Champion ITIL best practices across the organization using Jira Service Management, keeping processes consistent, mature, practical, and measurable for the pace of a retail organization.
Maintain and exercise business recovery plans for IT services so critical systems can be restored quickly following a disruption.
Develop operational metrics, dashboards, and reporting for service levels, incident trends, change success, helpdesk performance, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities.
Maintain operational procedures, runbooks, escalation paths, communication templates, and knowledge articles to improve consistency and speed of support.
Ensure the timely execution of batch processes, data integrations, and critical business workflows while maintaining high system availability.
Partner with infrastructure, applications, security, store operations, and business teams to ensure IT services support retail priorities and seasonal operating demands.