AVP, Technical Operation Manager, 2nd Shift

LPL Financial Global Capability Center; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Hyderabad seeks an experienced AVP to oversee the Technical Operations Center. This role requires strong leadership and technical skills to manage a team in a 24/7 environment. The ideal candidate will bring over 7 years in IT operations, including experience in personnel management and incident response. Responsibilities include monitoring performance metrics, supervising technicians, and ensuring efficient operations to maintain service availability and support the team effectively.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a technical lead capacity within a 24/7/365 NOC/Command Center structure.
• 7+ years of related experience in IT Infrastructure Operations roles.
• Proven experience in managing personnel and developing schedules.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day operations in a 24/7 environment.
• Manage a team of T1/T2 operations technicians.
• Monitor infrastructure and application performance metrics.

Skills

Technical leadership

Incident response

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Overview

What if you could build a career where ambition meets innovation? At LPL’s Global Capability Center, you'll find a collaborative culture where your voice matters, integrity guides every decision, and technology fuels progress. Your skills, talents, and ideas will redefine what's possible. LPL's success reflects its exceptional employees, who together pursue one noble purpose: empowering financial advisors to deliver personalized advice for all who need it. We’re proud to be expanding and reaching new heights in Hyderabad. Join us as we create something extraordinary together.

Job Overview

AVP, CTOC (Converged Technical Operations Center) will oversee the operations of the Command Center in a 24/7/365 support operating model. The Technical Operations Manager will be responsible for ensuring the seamless monitoring, support, and management of critical IT services. This role is critical in maintaining service availability, incident response, and operational efficiency for critical infrastructure and applications. The role will also be responsible for working with T1/T2 staff and ensuring the utilization of all support reference materials and tools while assisting junior team members to support tech production initiatives, applications, and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, technical expertise, and a commitment to delivering exceptional service.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day operations and activities in a 24X7X365 environment
• Manage and supervise a team of T1/T2 operations technicians, assigning tasks, providing technical guidance, and evaluating performance
• Design systems to respond to daily operational issues by mitigating problems and failures and recommending initiative-taking solutions to prevent recurrence
• Foster a culture of collaboration and ensure adequate shift coverage for 24/7 operations
• Manage issue resolution, tracking performance and providing guidance and follow up
• Assign tasks, schedule, delegate, and mentor, prioritize and direct workflow for a fast-paced mission critical environment
• Actively monitor infrastructure and application performance metrics using dashboards and monitoring tools to identify potential issues and proactively address them
• Work with T1/T2 to diagnose and troubleshoot issues of increased complexity, including resource, service, and cloud-based issues
• Ensure critical issues are escalated to Major Incident Management and all relevant teams as required
• Considered the first point of escalation for issue resolution, manages approach and outcomes including customer communication, status updates and answering customer concerns and questions
• Manage senior leadership communications through multiple communication channels
• Responsible for team standards and procedures, policies and documentation processes
• Responsible for daily KPI metrics documentation and reporting, accuracy of KPI metrics, auditing of Major Incidents
• Scheduling and resource capacity planning
• Motivate and encourage team members through positive communication and feedback
• Other duties as assigned

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements

• 2+ years in a technical lead capacity within a 24/7/365 NOC/Command Center structure
• 7+ years of related experience in IT Infrastructure Operations roles
• 7 + years of experience in leadership skills; identify the strengths and weaknesses of team members and make appropriate personnel decisions. Promote a high level of morals and motivation
• 7+ years of experience with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, supervisory staff, and customers
• 7+ years of proven experience in managing personnel, developing schedules, meeting deadlines, setting project priorities, and following up
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Preferences

• Able to make quick decisions and resolve complex technical problems
• Ability to manage through shift changes and effectively transition open and unresolved issues
• Ability to adapt, learn new technologies, develop new processes and improve procedures
• Excellent documentation skills
• Ability to promote a positive, professional work environment
• Ability to write, read, interpret and edit complex documents and correspondence with team members and stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work peak, off-peak, weekend and holiday shifts
• Ability to communicate and respond effectively with clients, associates, and stakeholders
• Ability to perform problem-solving, use logic and creative thought processes to resolve complex technical problems

Shift: 15:00-24:00 IST