Senior Incident Manager

Next Matter; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 1,468,000 - 2,019,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading real estate technology company is seeking a Senior Incident Manager in Mexico City to ensure the availability of services by managing major incidents and leading cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in incident management and a strong technical background. This role is crucial for driving improvements to operational processes and enhancing resilience across the organization.

Servicios

Flexible work schedule

Comprehensive health benefits

Career development opportunities

Formación

• Minimum of 5 years’ related work experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading major incident war rooms.
• Experience creating Tableau dashboards from operational data.

Responsabilidades

• Own live-site incident management during customer-impacting events.
• Lead cross-functional teams through detailed incident response.
• Develop processes to lower incident occurrence and resolution time.

Conocimientos

Proficiency driving cross-functional decisions

Proficiency triaging multiple incoming issues

Sufficient technical background

Hands-on experience analyzing incidents

Proficiency communicating technical updates

Self-starter with a high degree of initiative

Educación

BS/BA degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Herramientas

Tableau

Google and Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

About the team

The Platform Infrastructure Engineering team transforms complex infrastructure systems into simple, efficient, and reliable solutions, focusing on scalable operational methodologies to drive business impact and cost savings. Zillow Group Incident Management (ZGIM) drives best practices for change management, manages major incidents, and drives root cause analysis that improves product availability for Zillow customers so they can unlock life’s next chapter. The team plays a pivotal role in the company’s success by reducing incident detection and recovery times. This team works closely with software development engineers while supporting all users and brands. Your work with us will be highly visible throughout Zillow Group and have a significant impact on all parts of the business.

About the role

The Senior Incident Manager plays a key role in maintaining availability of Zillow services. Incident managers drive proactive readiness, change management, incident management, and root cause analysis. This requires working effectively in real-time with highly technical engineers and business leaders. Incident managers identify and build processes, demonstrate calm under pressure, and adaptively work with all types of stakeholders.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Incident Management — Own live-site incident management during customer-impacting events, driving immediate engagement where needed and providing executive-facing updates
• Incident Management — Lead cross-functional teams through detailed incident response in real-time
• Incident Management — Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 major incident response
• Change Management — Develop processes and influence product engineering teams to lower incident occurrence, detection, and resolution time
• Change Management — Drive development to improve resilience through testing, deployment, observability, etc.
• Change Management — Monitor various metrics to ensure SLA compliance and drive improvement where needed
• Root Cause Analysis — Drive analysis of major incidents through cross-functional teams to uncover root cause and contributing factors
• Root Cause Analysis — Analyze trends to gain insight and drive improvements to products and processes
• Root Cause Analysis — Lead problem review sessions and drive on-time completion of process steps
• Process Improvement — Identify and initiate improvement in team processes, including developing standard operating procedures and cross-training
• Process Improvement — Translate technical concepts into business language to clarify issues and impact
• Process Improvement — Create reports and present data to drive understanding and improvement

Who you are

You take initiative when you see an issue and are exhilarated by being in the middle of the action. You effectively communicate with both technical staff and executives under high pressure. You can take control of an urgent situation and coordinate multiple work streams without alienating anyone or missing a crucial input.

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline, or a minimum of 5 years’ related work experience
• 3+ years of experience leading major incident war rooms during live incidents
• Proficiency driving cross-functional decisions in ambiguous situations
• Proficiency triaging multiple incoming issues and addressing according to priority and severity
• Sufficient technical background, ideally in networking, systems, and software development
• Hands-on experience analyzing incidents, root causes, weaknesses, corrective actions, etc.
• Proficiency guiding and influencing technical teams and leaders on incident processes
• Proficiency communicating technical updates to non-technical stakeholders
• Business acumen to understand business issues and align communications strategies to outcomes accordingly
• Experience creating Tableau dashboards from operational data
• ITILv3 Foundation certification a plus
• Proficiency with Google and Microsoft Office documents and co-authoring features
• Proficiency working from home and virtually with distributed teams
• Self-starter with a high degree of initiative in scaling programs to large organizations

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life’s next chapter. As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do is helping people move from dreaming to transacting — and no matter what job you’re in, you will play a critical role in making this vision a reality.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, and a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022 list, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, the Best Places to Work in 2022, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2022, Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equity Index and Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality 2022, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, and gender identity. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.