Job Description

Role Title: Service Delivery Manager (L08)
Company Overview:
Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry's most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.
We have recently been ranked #2 among India's Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India's Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.
We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.
We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles.
Organizational Overview:
The IT Service Management Group is a Major Incident management team responsible for facilitating the resolution of major incidents 24/7 -which directly impact our customers, clients or multiple internal users. This team is responsible for the following:
During the Incident:

• Incident Prioritization

• Escalation

• Documentation

• Impact Mitigation

• Communication

• Resolution

Post Incident:

• SDM Initiatives

• Analysis

• Problem Management

• Continuous Service Improvement

Role Summary/Purpose:
The Service Delivery Manager 1 (SDM1) will be a member of the IT Service Management Group and support Synchrony's Major Incident and Problem Management processes. This includes initiating major technology-based incidents reported by internal users and support associates, support vendors and Synchrony's clients, providing leadership on lower-priority incidents, administering effective follow-up on incidents, producing meaningful analyses of data and ensuring that areas for improvement are identified and addressed. In addition, they will participate in process improvements and proactive measures to reduce the business impact of technology-based incidents.
Key Responsibilities:
Act as the first point of contact for issues reported by Synchrony's clients, internal technology support teams and internal users on major incidents impacting Synchrony's technology services
Lead Incident Management Calls on lower-priority incidents, including coordinating & engaging support teams, tracking troubleshooting tasks and collecting impact status
Escalate Incidents as needed based on documented instructions (job aids, Standard Operating Procedures) and engage Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery teams based on SOPs
Engage / Escalate with support vendors as need based on documented instructions
Identify priority of incident based on guidelines
Capture standard incident information through life-cycle of Incident. This includes but is not limited to detailed descriptions of the actual impacts (error messages, customer or user functions impacted) and support team involvement (triage and resolution activities performed and their associated timelines)
Make use of available troubleshooting tools including but not limited to ServiceNow reports and monitoring applications.
Document areas for improvement with the handling and escalation of an Incident
Create Problem tickets related to incidents, when appropriate, as per SOPs
Maintain Call lists, resolver groups and alerting systems
Manage Onboarding of new applications into the Incident Management process
Assist SDM2s and SDM3 in the maintenance of Incident Management Job Aids
Continuous improvement. Assist in coordinating activities to review the incident management process and implement improvements
Required Skills/Knowledge:
Bachelor's degree and 1-4 years of related experience in technology and IT service management or in lieu of degree 2+ years of related experience in technology and IT service management. IRC CEP participants can apply.
2 months-2 years of experience in ITIL practices with strong understanding of ITIL framework. ITIL certification will be an added advantage.
Superior communication skills, both written and oral
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong business focus, which includes the understanding of business impact caused by incidents
Strong advocate of teaming concepts and processes, promote team functions, commitments, and communications. Strong team player
Hands-on working experience with infrastructure performance and availability tools
Previous Infrastructure Operations Experience
Desired Skills/Knowledge:
Assertive, inquisitive and persistent
Ability to lead, manage and communicate with all levels of the organization is essential
Experience with technology incident management processes
Exceptional relationship management skills
Working knowledge of common platforms including Unix, Linux, Windows
Working knowledge of common infrastructures including servers, storage, networks & cloud
Minimum of 0-4 years of offshore & onshore team management experience
Green Belt and/or Black Belt Six Sigma trained is a benefit
Eligibility Criteria:
Bachelor's degree and 1-4 years of related experience in technology and IT service management or in lieu of degree 2+ years of related experience in technology and IT service management. IRC CEP participants can apply.
2 months-2 years of experience in ITIL practices with strong understanding of ITIL framework. ITIL certification will be an added advantage.
Work Timings:
Rotational Shifts which included night shift
(WORK TIMINGS: This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time - 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details.)
For Internal Applicants:
Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role before applying
Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday
Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, LPP)
L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.
L8 Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in their current role and level are only eligible.
L4+ employees can apply for this opportunity.
Grade/Level: 08
Job Family Group: Information Technology

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