Claude Support Operations Lead - Senior Manager

State Street; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street in India is seeking an Officer – AI Support Operations Lead to helm Claude rollout, hypercare, and steady‑state support operations. You will own service management processes, stakeholder communications, and governance across the AI platform ecosystem.

The role requires 8+ years in application support or service management, ITIL expertise, and experience leading enterprise support teams with cross‑functional partners and executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in application support, operations, or service management.
• Proven leadership experience managing enterprise support teams.
• Strong understanding of ITIL practices and operational support frameworks.
• Experience driving service governance and working with executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead global operational support for Claude services and related AI platforms.
• Establish and govern AI support operating models, escalation frameworks, and service processes.
• Ensure adherence to SLAs, KPIs, operational controls, and support standards.
• Own Incident, Problem, Change, Knowledge, and Major Incident Management processes.
• Drive rollout readiness, support transitions, hypercare planning, and operational acceptance reviews.
• Manage stakeholder communications, service reviews, and executive reporting.
• Define and oversee operational metrics including incident volume, resolution times, service availability, escalation rates, adoption trends, usage, and knowledge article effectiveness.
• Lead audit readiness, compliance reviews, and control evidence collection.
• Coordinate vendor management activities and support governance reviews.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to improve service reliability.
• Drive continuous service improvement and operational maturity initiatives.
• Own support documentation, SOPs, runbooks, escalation matrices, and readiness controls.
• Lead workforce planning, shift coverage strategy, and resource forecasting.
• Support business continuity, resiliency, and disaster recovery planning for AI services.

Skills

Leadership

ITIL knowledge

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Operational governance

Incident/Problem/Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Information Technology

Tools

ITSM tools

Cloud operations

Job description

Job Title

Officer – AI Support Operations Lead

Location

India

Role Summary

Provide operational leadership for Claude rollout, hypercare, and steady‑state support operations. Own service management processes, stakeholder communication, operational governance, support readiness, workforce planning, and continuous improvement initiatives across the AI platform ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead global operational support for Claude services and associated AI platforms.
• Establish and govern AI support operating models, escalation frameworks, and service processes.
• Ensure adherence to SLAs, KPIs, operational controls, and support standards.
• Own Incident, Problem, Change, Knowledge, and Major Incident Management processes.
• Drive rollout readiness, support transitions, hypercare planning, and operational acceptance reviews.
• Manage stakeholder communications, service reviews, and executive reporting.
• Define and oversee operational metrics including:
• Incident volume
• Resolution times
• Service availability
• Escalation rates
• Adoption trends
• Usage and consumption metrics
• Knowledge article effectiveness
• Lead audit readiness, compliance reviews, and control evidence collection.
• Coordinate vendor management activities and support governance reviews.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to improve service reliability.
• Drive continuous service improvement and operational maturity initiatives.
• Own support documentation, SOPs, runbooks, escalation matrices, and support readiness controls.
• Lead workforce planning, shift coverage strategy, and resource forecasting.
• Support business continuity, resiliency, and disaster recovery planning for AI services.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of application support, operations, or service management experience.
• Proven leadership experience managing enterprise support teams.
• Strong understanding of ITIL practices and operational support frameworks.
• Experience managing executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience driving service governance and operational excellence programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise AI/GenAI platforms.
• Exposure to cloud operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform governance.
• Experience supporting regulated financial services environments.
• Knowledge of AI governance, Responsible AI, operational risk, and compliance controls.
• Experience managing large-scale AI rollout and adoption programs.

About State Street

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