Batch Cycle Manager

Data Surge; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Surge seeks a Batch Cycle Manager to ensure successful execution, monitoring, and optimization of enterprise batch processing. You will design and manage batch cycles, coordinate dependencies across teams, monitor performance, and provide proactive issue resolution to guarantee timely processing.

This role supports payroll cycles, disaster recovery testing, mock cutovers, and go-live activities. Candidates should have hands-on batch scheduling experience and strong cross-functional

Qualifications

• Experience in scheduling and managing batch cycles.
• Ability to coordinate across technical, functional, interface, and business teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with batch processing performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Set up batch cycle calls with Internal, Client, Interface, and Functional teams; send daily minutes to management.
• Review default batch parameters and tune as needed.
• Conduct performance reviews of batch jobs.
• Perform daily batch cycle reviews using generated reports.
• Execute end-to-end batch cycle reviews.
• Implement batch cycle changes via GCS.
• Provide pre-Go Live DR testing support for batch cycles.
• Assist in maintaining the Event Tracker.
• Define job status classifications (Green/Orange/Red) based on return codes.
• Design and configure batch cycles (Daily, Monthly).
• Coordinate interface dependencies with batch cycles.

Skills

Batch scheduling

Cross-functional coordination

Performance monitoring

Analytical thinking

Job description

The Batch Cycle Manager will be responsible for ensuring the successful execution, monitoring, and optimization of critical enterprise batch processing. This role will lead the design and management of batch cycles, coordinate job and interface dependencies, monitor performance, and provide proactive issue resolution across cross-functional teams.

The role is a key contributor to operational readiness, supporting payroll and other critical processing cycles, Go-Live activities, mock cutovers, and Disaster Recovery testing. The ideal candidate brings strong technical and analytical skills, hands-on batch scheduling experience, and the ability to coordinate effectively across technical, functional, interface, and business teams to ensure reliable and timely processing.

Key responsibilities may include:

• Set up and conduct batch cycle calls with Internal, Client (at one point), Interface, and Functional teams and send daily meeting minutes to management
• Review default batch parameters and perform tuning where required
• Conduct performance reviews of batch jobs
• Perform daily batch cycle reviews based on generated reports
• Execute end-to-end batch cycle reviews
• Implement batch cycle changes via GCS
• Provide pre–Go Live DR testing support for batch cycles
• Assist in preparation and maintenance of the Event Tracker
• Work with crossfunctional teams to define job status classifications
• (Green / Orange / Red based on return codes)
• Design and configure batch cycles:
• Daily
• Monthly
• Setup and configuration of interface jobs
• Coordinate interface dependencies with batch cycles
• Integrate batch jobs with report distribution mechanisms for BI and Source reports
• Configure and maintain report schedulers
• Provide enhanced scheduling support during payroll cycles and other critical runs
• Support preGo Live readiness activities
• Participate in pre-GO Live DR testing and validation
• Prepare Mini Batch Cycles for Mock cutovers