Assoc Manager IT-Incident & Major Incident Management

Role Overview

The Incident and Major Incident Process Manager is a leadership role responsible for the governance execution and continuous improvement of Incident and Major Incident Management processes across the organization. This role provides operational and people leadership to Incident and Major Incident Managers supporting global 24/7 operations ensuring continuous incident coverage and effective bridge execution during high-impact events including peak business and high-volume seasons. Serving as the process owner for Incident and Major Incident Management the role ensures alignment with ITIL best practices and business expectations while establishing standards and driving consistent process execution across teams. The role leads and coordinates a global incident management team based in Hyderabad serves as the primary escalation authority during severe and business-critical incidents and partners closely with Infrastructure Operations Security Application and ServiceNow teams to ensure effective incident resolution. Additionally the role identifies gaps risks and improvement opportunities across people process and tooling governs adherence to incident procedures leads and trains Major Incident Managers to ensure overall process maturity and may be required to run or maintain incident bridges from home or off-site in the event of team or site unavailability.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and govern Incident and Major Incident Management processes end to end ensuring consistency and compliance.
• Define maintain and enforce escalation models bridge procedures and communication standards.
• Ensure 24/7 coverage models on-call rotations and peak-season readiness are in place.
• Oversee and directly manage high-severity incident and major incident bridges as required.
• Ensure structured bridge facilitation clear accountability and disciplined execution.
• Ensure timely accurate communication via email SMS Microsoft Teams and ServiceNow.
• Lead mentor and manage Incident and Major Incident Managers setting performance expectations and accountability.
• Conduct post-incident reviews and ensure corrective actions are tracked to closure.
• Define track and report on Incident and Major Incident KPIs trends and performance metrics.
• Work with the ServiceNow to enhance automation dashboards and reporting capabilities.
• Fulfill various audit reviews and artifact requirements on a monthly and annual basis

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Expert-level knowledge of Incident and Major Incident Management including bridge leadership and crisis management.
• Strong understanding of related ITIL-based IT Service Management processes particularly Problem Change Event Management and Trend Analysis.
• Deep hands-on experience with ServiceNow including workflows reporting dashboards and process optimization.
• Exceptional organizational skills in fast-paced high-pressure bridge environments.
• Excellent English communication skills both written and verbal suitable for executive and technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to lead decisively and remain composed during high-impact incidents.
• Ability to manage a team of incident managers both directly and directly.
• Experience with Service Desk operations and / or lower Tiered incident processes.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in Major Incident Management including leading high-severity incidents.
• 8 years of experience managing Incident Managers and/or Major Incident Managers.
• 8 years of experience working with ITIL-based IT Service Management processes.
• 10 years of hands-on experience with ServiceNow in an enterprise environment.
• ITIL v3 or ITIL 4 certification required.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Experience using SharePoint for process documentation and knowledge management.
• Experience with Twilio or enterprise notification platforms.
• Exposure to automation AI-driven ITSM or proactive incident management.
• Experience supporting peak-season or business-critical operational periods.
• Experience in Dashboard development with Grafana ServiceNow or PowerBI

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time