Senior Operations Service Manager - Public Sector

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

 

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

The OSM functions as the primary post-install operational interface to named elite customers by serving as the critical customer advocate and liaison for strategic enterprise accounts. Works directly with the Repair Centers to help escalate and resolve customer operational issues when process gaps have been identified and service improvement is necessary. Interfaces with multiple disciplines and technical resources across the business to drive a superior, differentiated, and sustained customer experience. Ensures operational continuity and scalability across functional teams during all stages of the lifecycle by coordinating, driving and delivering operations reviews, Request for Outage (RFO), and Service Improvement Plans (SIPs). Trains and mentors lower level peers and partners with management to share strategic responsibilities and team leadership. Facilitates crossfunctional teams to raise awareness, drive for results, and resolve issues impacting both assigned customers as well as the larger customer base.

The Main Responsibilities

• Acts as escalation point, sometimes after hours, when standard processes are not meeting customer expectations. Once engaged, serves as primary communicator for operational lifecycle issues by pulling in necessary resources to address ongoing issues.
• Defines and develops custom reporting and delivers regular operations reviews that illustrate Lumen’s network performance by highlighting positive performance trends and identifying areas for service improvement opportunities.
• Serves as customer advocate, technical resource, and Subject Matter Expert for internal company departments for assigned customer base and develops communications strategies with internal departments by staying well-versed in customer and internal SLAs and operational processes in-order to assist operational and Sales teams in setting proper customer expectations based on defined service level criteria.
• Partners with Repair Centers to identify, create, implement, and track post mortem analysis and preventive measures and then takes the lead in presenting that information to the customer.
• Defines and communicates key Service Delivery, Service Management or Service Assurance process gaps that will be measured and tracked via Service Improvement Plans (SIPs). Facilitates both internal and external meetings associated to SIP until initiatives are resolved.
• Understands and communicates large scale upgrade projects and other Change Management / Global Change Request events that will impact assigned customers, while also maintaining accurate and thorough customer contact lists for proper planned maintenance notifications.
• Maintains critical customer information on public drive and ensures OSM is flagged in key systems.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Bachelor's Degree or 6 plus years of relevant job experience.

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors

 

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$82,969 - $110,625 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$87,117 - $116,156 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$91,266 - $121,688 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

 

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process

 

Learn more about Lumen's:

• Benefits
• Bonus Structure 

 

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What to Expect Next

Requisition #: 340107

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