Sr. Director, Engineering - Service Desk and Field Services
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Job Purpose and Impact
The Sr. Director, Service Desk & Field Services leads the global strategy, engineering, and operations of enterprise end-user support services.
A significantly impactful role with the ability to impact delivery of day to day services across and length and breadth across Cargill.
A deep commitment to customer-centricity is essential. This role ensures that every engineering decision, process improvement, and technology deployment is grounded in enhancing the end-user experience, driving satisfaction, and delivering measurable business value.
Key Accountabilities :
- Define and execute a global engineering strategy aligned with enterprise IT and business goals.
- Leverage deep engineering and architecture expertise to drive hyper-automation, reusable assets, and CI / CD practices.
- Architect scalable, secure, and resilient support solutions using ServiceNow, automation frameworks, and AI technologies.
- Lead the deployment and scaling of GenAI capabilities (e.g., virtual agents, intelligent ticket routing, dynamic knowledge generation).
- Drive a fully self-service support model — eliminating the need for traditional service desk operations.
Customer-Centric Service Leadership :
Champion a customer-first mindset across service desk and field operations.Implement Experience-Level Agreements (XLAs) to elevate user satisfaction beyond SLAs.Build data models that enable real-time sentiment analysis and continuous service improvement.Team Management :
Leads a high-performing, inclusive team by aligning goals, setting clear expectations, providing feedback and coaching, fostering development, recognizing achievements, and ensuring accountability to drive organizational success.Commercial Management :
Strong Financial Acumen with a mindset of running technology as a business. Owns and validates the information technology infrastructure budget to ensure cost effective solutions and expenditures aligned with financial goals.Vendor Management :
Owns and directs relationships with vendors and service providers, guiding contract negotiation to ensure the best value and service quality.Stakeholder Management :
Nurtures strategic partnerships with key internal and external senior leadership stakeholders, understanding their needs and enabling effective communication to assure project alignment and success.Qualifications
Minimum requirement of 8 years of relevant work experience.8+ years of experience in IT operations, service desk leadership, or field services within a large enterprise.Demonstrated success in implementing engineering solutions that improve service desk efficiency and scalability.Preferred
15 years of relevant work experience.Demonstrated experience leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance IT support capabilities, improve user experience, and drive proactive service delivery.Experience in ServiceNow platform optimizationExperience leading globally dispersed teams within complex organizational structures, fostering collaboration and operational consistency across regions.Compensation Data
The expected salary for this position is $190,000-$250,000.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability / Vet.
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