Service Desk Team Leader

Posted 07 April 2026
LocationLondon
Discipline Cloud & DevOps
Reference7414

Job description

JOB TITLE
Service Desk Team Leader
LOCATION
London (Office-based)
SALARY
£45,000 – £50,000 basic salary + bonus
WAY OF WORKING
  • Permanent, Full-Time
  • Office-based (Monday to Friday)
BENEFITS
  • Performance-related bonus
  • Sponsored training and professional development
  • Incentives for achieving Microsoft certifications
  • Company pension scheme
  • Private medical insurance
  • Income protection insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, physical & financial support)
  • 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday)
  • Company sick pay

THE BUSINESS
This organisation is a well-established IT services and managed services provider with over 30 years’ experience delivering secure, high-quality technology solutions to professional and financial services clients. Operating in highly regulated environments, they support demanding customers across legal, private equity, venture capital, and investment sectors, including several top-tier UK law firms.
The business is a long-standing Microsoft partner with strong cloud, modern workplace, and security capabilities. Known for consistently delivering on their commitments, they have built a reputation for quality, reliability, and technical excellence. Continued investment in managed services has created an opportunity for a Service Desk Team Leader to play a key role in shaping service delivery and team development.

THE SERVICE DESK TEAM LEADER OPPORTUNITY
  • Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing Service Desk team, embedding best-practice ITIL behaviours
  • Act as deputy to the Service Desk Manager, supporting day-to-day operations and team performance
  • Drive continual service improvement across processes, tooling, and customer experience
  • Act as an escalation point for technical and service-related issues, supporting effective resolution
  • Foster a collaborative, accountable, and customer-focused culture within the Service Desk

YOUR KEY SKILLS
  • Previous experience working within an MSP or service provider environment
  • Strong practical knowledge of ITIL processes and service desk operations
  • Proven experience managing and developing service desk or technical support teams
  • Strong exposure to Microsoft technologies, including:
    • Microsoft 365
    • Intune
    • Teams
    • SharePoint
    • Azure
  • Experience coordinating incident and major incident management
  • Comfortable managing workloads, rotas, SLAs, and service quality metrics
  • Excellent written and spoken English
ABOUT YOU
  • A natural leader who inspires confidence and enjoys developing others
  • Positive, motivational, and able to bring energy and structure to a busy service desk
  • Accountable, with a strong sense of ownership for team performance and service outcomes
  • Empathetic and approachable, with the ability to support team wellbeing as well as development
  • A collaborative team player who values feedback and continuous improvement

APPLY NOW
If you’re an experienced Service Desk professional looking to step into a leadership role where you can influence culture, service quality, and team development, apply now or contact C4S Search for a confidential discussion.

C4S Search specialises in connecting high-calibre technology professionals with leading organisations across managed services, cloud, infrastructure, and security.