University of Miami

Manager, Digital Workspace Support

University of Miami$80K — $95K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience supporting digital workspace systems
  • Experience supervising service or help desk employees is preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • Knowledge of business and management principles
  • Ability to direct and manage department operations effectively
  • Skilled in leading, motivating, and developing teams

Responsibilities

  • Design improved work systems by revising standards and procedures
  • Conduct hiring, training, and development of staff
  • Contribute to management and technical policy formulation
  • Maintain a professional development plan for staff
  • Provide technical guidance to assist in troubleshooting issues
  • Prepare progress reports on group responsibilities
  • Act as a liaison with executive management for departmental initiatives
  • Ensure high customer service levels through appropriate standards and mentoring

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment at a reputable institution
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Engagement with senior university leadership and IT stakeholders
  • Focus on continuous improvement and effectiveness in service delivery
  • Involvement in evaluating and implementing new technologies
Full Job Description

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ON-SITE

The University of Miami’s UMIT Department has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Manager, Digital Workspace Support to work in Coral Gables, Florida.

The Manager, Digital Workspace Support oversees the support and ongoing operation of the University’s digital workspace tools, ensuring reliable, secure, and effective use of enterprise systems that enable communication, collaboration, productivity, and information sharing. This role manages daily service delivery, access administration, incident response, user support, and continuous improvement for platforms such as email, cloud-based collaboration, videoconferencing, file storage, data collection, monitoring, and security tools. The incumbent partners with senior university leadership and IT stakeholders to identify needs, establish support procedures, evaluate emerging technologies, and align digital workspace services with organizational strategy, security requirements, and the evolving needs of faculty, staff, and students.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Designs improved work systems by revising work standards, policies,and procedures, employee workmethod and utilization, and staffing levels.

  • Plays an integral role in the hire, training, counseling, and developmentof staff.

  • Contributes to the formulation of department-wide management and technical policies.

  • Developsand maintainsa professional development and training plan for staff.

  • Conferswith and advisessubordinates of technical problems and solutions, task prioritization, andsupport methodology.

  • Prepares activity and progress reportsregardinggroup responsibilities.

  • Serves as a point of contact for the executive management team ondepartment initiatives.

  • Ensures a consistentlyhigh levelof customer service throughout the department by creatingappropriate service standards, regular observation, and mentoring department personnel.

  • Develops, documents, andmodifiesguidelines andprocedures to promote efficiency within the unit.

  • Worksdirectly with faculty, students, andsenior administrators to identifyand address emergingtechnology needs.

  • Administers and coordinates all functions and services for assigned information technology projects.

  • Supervisesthe performance of unit supervisors and staff.

  • Administers and processes staff performance appraisals.

  • Makes recommendations to IT leadership, peers,and subordinates to improve the working environment.

  • Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit andcompliance withUniversitypolicies and procedures.

  • Ensures employees are trained on controls withinthe function and on University policy and procedures.

Department Specific Functions

  • Oversees Tier 2 support for enterprise digital workspace systems, including email, collaboration, videoconferencing, cloud file storage, data collection, security, and related communication platforms.

  • Manages the resolution of escalated incidents and service requests for systems such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Zoom, Box, Qualtrics, and other supported digital workspace tools.

  • Provides technical direction and guidance to support staff in troubleshooting complex issues,identifyingroot causes, implementing solutions, and escalating to engineering, security, or vendor teams when appropriate.

  • Ensures the health, reliability, and continuity of supported digital workspace services by monitoring service performance, reviewing support trends, and coordinating corrective actions.

  • Oversees access administration and support processes, including account provisioning, access changes, deprovisioning, permissions, license assignment, and compliance withUniversitypolicies and procedures.

  • Partners with Tier 1 support, engineering teams, information security, vendors, and campus stakeholders to coordinate incident response, service restoration, change implementation, and user communications.

  • Maintains knowledge of supported platforms and product changes, evaluates the support impact of new features or system updates, and prepares the support team for releases and service changes.

  • Develops, documents, and improves procedures, knowledge articles, escalation paths, and support standards to promote consistent and effective service delivery.

  • Reviews support metrics, incident volumes, recurring issues, and customer feedback toidentifyopportunities for service improvement, training, automation, and process refinement.

  • Coordinates communication and adoption support for digital workspace tools by contributing to user guidance, service announcements, training materials, and change readiness activities.

  • Oversees vendor support engagement for escalated technical issues, service disruptions, product defects, and support-related commitments.

  • Supervises, trains, mentors, and evaluates technical support staff responsible for Tier 2 digital workspace support.

  • Ensures employees are trainedonapplicable controls, service procedures, support expectations, and University policies and procedures.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experiencesupporting digital workspace systems required

  • Experience supervising service or help desk employees preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

  • Knowledge of business and management principles.

  • Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.

  • Ability toestablish department goals, and objectivesthat support the strategic plan.

  • Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.

  • Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others.

Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

About University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. The university offers 132 undergraduate, 148 master's, and 67 doctoral degree programs, of which 63 are research/scholarship and four professional areas of study. The university's research expenditures in the 2018–2019 fiscal year were $358.9 million, the highest of any university in Florida and 45th in the nation. The university comprises 11 schools and colleges, including the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami's Health District, a law school on the main campus, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science focused on the study of oceanography and atmospheric sciences on Virginia Key, with research facilities at the Richmond Facility in southern Miami-Dade County.
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