It Operations Manager

Company: Chroma Recruitment
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Location: Greater Manchester
Job Description:

Overview

You will oversee the reliability and efficiency of the technology infrastructure and lead the IT team to operational excellence. In a senior, strategic capacity, you will engage stakeholders across the business and ensure smooth incident response and supplier performance. The role blends hands-on operations with process improvement as the organization scales. This is a flexible, mostly remote position with weekly onsite presence in Manchester, offering a chance to shape IT delivery in a forward‑thinking, IT‑focused environment.

Pay / Benefits

  • flexible remote work
  • senior leadership role
  • inclusive and supportive environment

Responsibilities

  • Oversee daily IT operations to ensure reliability and efficiency
  • Lead, mentor and support the IT team to achieve operational excellence
  • Manage supplier relationships, service levels and incident resolution
  • Contribute to development and continuous improvement of IT processes as the business expands

Key requirements

  • Proven track record in managing IT operations or service delivery
  • Confident leadership skills with ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
  • Calm, pragmatic approach to problem-solving under pressure
  • Based in the North West with the flexibility to attend Manchester office one day per week
  • stakeholder engagement
  • leadership
  • problem-solving under pressure
  • IT operations management
  • service delivery
  • incident management

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Posted: October 1st, 2026