Associate Manager

Commvault; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Commvault is seeking an Associate Manager to lead a team of 8–12 engineers and drive exceptional customer outcomes. You will recruit, mentor, and motivate the team, while maintaining high standards in incident management and service delivery across geographies.

The role requires 10–15 years of experience with 2+ years in management in a technical enterprise environment, and a solid foundation in VMware/virtualization and cloud concepts.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of total experience with at least 2+ years in management.
• Experience in technical support at enterprise level preferred.
• Ability to track KPI metrics such as CSAT, resolution times, and SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 8–12 engineers (Tier 1– SME) to deliver top-tier support.
• Hire and onboard skilled engineers and align with team dynamics.
• Drive incident outcomes through escalation and cross-functional collaboration.
• Monitor and review KPI performance; implement improvement strategies.
• Oversee leave management and coverage across geographies; ensure uninterrupted service.
• Coordinate with global peers for seamless support delivery and knowledge sharing.
• Mentor team members and develop career growth plans.

Skills

Team leadership

KPI management

Incident management

VMware knowledge

Cloud fundamentals

Customer escalation

Job description

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data.

Associate Manager:

The Opportunity:

As an Associate Manager you will play a pivotal role in driving customer outcomes and leading an managing a team of highly technical engineers. You will set the tone & the tempo for your team, leading by example, coaching & mentoring to ultimately to drive an exceptional customer experience. To do this you will drive operational excellence of your team, ensuring exceptional service, setting technical standards, managing key performance metrics & driving continuous improvement. Additional as the first line of customer escalation management, you will have responsibility to drive incident outcomes by managing issues, stakeholders, mobilizing other resources across Commvault, directly or through your team. The associate manager role is for Client team, hence basic understanding about VMware and Virtualization related technologies are preferred.

What you ’ll do.

• Lead & manage a team of 8-12 highly technical engineers, including Tier 1, Tier 2 & SME resources, fostering a culture of collaboration & excellence.
• Actively engaged in all stages of team employee
• Hire: Recruiting skilled engineers, ensuring a match with team dynamics & company
• Inspire: Motivate & lead team to excel, fostering a positive, innovative, & collaborative work
• Admire: Cultivate a culture of respect & appreciation, recognizing individual contributions & team
• Continuously monitor & evaluate team and individual performance, providing feedback & implementing strategies to drive improvement & achieve organizational goals.
• Oversee leave management & coverage coordination within the team and across Geographies to ensure uninterrupted service.
• Take ownership of key KPI’s including Customer Satisfaction (CSAT), Very Satisfied (VSAT) ratings,
• Initial Response SLA, Time-to-Resolution (TTR), & managing calls closed within 24 hours/5 days.
• Manage & coordinate technical outcomes for critical customer escalations, managing all
• This will include Customer operations teams and leadership, Commvault Sales teams, Engineering, field teams your technical resources and global team members.
• Conduct weekly reviews of aged incidents & incident backlog, working closely with the team to drive
• Develop & implement strategies to gain traction on aged calls & reduce incident
• Contribute to & ensure delivery against both team & Individual Development
• Oversee escalation processes to maintain a high standard of submissions thru to the Engineering
• Provide coaching & mentoring to team members, offering technical guidance as needed and be a facilitator for Career Development of Team members.
• Ensure your team contributes significantly to the creation of high-value knowledge base & solution
• Collaborate with Global Peers for seamless Support Delivery in terms of Time zone Coverages and Transactional Handoffs
• Ability to understand the technical context with respect to VMware and Virtualization and Cloud is required to understand the context of technical escalations.
• Drive high-priority incident resolution by bridging the gap between core engineering and customer business needs, while mentoring the team on VMware and Virtualization best practices.

Who you are:

• Overall experience of 10 -15 years, along with 2+ years of manager experience, preferable in technical support at Enterprise level.
• Demonstrated ability to track & manage KPI’s such as Customer Satisfaction Scores, Resolution Times,
• & Service Level Agreements, using these metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• A Data Driven approach to Decision Making in driving Team and Operations
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic setting, quickly adapting to changing priorities & maintaining composure & effectiveness under pressure.
• A solid foundation in relevant technologies with a commitment to staying informed about industry trends & emerging tools, ensuring the team's skills remain cutting-edge.
• Knowledge of Commvault Product Portfolio or any other Data Protection Solution will be
• Proven experience in fostering a collaborative team environment, facilitating open communication & promoting teamwork to achieve common goals.
• Skilled in handling conflicts & managing escalated customer issues, finding solutions that satisfy customers while aligning with company policies & objectives.
• Demonstrated expertise in guiding & nurturing team members, enhancing their skills & career development through personalized mentoring & effective coaching strategies.
• Ability to think critically & laterally for effective problems-
• Willingness to work in a 24/7 model as per Business Requirements
• Foundational proficiency in Windows/Linux Operating system or Cloud technologies to effectively facilitate technical discussions and translate complex engineering hurdles into clear customer.

You’ll love working here because...

• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, an opportunity to join our Community Guilds
• Personal accident cover and Term life cover

Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

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