Overview
Service Governance Specialist (UAE National) Jobs in Abu Dhabi, UAE at Black Pearl
Our client is seeking an experienced Service Governance Specialist (UAE National) is responsible for establishing, enforcing, and maturing the IT Service Governance Framework across the organization to ensure resilient, consistent, and compliant service delivery. Operating at the intersection of IT operations and corporate governance, this role leverages ITIL 4 and ISO 20000 Service Management System (SMS) standards to govern the end-to-end lifecycle of IT services. The Specialist acts as the primary governance authority over service performance, driving the transition from reactive operations to proactive service management. This includes overseeing Service Level Agreements (SLAs), operational KPIs, and IT General Controls (ITGC) while ensuring seamless integration with the broader Integrated Management System (IMS).
Key Responsibilities
• Design, implement, and maintain the internal IT Service Governance framework, strictly aligning workflows with ITIL 4 guiding principles, COBIT, and ISO 20000 requirements.
• Govern the IT Service Catalog and Configuration Management Database (CMDB), ensuring they accurately reflect live operational dependencies, business criticality, and explicit service ownership.
• Establish and enforce standardized operating procedures (SOPs) across the four dimensions of service management, covering organizations, technology, external suppliers, and value streams.
• Define, govern, and monitor critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) for all internal and external IT services.
• Actively monitor ITSM dashboards and queues to identify service bottlenecks, workload imbalances, and recurring SLA breach trends across various assignment groups.
• Produce executive-level governance reports, detailed SLA breach analyses, and operational performance scorecards for the COO and senior leadership to highlight operational risks.
• Govern commercial relationships with third-party service providers, ensuring vendor performance consistently aligns with contractual SLAs and internal service quality standards.
• Drive the Continual Improvement practice across the organization by facilitating mandatory Service Review Meetings and structured post-incident reviews for major service or security failures.
• Enforce strict Quality Assurance (QA) on IT service documentation, ensuring incident closures and Problem Management records contain valid Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and actionable resolution steps.
• Mandate and govern Knowledge Management practices, ensuring Level 1 and Level 2 support teams are empowered with up-to-date Knowledge Base articles to improve First Call Resolution (FCR) rates.
• Serve as the primary liaison for internal and external IT Service Management (ITSM) audits, ensuring absolute audit-readiness and strict compliance with IT General Controls (ITGC) across all service management domains.
• Identify operational service risks across the Service Management spectrum, ensure they are recorded in the central Risk Register, and manage the formal Risk Acceptance process for operational deviations.
Title: Service Governance Specialist (UAE National)
Company: Black Pearl
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
