Job Summary
The Change Manager is accountable for governing, coordinating, and enabling IT changes across infrastructure, applications, and security to minimize risk and business disruption. The role ensures process compliance, CAB governance, accurate risk assessment, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement of change performance (success rate, reduced incidents, fewer emergency changes).
Key Responsibilities
1) Change Governance & Control Own and enforce the end‑to‑end Change Management process (Standard / Normal / Emergency). Ensure changes follow defined controls such as: Doer–Checker (peer review) approvals, implementation plans, test plans, backout plans, and validation steps Validate change categorization, priority, and risk rating are correct. Ensure proper segregation of duties and audit readiness. 2) CAB (Change Advisory Board) Management Plan, facilitate, and document CAB meetings (daily/weekly or as required). Present risk and impact summaries; ensure the right approvers are present. Drive decision outcomes: approve / reject / defer / request rework Track CAB actions and follow-ups to closure. 3) Risk Assessment & Impact Analysis Ensure all changes include: business impact analysis service/CI mapping impact (apps, dependent systems, network, security) customer communication requirements rollback and validation approach Identify conflict changes and manage change collisions and blackout periods. 4) Change Scheduling & Release Coordination Maintain and govern the Forward Schedule of Change (FSC). Coordinate with: Release Management Incident/Problem Management Infrastructure/App owners Vendors/OEMs Ensure change windows align with maintenance windows and business constraints. 5) Quality Control (Change Ticket Hygiene) Ensure change records are complete and accurate in ITSM (e.g., ServiceNow): Description, scope, CI impacted, risk, test evidence, MOP, backout, comms plan Drive improvement in documentation quality and reduce rework. 6) Post Implementation Review (PIR) & Metrics Conduct and govern PIRs, especially for failed, backed‑out, or high‑risk changes. Track and publish key metrics: change success rate failure/backout rate emergency change volume incidents caused by change approval SLA adherence Drive corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) and process improvements. 7) Audit & Compliance Ensure evidence collection and compliance with internal controls and audit standards: approvals captured peer review evidence (Doer–Checker) implementation/validation artifacts Support audits with change sampling and evidence packs. 8) Stakeholder Communication Provide proactive communication on: major/high‑risk changes business/customer impact outage notifications CAB decisions and change calendar updates Act as the central coordination point for change-related escalations.
Skill Requirements
Skills & Competencies Process & Governance Strong ITIL knowledge (Change Enablement/Management, Incident, Problem, CMDB basics). Experience with risk control, audit evidence, segregation of duties, governance. Technical Understanding (Must Have) Strong conceptual understanding of: infrastructure (Windows/Linux/VMware/network/storage/backup) applications dependencies and service impact Ability to challenge incomplete change plans and identify risks. Tools ITSM tools (ServiceNow / Remedy / Jira Service Management) Change calendar / collaboration tools (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint) Reporting (Excel/Power BI preferred) Behavioral Skills Strong stakeholder management and conflict resolution Excellent written communication (CAB notes, approvals, PIRs) Structured, detail‑oriented, and able to drive process discipline
Other Requirements
Qualifications & Experience Typical experience: 5–10 years in IT operations / service management Prior roles helpful: Incident Manager, Service Delivery, Release Coordinator, Ops Lead Certifications (preferred): ITIL Foundation / ITIL Managing Professional COBIT (optional), ISO 20000 awareness (optional) KPIs / Performance Measures Change success rate (% successful without incident/backout) Change failure rate / backout rate % emergency changes and reduction trend Incidents caused by changes Approval SLA adherence Audit compliance rate (ticket completeness, evidence coverage) CAB effectiveness (on-time CAB, action closure)