Partner Success Center Agent

AST SpaceMobile; Lanham (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile recruits a PSC Agent to manage incident intake and coordinate across the NOC and managed services teams. You will serve as the primary customer-facing interface, ensuring timely updates, accurate logging, and disciplined incident handling from launch through steady-state operations.

The role emphasizes clear communication, rigorous documentation, and audit-ready records to maintain customer trust and SLA adherence in a global satellite-to-mobile service environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, IT, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• ITIL Foundation or service management certification is preferred.
• 2–5 years of experience in telecom service assurance, NOC support, customer operations, or incident management.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for customers reporting incidents and log them accurately.
• Classify incidents by severity and track full lifecycle from creation to closure.
• Coordinate with NOC Engineers and AST NOC Telco Engineers for triage and updates.
• Provide timely, customer-friendly updates and translate technical information for customers.
• Maintain audit-ready incident records, closure notes, and governance documentation.
• Confirm service restoration with NOC teams and communicate resolutions to customers.

Skills

Customer communication

Incident management

NOC coordination

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, IT, Computer Science, or related discipline

Tools

ITSM tools (ServiceNow/Remedy/JSM)

Confluence/SharePoint

Outlook/Teams

Job description

AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio and designed for both commercial and government applications. Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today’s five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected.

Position Overview

The PSC Agent is a customer‑facing operational role responsible for incident intake, service monitoring coordination, communication management, and lifecycle tracking across satellite‑to‑mobile services. Operating within the Service Assurance organization, the PSC Agent acts as the primary interface between customers and technical operations, ensuring transparent communication, disciplined incident handling.

This role is critical during launch, early‑life support, and steady‑state operations, ensuring customer trust, SLA adherence, and audit‑ready incident documentation.

This role establishes baseline customer‑facing support capacity within Service Assurance and is designed to scale as service demand grows. The PSC Agent plays a critical role in strengthening customer trust, improving incident handling efficiency, and supporting consistent service assurance across global satellite‑to‑mobile operations.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Interface & Incident Intake

• Act as the first point of contact for customers reporting service incidents, degradation, or operational queries.
• Receive incident reports via defined channels and log them accurately into the incident management system.
• Ensure correct capture of customer impact, service identifiers, timestamps, and symptoms.

Incident Logging, Classification & Tracking

• Classify incidents based on severity, service impact, and domain (satellite, RAN, gateway, core, transport, OSS).
• Maintain full lifecycle tracking of incidents from creation through closure.
• Ensure incidents are routed to the correct NOC or Managed Services team per Service Assurance workflows.

NOC Coordination & Escalation Management

• Coordinate closely with Nokia Managed Services NOC Engineers and AST NOC Telco Engineers for incident triage and progress updates.
• Execute escalation procedures as defined by Service Assurance governance.
• Follow instructions from NOC and Operations leadership precisely, including severity changes and customer notifications.

Customer Communication & Transparency

• Provide timely, accurate, and structured updates to customers throughout the incident lifecycle.
• Translate technical NOC updates into clear, customer friendly communication.
• Manage customer expectations during major incidents, restoration activities, or prolonged outages.

Documentation, Audit & Governance Support

• Maintain complete and accurate incident records, communication logs, and closure notes.
• Ensure documentation supports audit requirements, SLA validation, and post incident analysis.
• Support Governance and Operations teams with incident data for reviews, reporting, and compliance.

Service Restoration & Closure Assurance

• Confirm service restoration with NOC teams before customer closure communication.
• Ensure customers receive clear confirmation of resolution and next steps, if applicable.
• Validate that incident closure meets Service Assurance quality standards.
• Ensure all deployments meet quality benchmarks, standards, and defined acceptance criteria.

Deliverables

• Accurate and complete incident tickets with full lifecycle documentation.
• Customer communication records aligned with Service Assurance transparency standards.
• Restoration confirmation records and incident closure summaries.
• Audit‑ready documentation supporting compliance and governance reviews.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, IT, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• ITIL Foundation or service management certification is preferred.

Experience

• 2-5 years of experience in telecom service assurance, NOC support, customer operations, or incident management roles.
• Experience supporting mobile, satellite, or hybrid telecom networks in regional or global operations environments is preferred.
• Prior experience in 24×7 operational environments is an advantage.

Required Technical Expertise

• Strong understanding of incident management fundamentals including logging, severity assignment, escalation, and closure discipline.
• Working knowledge of telecom service domains such as RAN, core, transport, OSS/NMS, gateway, and satellite service chains.
• Ability to interpret operational inputs such as alarms, incident updates, and service impact indicators (without performing L2/L3 troubleshooting).

Professional Skills

• Strong customer‑facing communication skills, both written and verbal.
• High attention to detail with disciplined documentation practices.
• Ability to remain calm and structured during high‑severity incidents and time‑critical situations.
• Strong coordination skills across Service Assurance, Managed Services, NOC, and engineering teams.

Technology Proficiency

• ITSM / incident management tools (ServiceNow, Remedy, Jira Service Management, or equivalent).
• Collaboration and documentation tools (Outlook, Teams, Confluence, SharePoint).
• Exposure to OSS/NMS dashboards and operational monitoring views is a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work in a fast‑paced operational environment, including shift‑based coverage if required.
• Role may require coordination across global time zones to support continuous Service Assurance coverage.
• Ability to support extended incident bridges during major outages or launch‑phase events.
• Role is being recruited in theUSto support regional customer engagement, time‑zone aligned operations, and 24×7 Service Assurance coverage

This job description may not be inclusive to the duties and responsibilities listed. Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time or the scope of the job may change as needed by business demands

AST SpaceMobile is an Equal Opportunity, at will Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.