About the role
As a Regional Service Manager, you will make an impact by leading Field Services operations across your assigned region, owning regional service delivery, operational performance, customer satisfaction, and site support governance. You will be a valued member of the Regional IT Services team and work collaboratively with business leaders, plant management teams, regional service providers, and global IT organizations.
In this role, you will
- Own end-to-end service delivery for Field Services across the region, ensuring achievement of SLA, KPI, and CSAT targets across corporate offices, manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and warehouses.
- Partner with plant leadership and manufacturing operations teams to ensure uninterrupted IT support for critical production environments, own incident escalation for plant-critical disruptions, and drive site reliability and operational continuity.
- Lead and develop regional teams of Site Leads, Desktop Engineers, Plant IT Specialists, and Field Service Analysts through coaching, mentoring, performance management, workforce planning, and succession planning.
- Serve as the primary IT contact for regional business leaders, plant managers, and senior stakeholders, leading operational governance meetings, service reviews, and executive communications.
- Drive service improvement and workplace transformation initiatives, identify automation opportunities, ensure adherence to ITIL processes, and manage regional vendors, budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
Work model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure Services, Field Support, Plant IT, End User Computing, or Service Delivery Management, including 4+ years of leadership experience managing geographically distributed support teams.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, food processing, logistics, warehouse, or large enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of Desktop Support Operations, End User Computing, Field Services Management, Plant IT Operations, Asset Lifecycle Management, Service Desk Integration, and ITSM processes.
- Native Spanish, advanced English, and advanced Portuguese language proficiency.
These will help you stand out
- Experience driving service improvement initiatives and workplace transformation programs in large, geographically distributed organizations.
- Proven ability to identify and implement automation opportunities to improve service efficiency and reduce support costs.
- Hands-on experience managing third-party service providers, local outsourcing partners, and vendor contractual commitments.
- Experience coordinating operational technology (OT) support within manufacturing or plant environments.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Things to know before you apply
- Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
- AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
- Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
- Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
- Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
