Senior Manager of Environmental Services

Republic Services; Norwood (MA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Republic Services in Norwood, MA is seeking a Senior Manager, Customer Support - Environmental Solutions to lead regional operations for complex, regulated workflows, drive performance, and partner with Sales, Compliance, IT, and Enterprise Programs to deliver service excellence.

The hybrid role bases four days on-site, supports relocation, and offers an annual incentive plan targeting 30% plus comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead through ambiguity, system change and cross-functional complexity.
• Strong knowledge of hazardous and/or regulated waste operations and profiling.
• Experience leading regional or multi-location teams.
• Exposure to enterprise system migrations or platform integrations.
• Proven track record of improving service performance and scalability.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in interpreting operational data and translating insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer support operations across assigned regions, ensuring consistent execution of waste profiling, onboarding, approvals, and customer issue resolution.
• Own service performance, turnaround times, accuracy, and customer experience outcomes across high-volume, regulated workflows.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex customer, regulatory, and operational issues.
• Drive standardization of processes and handoffs to reduce variation and friction; translate insights into improvements.
• Coach and develop a team to lift performance and ensure service levels meet standards.
• Serve as a primary Customer Support liaison to Sales, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Billing, and Enterprise Programs.
• Align with field leadership to improve visibility, trust, and operational outcomes.
• Lead change adoption for new tools and processes; track and communicate key metrics and risks.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements (e.g., RCRA, DOT, TSCA).

Skills

Leadership in ambiguity

Regulated waste operations knowledge

Regional multi-location leadership

Enterprise system migrations

Regulatory compliance

Executive communication

Data interpretation

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY: The Senior Manager Customer Support - Environmental Solutions provides regional leadership for Environmental Solutions Customer Support operations, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and scalable service delivery across complex, regulated workflows. The incumbent is accountable for operational performance, people leadership, cross-functional partnership, and execution of enterprise initiatives impacting profiling, onboarding, approvals, billing, and customer experience. The Senior Manager Customer Support - Environmental Solutions operates as a hands‑on leader, balancing day-to-day execution with continuous improvement, while serving as a key escalation point and strategic partner to Sales, Operations, Compliance, IT, and Enterprise Programs.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead customer support operations across assigned regions, ensuring consistent execution of waste profiling, onboarding, approvals, and customer issue resolution.
• Own service performance, turnaround times, accuracy, and customer experience outcomes across high‑volume, highly regulated workflows.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex customer, regulatory, and operational issues, ensuring timely resolution and clear ownership.
• Drive standardization of processes and handoffs to reduce variation, rework, and customer friction by identifying systemic issues, performance gaps, and recurring failure points; translate insights into actionable improvements.
• Coaches and develops a team of professionals to assist in their development and attainment of necessary skills to lift performance. Monitors staff performance and drives performance improvement initiatives and ensures that service levels meet or exceed agreed upon standards.
• Serve as a primary Customer Support liaison to Sales, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Billing, and Enterprise Programs.
• Proactively align with field leadership and area stakeholders to improve visibility, trust, and operational outcomes.
• Lead change adoption for new tools, processes, and operating models, ensuring teams are trained, supported, and accountable. Track, report, and communicate key operational metrics, risks, and trends to leadership.
• Ensure Customer Support operations adhere to all applicable regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements (e.g., RCRA, DOT, TSCA) through active risk management by identifying control gaps, ownership ambiguity, or process breakdowns that could impact customers or the business.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, system change, and cross‑functional complexity.
• Strong working knowledge of Hazardous and/or regulated waste operations, waste profiling, onboarding, and regulatory considerations.
• Experience leading regional or multi‑location teams.
• Exposure to enterprise system migrations or platform integrations.
• Proven track record of improving service performance, quality, and scalability through process and people leadership.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in interpreting operational data and translating insights into action.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• 7 - 10 years of progressive experience in customer support, operations, or service delivery within a regulated or complex environment.
• 4+ years of people leadership experience managing leaders and/or multi‑layered teams.

As the Senior Manager, this position provides regional leadership for Environmental Solutions Customer Support operations, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and scalable service delivery across complex, highly regulated workflows. As a key partner to the Area President and their Sr. Leadership team, the role is accountable for operational performance, customer experience, waste profiling, onboarding, and the successful execution of enterprise initiatives. Serving as a strategic partner to Sales, Operations, Compliance, Legal, IT, and Enterprise Programs, this leader drives continuous improvement, standardization, regulatory compliance, and service excellence while leading a high-performing customer support organization.

This hybrid position is based in Norwood, MA , with four days per week on-site , and relocation support is available .

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is $138,500.00 to $190,400.00* which reflects the minimum wage in multiple jurisdictions. The actual range will depend on the locality in which you are hired.

Bonus Plan Details (if applicable)

Bonus - Annual Incentive Plan Target, 30% Annual

Rewarding Compensation and Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• 401(k) plan with a generous compa