Principal Service Delivery Manager

Country: Canada

Brand: Capgemini

Reference: 577840-en_US

Contract type: Permanent

Experience level: Experienced Professionals

Professional community: Delivery Excellence

Business unit: Cloud Infrastructure Services

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Location

This is a full time role based in Toronto, CA.

About The Job You're Considering

The Service Delivery Manager/Director serves as the senior interface between the client and the Service Delivery Operations teams delivering IT infrastructure services. The Service Delivery Manager/Director works closely with the Client Partner and Client Delivery Partner to deliver to the client and grow the account.  This role carries director-level accountability for contract performance, financial management, service excellence, client satisfaction, operational governance, and growth within the account. The Service Delivery Manager/Director provides strategic leadership across service delivery, acts as the executive point of contact for delivery issues, and drives alignment across operations, commercial teams, legal, and client stakeholders to ensure contractual commitments are achieved while expanding business value. This role also oversees internal and external reporting, cost optimization, risk and escalation management, and identification of organic growth opportunities at defined contribution margins.

Your Role

Key Performance Indicators

• Contractual compliance and service delivery performance
• Account financial performance, including revenue, margin, billing, and cost control
• Organic growth, bookings, and expansion within existing accounts
• Client satisfaction, executive stakeholder confidence, and customer referencability

General Leadership

• Lead the day-to-day and strategic client relationship to maintain a high level of satisfaction, trust, and long-term account stability.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for client issues, delivery challenges, contractual concerns, and service improvement opportunities across towers.
• Partner with the Client Partner, Client Delivery Partner, Operations, and regional leadership to define and execute the client relationship strategy, with a focus on service excellence, cost optimization, and business growth.
• Collaborate with legal, commercial, and operational stakeholders on contract matters, change requests, risk management, and governance decisions.
• Provide leadership across operational teams to track service performance, resolve issues, remove barriers, and ensure timely execution of corrective actions.
• Contribute to solutioning, governance stage gates, and client-facing discussions by applying strong commercial, service delivery, and executive communication skills.

Service Delivery Leadership

• Monitor SLA performance and continuous service improvement outcomes, identify risks and negative trends, and direct implementation of recovery plans with operational leads.
• Oversee service improvement planning and the contract change process to maintain contractual consistency, delivery alignment, and governance discipline.
• Anticipate and influence customer demand for services, ensuring delivery organizations are positioned with the right capabilities and capacity to meet business needs.
• Partner with operations to drive cost containment, delivery efficiency, and sustainable service performance across the account.

Service Quality and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure service processes, documentation, and governance practices align with ITIL principles, client requirements, and operational standards.
• Assess the quality and consistency of deliverables produced by service teams, including reports, reviews, and project outputs, to maintain a high standard of execution.
• Provide leadership, feedback, and coaching to improve execution quality, strengthen accountability, and prevent recurring issues.
• Act as the leadership escalation point for client complaints, service issues, and delivery concerns, ensuring timely resolution and executive visibility where needed.
• Own customer satisfaction outcomes for the services in scope and lead improvement actions to strengthen the client experience.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management and Commercial Ownership

• Own account growth and deliver against revenue and margin commitments.
• Direct financial controls including billing, work in progress, accounts receivable, and forecasting discipline.
• Manage the financial cycle across invoicing, cost management, and financial governance.
• Develop account financials in collaboration with account leadership and operational leads, including monthly delivery reviews and client reporting submissions.
• Forecast revenue and cost performance across assigned project codes and ensure financial visibility for leadership decision-making.
• Ensure strong cost control and margin management across the assigned portfolio.

Service Demand and Capacity Planning

• Lead demand management across the account, shaping and aligning customer needs with organizational capacity, service priorities, and delivery readiness.
• Ensure projects and services are delivered in line with contractual obligations, service levels, and target contribution margins.
• Manage patterns of business activity and user demand profiles, translating changes in business operations into delivery planning, service design, portfolio decisions, and continuous improvement actions.

Performance Reporting and Governance

• Oversee measurement, reporting, and analysis processes to ensure service commitments and contractual obligations are met.
• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of recurring management reports for clients and internal stakeholders, and lead review discussions where applicable.
• Review performance summaries, trend analysis, and root cause reporting to ensure completeness, contractual alignment, and actionable insight before client delivery.
• Provide executive-level service performance reporting to client leadership and internal management as required.

Client Relationship Management and Business Development

• Provide meaningful leadership input into the development of contractual schedules and service level agreements aligned to service line strategy and client expectations.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal Capgemini stakeholders and client representatives across geographies and functions.
• Identify, shape, and support pursuit of business opportunities within the existing client landscape to expand account value.
• Recognize commercial opportunities, support negotiations, and engage confidently with client executives on service performance, strategy, transformation priorities, and business issues.

Your Skills And Experience

• Leadership Infrastructure
• Engagement Management

Certifications

• ITIL V3 Foundation

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: CAD 143,629 - CAD 236,600.

Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.

The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.

These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.

It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.

In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include: 

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

Important Notice: Compensation (including bonuses, commissions, or other forms of incentive pay) is not considered earned, vested, or payable until it becomes due under the terms of applicable plans or agreements and is subject to Capgemini’s discretion, consistent with applicable laws. The Company reserves the right to amend or withdraw compensation programs at any time, within the limits of applicable legislation.

Disclaimers

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. Capgemini also participates in the Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations (PAIR) program which supports meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities across Canada by promoting fairness, accessibility, inclusion and respect.  We value the rich cultural heritage and contributions of Indigenous Peoples and actively work to create a welcoming and respectful environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodation does not pose an undue hardship. Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodation during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact.

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Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.