Western Union

Major Incident Manager

Western Union$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of application and infrastructure operations experience in a Hybrid environment.
  • 4+ years of major incident management experience in an enterprise setting.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Proven ability to lead teams through crisis situations.

Responsibilities

  • Protect service availability by executing Major Incident Management processes.
  • Monitor and report on the Major Incident Management Process effectiveness.
  • Respond to major incidents, coordinate response teams, and oversee service restoration efforts.
  • Conduct major incident retrospectives to drive continual service improvement.
  • Execute drills and align stakeholders for seamless operations.
  • Collaborate with IT processes to enhance overall resiliency and availability.

Benefits

  • Access to short-term incentives and multiple health insurance options.
  • Paid Time Off and medical, dental, and life insurance.
  • Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Repayment (below manager level only).
  • Parental Leave and volunteer time off.
  • 401K plan and employee discount program.
Full Job Description

Position location:  Austin, TX OR Atlanta, GA

In this critical role, you will be responsible for ensuring execution of a strategic function and attaining our service availability goals through effective major incident management.

Role Responsibilities

  • Responsible to protect service availability through effective execution of the enterprise Major Incident Management process.
  • Manages, monitors, reports, and executes the Major Incident Management Process.
  • Responds to early symptoms and major incidents, assembles response teams, coordinates service outage avoidance efforts and service restoration activities, performs internal stakeholder communication. Runs major incident retrospectives, identifies opportunities and drives continual service improvement.
  • Ensures the process is executed as defined, metrics are tracked and managed.
  • Executes drills, works with all the involved parties to align on the framework and ensure flawless operations and execution.
  • Works with IT Change, Problem and other ITSM processes to ensure holistic approach resulting in maximized resiliency and availability.

Role Requirements

  • 8+ years of application and infrastructure technology operations experience in a Hybrid environment resulting in strong technical expertise. Engineering / DevOps / SRE experience is an advantage.
  • 4+ years of major incident management experience in an enterprise.
  • Shift : 10am CT start.
  • Bachelor27s degree in computer science or related field; or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience partnering with the global base of technology and business stakeholders to ensure process is implemented and executed effectively and efficiently.
  • Proven record of successful experience leading teams through crisis situations.
  • Experience operating and governing a managed service environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Self-motivated, with a 22get things done22 attitude able to 22roll-up sleeves22, properly prioritize and deliver critical results during crisis situations round the clock.
  • Experience and ability to effectively work with multiple stakeholders/teams in different countries across the globe with different cultural backgrounds.
  • Strong business writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills in English language is a must.

Work Shift

HYBRID -Western Union values in-person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

Start time: 10am CT

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few
(). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your United States 2D Specific Benefits Include

  • Paid Time Off
  • Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
  • Tuition Assistance Program
  • Student Loan Repayment (below manager level only)
  • Parental Leave
  • One day volunteer time off
  • $0 Money Transfer Fee Discount Code 2D Quarterly
  • Recognition Program 22Game Changers22
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Global Adoption Assistance
  • Global Scholarship Awards Program
  • 401K plan

Salary

Annual base salary range is $100,000 2D 130,000 USD per year. Total on-target compensation includes a base salary and short-term that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates27 qualifications, skills, and competencies.

Estimated Job Posting End Date:

08-31-2026

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.

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