The Continual Service Improvement (CSI) Lead represents a source of accountability for the continual improvement program. The CSI Lead will be the champion for all CSI initiatives. They are responsible for the creation and maintenance of a continual service improvement program and for maintaining and improving ongoing quality of IS&T services. The candidate will be held accountable for the outcome of ongoing improvement activities.

The CSI Lead will work with process analysts to identify, develop and execute improvement initiatives and provide regular status briefings to the stakeholders and Service Operations management. This role is critical for developing a sustainable culture of continuous process improvement that will drive operational excellence and ITSM best practices.

PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Responsible for identifying and championing continual service improvement across the IS&T organization
• Develops, implements and maintains the Continual Service Improvement (CSI) program based on best practices; includes documented processes and procedures
• Facilitates implementation of continuous improvement best practices across IS&T
• Provides regular status briefings to Service Operations management and stakeholders, including trend analyses, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the Continual Improvement Register (CIR)
• Applies Lean Process methodologies and principles to achieve desired results 
• Lead and facilitate LEAN/process improvement based workshops to drive ideas and solutions
• Provide analytical insight into return on investment, cost optimization, cost reduction or other value creation initiatives to enable prioritization of effort
• Performs analysis, evaluation and assessment leading to development of recommendations for process improvements, optimization and/or development efforts for IS&T processes
• Works with service owners to define the KPIs used to measure their performance and drive consensus so KPIs follow a standard used throughout IS&T
• Capture feedback from stakeholders on effectiveness of KPIs and develop roadmap for improvements
• Work with ServiceNow Administrator and Service Transition Manager to implement data elements to support the KPI objectives
• Facilitate group meetings to brainstorm, gather information and requirements, or solidify action plans which support ongoing continuous improvement activities
• Executes improvement projects identified by leadership
• Establish standardized work and audit schedule for sustainability
• Provide leadership for the team by actively coaching and mentoring to help develop their staff achieve career goals
• Awareness of and compliance with our safety practices

• Bachelor's degree in IT or relevant experience
• Minimum 5 years of related work experience
• Working knowledge of the Service Management workflows and ITSM processes
• Relevant experience as an IT Project Manager and/or ITSM process analyst in programs of similar scope, type and complexity
• Demonstrated experience with the implementation of continuous improvement programs using Lean Management Methodologies
• Experience with ServiceNow or other ITSM tools
• Demonstrated experience with Service Level and Performance Management
• Demonstrated experience with Project Management discipline
• Working experience with functional leaders to establish and execute CI roadmap to deliver baseline results

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication, conflict resolution and meeting management
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
• Highly self motivated and directed
• Keen attention to detail
• Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment
• Ability to coordinate and lead successful cross-functional improvements
• Ability to clearly document and explain business processes

Preferred Certification / Licenses / Training

ITIL Foundations, required (minimum)

ITIL Continual Service Improvement, preferred

Lean Expert (minimum), preferred