Head of Service Readiness & Enablement (IRE)
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Origina is a rapidly growing global challenger technology company on a mission to stop unnecessary technology change by helping enterprises to extend, protect and enhance their software assets. We believe organisations should be free to run their systems for as long as they choose – without being pushed into costly, unwanted upgrades that don’t align with their strategy, so we step in to provide an alternative from the original vendor.
We’re scaling fast, with a clear path to €0.5 billion in the next five years, and expanding our presence across Europe, the US, and Australia. As a leading force in independent enterprise software support, we help the world’s largest organisations take back control of their technology roadmap and unlock genuine commercial freedom.
Role Overview
Responsible for turning approved service ideas into services the business can actually run. This role sits between innovation and operations. Its purpose is to ensure that every service Origina launches is operationally sound, repeatable, and ready to scale, so that Customer Operations can deliver it with confidence and Sales can represent it accurately and safely.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
Own the full Blueprint > Pilot > BAU lifecycle for new services: designing pilots, defining success criteria, running structured pilots in partnership with Customer Operations and the Service Manager role, and making clear go/no‑go recommendations.
Translate service blueprints into operational reality: develop the SOPs, process maps, tooling requirements, and role definitions required for consistent delivery. During pilots and pre‑BAU phases, help stabilise services through hyper‑care and iteration, ensuring issues are resolved before they reach scale.
Own Origina’s Service Knowledge Base – the single source of truth for what Origina’s services are, how they work, when they should be used (and when they should not), and how they help customers reduce OEM dependency.
Capture service success stories and value intelligence: identify patterns of success, outcomes achieved, and why services mattered, and feed structured insights into Sales & Marketing.
Manage incremental OEM diversification governance: manage technical fit checks, licensing positions, GIEs, and risk assessments, maintain an up‑to‑date supported portfolio, and elevate gaps or opportunities into the Innovation Incubator for deeper work.
Work closely with Customer Operations to ensure pilots are executed properly, delivery teams are enabled, and global service standards are consistently applied.
About You
You likely have a background in service design, operations, transformation, or productisation within complex enterprise environments. You are structured but pragmatic, comfortable working across teams, and motivated by building things that scale cleanly. You care deeply about clarity, repeatability, and execution quality.
Proven experience in service design and transition within IT services, managed services, or SaaS support.
Strong grounding in service management frameworks (e.g. ITIL), with a pragmatic and commercial mindset.
Demonstrated ability to map customer journeys and embed governance and quality standards.
Extensive background in customer operations, enterprise support services, or consulting.
Track record of delivering scalable processes and coaching internal teams to adopt them.
Experienced service‑management leader with a hands‑on, outcome‑driven approach.
Able to translate technical expertise into structured, repeatable customer‑facing services.
Skilled in change management and communication – able to position CAB support and proactive assurance as value‑add.
Comfortable working across mixed teams and stakeholder groups.
Not just an advisor – someone who will build the playbook and lead the first executions.
What Success Looks Like
Success is evident through faster, safer service launches, fewer delivery escalations, and the elimination of tribal knowledge. Sales and Operations should have high confidence in what Origina supports and how services are delivered. Over time, this function enables growth without heroics through structure, clarity, and repeatability.
What This Role Is Not
This role does not invent net‑new services, conduct deep R&D, deliver services day‑to‑day, execute marketing campaigns, or own revenue targets. Its purpose is to turn innovation into trust, not to replace other functions.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation that rewards achievement
Hybrid, flexible working model
Family Health, Dental & Vision Insurance from day 1
Life insurance & Income Protection
23 days Annual Leave plus 2 company days with additional days earned based on your tenure
Generous Maternity & Paternity leave policies
€200 annual wellness benefits
Flexibility of working remotely from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year
A dedicated Volunteer Day to give back to your community and support meaningful causes
Employee Assistance Programme
An inclusive environment with regular events organised by Engagement, and Diversity Committees
Don’t worry if you don’t meet ALL the requirements – if you feel you would be a great fit for this role, we would love to hear from you! At Origina, the most important ingredient for us is our culture fit and recognising those that want to live our high‑performance values of Fairness, Trust, Relationships, and Opportunities.
Origina is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Origina are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Project Management, Product Management, and Strategy/Planning
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
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