European IT Service Desk Manager (Bucharest, Romania)

About UsSophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform.

Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U. K. More information is available at www. sophos. com.

Role Summary  Our IT teams support more than 5,000 end users within the business who rely on our technology and processes to enable them to be effective. We are the first point of contact to support, guide, and solve their IT incidents and requests, and you will be leading a team of engineers to deliver a best-in-class service, exceeding our end user expectations, for our EMEA population.   You will hold direct line management responsibility for a team of 10 engineers based in the UK, Romania, Hungary and India, providing both remote and onsite support services.

Our team’s range in skills and experience and you will provide coaching, skills and career development, guidance, and performance management to drive an industry leading end user experience and a top performing team.   You will be responsible for the relationship with our internal business stakeholders across varying business units and locations including ownership for IT support delivery to our executive team.

You will need to understand the intricacies of how we operate globally, awareness of the crucial relationship IT plays in enabling our business to succeed, share best practice, identify improvement areas and drive proactive support opportunities where possible.   While you will have primary ownership for our European group, you and your team will be aligned to a “follow the sun” model where you will support non-EMEA locations outside of their core business hours.

You must partner with your regional colleagues to build a standardized, global, framework to enable a successful 24x5 operating model, identify and build best practice, automate, and find better ways of working to optimize our services and offerings.   What You Will DoLine management responsibility for :

10 Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 IT engineersCoaching, skills development, and performance managementManagement of business escalations and ownership of resolutionDelivery of RCAs and improvement actionsManaging team and business communicationsManaging regional and business stakeholder relationshipsManagement executive IT support relations, including proactive monitoring and resolutionInfluence and coordinate the incident, problem, and change management processResponsibility for regional opex spend and input to capex requirementsOwnership of joiner, mover, leaver for the EMEA group, ensuring day 1 readinessRegional process ownership including delivery of knowledge content consumed by both IT and the businessDrive continual improvement opportunities across the IT service businessPartnership with engineering and compute teams to identify and implement enhancements and better ways of workingResponsibility for regional and global SLAs and KPIsInput to XLA implementation and recommendationsHold monthly operational reviews with IT senior leadership, and regional senior leadership teamsProvide management information, actionable insights, and recommendations for improvement opportunities for user experience, resolution times, automation, integration and technologyPartnership with engineering and compute teams to identify and implement enhancements and better ways of workingDrive continual improvement opportunities across the IT service businessWhat You Will BringConfluence and Jira experienceITSM knowledge and experience:

Servicenow, BMC Remedy, Jira, Freshservice. Including workflow automation, reporting and dashboard implementationExcel and PowerBI knowledge and experience of dashboard creation and managementReady to Join Us?At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?·   Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.

·   Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit·   Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy·   Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities·   Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint·   Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp·   Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge ·   Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeingOur Commitment To YouWe’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity.

   We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team.   All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation.   We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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