VP Exception Management

Optimum; New York (NY); On-site; USD 179,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum seeks a Vice President of Exception Management in Long Island City, NY. You will lead enterprise-wide execution and continuous improvement for high-impact customer and operational exceptions across the full lifecycle.

Reporting to the SVP Care Operations, you will oversee CECR, drive governance, and collaborate with Data, Product, Technology, and Operations to improve customer experience, protect revenue, and strengthen brand equity.

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of progressive leadership experience in customer operations or enterprise operations.
• Proven ability to lead high-impact functions and improve customer experience and cost to serve.
• Data-driven problem solving and cross-functional execution in matrixed environments.
• Executive presence with influence across senior leadership in high-pressure situations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Executive Desk (CECR) handling high-priority executive escalations.
• Establish rapid-response protocols and governance for critical issues.
• Drive timely, high-quality resolution for sensitive / regulatory cases.
• Own enterprise-level customer recovery and issue routing to owners.
• Identify systemic issues and prioritize actions with accountable owners.
• Create dashboards and governance to review performance and risk.

Skills

Leadership experience

Customer operations

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive presence

Job description

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VP Exception Management

Location: Long Island City, NY, US, 11101 Plano, TX, US, 75024

Brand: Optimum

Requisition #: 12636

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Vice President - Exception Management (Enterprise Customer Experience & Resolution)

Summary

The Vice President of Exception Management will lead the enterprise-wide execution and continuous improvement of how the organization identifies, manages, and resolves high-impact customer and operational exceptions across the full customer lifecycle. This role serves as the central control point for complex, cross-functional issues—spanning pre-sales, sales, service delivery, customer care, billing, retention, and disconnect.

Reporting into the SVP, Care Operations, this leader will oversee the Executive Customer Escalation Resolution (CECR / Executive Desk), drive visibility into and understanding of causes of chronic issues, and ensure issues are clearly routed and resolved through the appropriate functional owners to improve customer experience, reduce repeat failures, and protect revenue and brand equity.

Executive Escalations & CECR Leadership

• Lead the Executive Desk (CECR) handling high-priority, executive-level customer escalations
• Establish rapid-response protocols, escalation paths, and governance for critical issues
• Drive consistent, high-quality resolution for sensitive and regulatory-related cases
• Serve as the single point of accountability for enterprise-level customer recovery
• Identify, categorize, and prioritize exceptions across the customer lifecycle, ensuring consistent intake, triage, and resolution across the organization
• Create and maintain visibility into exception trends, business impact, and resolution effectiveness
• Drive timely resolution of issues through coordination with accountable functional owners

Chronic Issue Identification & Resolution

• Identify and prioritize recurring and systemic issues impacting customer experience and operations
• Quantify business impact (e.g., customer churn, revenue leakage, cost to serve) to inform action
• Drive resolution of chronic issues through accountable functional owners
• Surface and drive resolution of systemic issues when progress stalls or ownership is unclear

Root Cause Insights & Cross-Functional Alignment

• Establish disciplined root cause analysis methodologies to identify underlying drivers of issues
• Partner with Data & Analytics, Product, Technology, and Operations teams to translate insights into action
• Translate root cause insights into clear actions and route issues to the appropriate teams for resolution

Cross-Functional Resolution Leadership

• Drive coordination across Pre-Sales, Sales, Provisioning, Care, Billing, Retention, and Disconnect teams to resolve complex issues
• Establish and enforce accountability for issue resolution across functions
• Lead cross-functional war rooms for high-impact or time-sensitive issues

Customer Journey & Experience Improvement

• Surface and communicate key breakdown points across the customer lifecycle
• Partner with CX, Product, and Operations teams to inform improvements based on exception trends
• Track improvements in metrics such as NPS, First Contact Resolution, and time to resolution.

Governance, Reporting & Insights

• Build and maintain executive-level dashboards highlighting exception volumes, trends, resolution times, repeat issues, and business impact
• Establish governance forums and operating cadence to review performance and drive accountability
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership
• Identify and escalation risks related to regulatory, reputational, and customer impact that must be shared to support risk mitigations
• Ensure proper handling of sensitive cases, including executive and regulatory escalations
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Risk teams as needed

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of progressive leadership experience in customer operations, enterprise operations, or service delivery within complex, large-scale organizations
• Proven ability to lead high-impact operational functions and drive measurable improvements in customer experience, cost to serve, and resolution effectiveness
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to identifying issues and informing action
• Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional execution and influencing outcomes in highly matrixed environments
• Experience identifying systemic issues and translating insights into prioritized actions through appropriate functional owners
• Executive presence with the ability to influence across functions and align senior leaders, particularly in high-pressure or time-sensitive situations
• Skilled in prioritization, escalation management, and decision-making under ambiguity, with a bias toward action deep understanding of telecommunications operations and the drivers of customer contact, technician dispatch, and service breakdowns
• Ability to build and lead high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, speed, and ownership
• Resilient, adaptable leader capable of balancing real-time operational demands with longer-term improvement opportunities

Desired Outputs

• Consistent, timely resolution of executive, regulatory, and high-impact customer exceptions, with clear ownership and escalation paths
• Reduced recurrence and business impact of chronic issues through disciplined root cause analysis and accountable cross-functional action
• Improved customer and operational outcomes, demonstrated through measurable gains in resolution time, repeat failures, customer experience, cost to serve, and revenue protection
• Executive-level visibility and governance through actionable dashboards, trend insights, risk escalation, and a sustained operating cadence resolution

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If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team. Together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.

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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $178,500.00-$255,000.00/ year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.

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