USASr. Product Escalation Manager
1 мес. назад
157k–180k USD / yearUSASeniorOnsite
Senior role managing product escalation processes to ensure effective resolution and customer satisfaction.
О компании
- Our Engineering team is shaping the future of cybersecurity. We thrive on visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, fostering a culture of innovation that propels us forward in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.
- As a leader in Zero Trust Segmentation, we are redefining security for a world facing unprecedented cyber threats. You’ll work with a highly scalable SaaS service built using cloud-native technologies while simultaneously shipping the solution on-premises.
- Our guiding philosophy in Engineering is to get things right through practicing disciplined engineering, focusing, not cutting corners, and of course having fun while we are at it. We believe in enabling ownership at all levels of the organization and empowering teams. If you thrive in this culture, come join us!
Будет плюсом
- Previous experience as: Escalation Manager
- Major Incident Manager
- Support Manager
- Senior Support Engineer
- Technical Account Manager
- Customer Success Engineer
- Experience working directly with Product Management and Engineering organizations.
- Knowledge of incident management frameworks, ITIL, SRE, or operational excellence practices.
- Experience with Jira, Salesforce, ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Zendesk, or similar systems.
- Experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, or SaaS products.
Другое
- is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters. Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.
- We are looking for a highly skilled and customer-focused Senior Escalation Manager to own the end-to-end management of customer-facing escalations that require engagement from Product, Engineering, Cloud Operations, SRE, Security, and Executive Leadership.
- This role serves as the operational leader for critical issues affecting customers, ensuring that escalations are triaged effectively, routed to the appropriate teams, communicated consistently, and driven to resolution. The Senior Escalation Manager will also own post-incident governance, including Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tracking, corrective action management, and escalation program reporting.
- The successful candidate combines a strong technical support background with exceptional program management, communication, and stakeholder management skills. They understand how enterprise customers experience problems, can effectively partner with engineering teams during high-pressure situations, and drive accountability across organizations to achieve customer outcomes.
- This role is ideal for someone who has grown through Technical Support, Escalation Management, Technical Account Management, or Incident Management and wants to influence product and engineering execution at scale.
- Act as the central coordinator for all escalations entering the Product & Engineering organization.
- Evaluate incoming escalation requests and ensure proper severity classification.
- Route issues to the appropriate Product, Engineering, Cloud Operations, Security, or Platform teams.
- Establish and maintain ownership, accountability, and visibility throughout the escalation lifecycle.
- Monitor escalation progress and proactively remove blockers.
- Lead cross-functional meetings focused on critical customer issues.
- Coordinate activities across Support, Customer Success, Product Management, Engineering, SRE, Operations, and Leadership.
- Drive alignment on mitigation plans, customer commitments, and resolution strategies.
- Escalate unresolved blockers to leadership when needed.
- Provide structured executive updates for high-priority issues.
- Ensure field teams have timely and accurate information to communicate with customers.
- Partner with Customer Success and Support leadership to manage high-visibility customer situations.
- Represent Product & Engineering interests while maintaining customer advocacy.
- Manage the Root Cause Analysis program for escalated incidents.
- Ensure RCA timelines, reviews, approvals, and customer commitments are met.
- Track corrective and preventative actions through completion.
- Identify recurring issue patterns and systemic risks.
- Partner with engineering leaders to drive long-term improvements and prevent recurrence.
- Develop escalation metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
- Measure escalation trends, aging, response times, SLA adherence, RCA completion, and corrective action closure.
- Establish consistent escalation processes, standards, and governance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve customer experience and operational efficiency.
- 7+ years of experience in one or more of the following: Technical Support
- Escalation Management
- Technical Account Management
- Incident Management
- Customer Success Engineering
- Technical Program Management
- Experience managing enterprise customer escalations.
- Strong understanding of SaaS products, cloud platforms, and enterprise software environments.
- Proven ability to coordinate work across multiple technical organizations.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
- Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills.
- Experience driving Root Cause Analysis programs and post-incident reviews.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous, and high-pressure situations.
- The Senior Escalation Manager will be measured on:
- Escalation acknowledgment and response SLA attainment.
- Escalation aging and time-to-resolution.
- RCA completion within defined timelines.
- Corrective and preventative action closure rates.
- Reduction in repeat incidents and recurring escalations.
- Executive and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Customer satisfaction during and following escalations.
- Visibility and predictability of Product & Engineering commitments.
- A successful Escalation Manager acts as the "Product Manager of the Problem."
- They bring clarity to chaotic situations, align multiple teams around customer outcomes, maintain executive visibility, drive ownership across organizations, and ensure every escalation results in meaningful learning and systemic improvement.
- They are equally comfortable speaking with:
- A Support Engineer investigating a case.
- A Director of Engineering managing resources.
- A VP reviewing customer impact.
- A strategic customer expecting answers and accountability.
- Above all, they ensure that customer-impacting issues receive the focus, urgency, and operational rigor necessary to protect customer trust and accelerate resolution.
- This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls
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