Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) – the leading destination for innovative management thinking. We reach lifelong learners to improve the practice of management in a changing world. This mission inspires each of us to unlock the leader in everyone – including you!
The opportunity:
The Director, Digital Workplace and End User Management will redesign how HBP employees experience technology—moving from reactive ticket resolution to proactive, self-healing services powered by AI, automation, and platform engineering. You’ll eliminate repetitive work, enable intuitive self-service, and deliver measurable improvements in user experience, operational efficiency, and risk reduction, while building and guiding a small, outcome-driven team.
What you’ll do
Lead the transformation of a traditional Help Desk, Desktop Support, and Systems Administration function into a modern Digital Workplace & End User Services team.
Design and implement AI-first service desk capabilities, including Copilot integrations, virtual agents, and orchestration workflows.
Build and scale autonomous endpoint management using Intune, remediation scripts, and telemetry-driven health monitoring.
Establish platform engineering practices across endpoint, identity, and workplace services to enable reusable, scalable solutions.
Develop API-driven, event-based automation across identity, device lifecycle, and access management workflows.
Implement telemetry, observability, and signal-based automation for proactive issue detection, self-healing, and remediation.
Partner with Security to embed governance, compliance, and risk controls into automated workflows and digital workplace platforms.
Drive zero-touch provisioning and lifecycle management for devices and user access.
Lead change management, reskilling, and adoption efforts for impacted IT staff and business stakeholders.
Build and lead a small, outcome-driven team.
What you’ll bring
10+ years of IT experience, including 4+ years leading a customer support help desk or end user support function.
Proven track record leading large-scale IT transformation initiatives, including. implementing AI and automation in IT operations.
Deep expertise in endpoint management (e.g., Intune, MDM), identity (e.g., Azure AD), and automation.
Strong hands-on experience with Power Platform and APIs (Graph/REST).
Strong understanding of ITSM and ITIL processes, including shift-left strategies.
Experience with telemetry, monitoring, and event-driven architectures.
Data-driven decision-making style and comfort using metrics (ticket volume, MTTR, endpoint health, UX scores) to guide priorities.
Extensive change management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
You’ll stand out if you have
Experience with Copilot Studio, virtual agents, or AI-driven service desk platforms.
Background in platform engineering or SRE practices applied to end user computing and workplace services.
Familiarity with tools like Nexthink or similar endpoint analytics and digital experience monitoring platforms.
What we offer:
As a mission-driven global company, Harvard Business Publishing is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion, trust, and engagement where everyone is welcome, valued, respected, and feels they belong. In addition to a competitive compensation and benefits package, we offer meaningful programs focused on career development and employee wellness, such as education reimbursement and early-release Summer Fridays!
HBP is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.
$150,000 - $170,000
Above is the annualized pay range for this position. In addition, this position includes the opportunity to earn our annual Performance Based Variable Pay Program. Actual salary will be set based upon a range of factors, including external benchmark market data, individual knowledge, skills, experience, location and internal equity.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of IT experience, including 4+ years leading help desk or end user support
- Proven track record leading large-scale IT transformation initiatives including implementing AI and automation in IT operations
- Deep expertise in endpoint management (Intune, MDM), identity (Azure AD), and automation
- Hands-on experience with Power Platform and APIs (Microsoft Graph/REST)
- Strong understanding of ITSM and ITIL processes, including shift-left strategies
- Experience with telemetry, monitoring, and event-driven architectures
- Data-driven decision-making using metrics (ticket volume, MTTR, endpoint health, UX scores)
- Extensive change management and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience with Copilot Studio, virtual agents, or AI-driven service desk platforms
- Background in platform engineering or SRE practices applied to end user computing
- Familiarity with Nexthink or similar endpoint analytics/digital experience monitoring platforms
What We Do
At Harvard Business Publishing, we believe in the power of leadership to inspire, to transform, and to advance the global good. We empower leaders with breakthrough ideas that solve problems, that elevate performance, and that unlock the leader in everyone. We help leaders move the world forward. Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) was founded in 1994 as a not-for-profit, independent corporation that is an affiliate of Harvard Business School. We inform and inspire professionals, corporations, educators, and students around the world with the best in management thinking and practice. Through our articles, books, case studies, simulations, videos, learning programs, and digital tools, we reach thousands of organizations and millions of subscribers and social media followers. With over 600 employees located in Boston (HQ), New York City, Australia, France, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom, we serve as a bridge between academia and enterprises around the globe. Our three market units—Education, Corporate Learning, and Harvard Business Review Group—produce a variety of media including print and digital (Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press books, Harvard Business School cases), events (participant-centered learning seminars, custom events, webinars), digital learning (Harvard ManageMentor, HMM Spark), blended learning, and campus experiences. Through these platforms, HBP is able to influence real-world change by maximizing the reach and impact of its essential offering—ideas. Working at Harvard Business Publishing brings you into a global, dynamic organization that’s constantly discovering—new markets, new technologies and media platforms, and new groundbreaking ideas. You’ll find your co-workers intellectually curious and highly engaged. We collaborate. We experiment. We are always learning
