Critical Situation Manager

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Critical Situation Manager Job Description

Join our dynamic team as a Critical Situation Manager, where you will lead the response to high priority customer escalations and incidents. Operating globally across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC, you will ensure consistent and high quality management of business‑critical incidents for strategic enterprise customers. Your role will focus on ensuring rapid resolution, maintaining executive‑level communication, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our global Crit Sit process.

This position demands excellence in communication, stakeholder management, and cross‑team coordination.

• Lead and manage critical customer escalations, ensuring adherence to the Crit Sit process.
• Drive timely and accurate communication while providing clear incident ownership.
• Coordinate technical and non‑technical teams to accelerate issue resolution.
• Provide internal visibility for complex, mission‑critical, or politically sensitive incidents.
• Identify systemic issues and expedite them to the appropriate engineering, process, or leadership groups.
• Engage confidently with customer and partner stakeholders, including senior executives.
• Mentor internal support teams to ensure consistent, high quality execution of the Crit Sit process.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in a customer‑facing or escalation‑focused role.
• Background in incident management, customer success, or service delivery.
• Strong problem‑solving, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to communicate assertively and effectively across all management levels.
• Proven experience managing complex escalations across multiple teams.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence across functions.
• Highly organized, action‑oriented, and capable of driving critical issues to resolution.
• Broad understanding of relevant technologies (deep technical expertise not required).

• Experience with incident management, major incidents, Azure, and networking.

This role is fully remote, offering flexibility and a balanced work‑life environment. You will engage with a broad range of enterprise clients, dealing with various critical issues.

Reading, UK

28.00 GBP Hourly