Job Description

:Role Title: Manager - IRC (L09)COMPANY OVERVIEW: Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry\xe2\x80\x99s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #5 among India\xe2\x80\x99s Best Companies to Work for 2023, #21 under LinkedIn Top Companies in India list, and received Top 25 BFSI recognition from Great Place To Work India. We have been ranked Top 5 among India\xe2\x80\x99s Best Workplaces in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Top 10 among India\xe2\x80\x99s Best Workplaces for Women in 2022.
• We offer 100% Work from Home flexibility for all our Functional employees and provide some of the best-in-class Employee Benefits and Programs catering to work-life balance and overall well-being. In addition to this, we also have Regional Engagement Hubs across India and a co-working space in Bangalore.

Organizational Overview:The Incident Response Center is responsible for facilitating the resolution of major incidents 24/7 \xe2\x80\x93which directly impact our customers, clients or multiple internal users. This team is responsible for the following:During the Incident:Incident PrioritizationEscalationDocumentationImpact MitigationCommunicationResolutionPost Incident:SDM InitiativesAnalysisProblem ManagementContinuous Service ImprovementRole Summary/Purpose:Service Delivery Manager 2 (SDM2) - Service Delivery Manager 2 (SDM2) will be a member of the Incident Response Center (IRC) and support Synchrony\xe2\x80\x99s Incident and Problem Management processes. This includes initiating and leading major technology-based incidents from internal users and support associates, support vendors and SYF\xe2\x80\x99s clients, providing leadership on major incidents, administering effective follow-up on incidents, producing meaningful analyses of data and ensuring that areas for improvement are identified and addressed. In addition, they will actively drive process improvements and proactive measures to reduce the business impact of technology-based incidentsKey Responsibilities:

• Lead Incident Management Calls on all major incidents, including coordinating & engaging support teams, tracking troubleshooting tasks, collecting impact status and providing executive updates and status
• Coordinate the administrative activities of SDM1s during and following major incident calls
• Collaborate with and support SDM3s during the highest priority incidents
• Escalate Incidents as needed based on documented instructions (job aids, Standard Operating Procedures) and engage Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery teams based on SOPs.
• Engage / Escalate with support teams, both internal and vendors as need based on documented instructions or during normal incident troubleshooting requests
• Capture standard incident information through life-cycle of Incident. This includes but is not limited to detailed descriptions of the actual impacts (error messages, customer or user functions impacted) and support team involvement (triage and resolution activities performed and their associated timelines).
• Make use of available troubleshooting tools including but not limited to ServiceNow reports and monitoring applications.
• Document areas for improvement with the handling and escalation of an Incident
• Manage On-boarding of new applications into the Incident Management process
• Work with SDM1s and SDM3 in the development and maintenance of Incident Management Job Aids
• Continuous improvement. Work with others in Service Delivery Management, other SYF support teams and the business to identify areas for improvement and drive change

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree and 2+ years of related experience in technology and IT service management or in lieu of degree 4+ years of related experience in technology and IT service management
• Minimum of 2 years of offshore & onshore team management experience
• Strong ITIL understanding and 2+ years of experience in ITIL practices
• Superior communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong business focus, which includes the understanding of business impact caused by incidents
• Strong advocate of teaming concepts and processes, promote team functions, commitments, and communications. Strong team player.
• Hands-on working experience with infrastructure performance and availability tools
• Previous Infrastructure Operations Experience

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• Assertive, inquisitive and persistent
• Ability to lead, manage and communicate with all levels of the organization is essential
• Experience with technology incident management processes
• Exceptional relationship management skills
• Working knowledge of common platforms including Unix, Linux, Windows
• Working knowledge of common infrastructures including servers, storage, networks & cloud
• Green Belt and/or Black Belt Six Sigma trained is a benefit

Eligibility Criteria:Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree with 2+ years of related experience in technology and IT service management or in lieu of a degree 4+years of related experience in technology and IT service managementWork Timings: 24/7 * 365For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying
• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday
• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)
• L4 - L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L8 - L9 Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L04+ Employees can apply

Grade/Level: 09Job Family Group: Information Technology

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