Senior Manager, Customer Operations

Full-time
Hybrid
$110,000-140,000/yr
Charlotte, NC
No visa sponsorship

Benefits

Bonus
401(k) with Matching
Health Insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Parental Leave

Job description

As a Sr. Manager, Strategic Customer Operations, your duties and responsibilities will include:

Customer Onboarding, Order Delivery & Operational Excellence

  • Own and optimize the customer onboarding and order delivery experience from order handoff through successful installation and service activation

  • Lead and manage a team of Customer Care Managers supporting Broadband Fiber and VoIP customers, setting clear priorities and performance expectations

  • Establish and enforce standards, workflows, and best practices for customer interactions during onboarding and delivery

  • Drive accountability for install completion, customer readiness, cycle time, and cancel avoidance

  • Develop, monitor, and act on KPIs related to onboarding effectiveness, order delivery, escalations, and cancellations

  • Identify systemic breakdowns in processes or handoffs and lead continuous improvement efforts to reduce friction and manual effort

  • Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Field Operations, Provisioning, IT, and Product to ensure alignment on customer commitments and delivery execution

Escalation & Issue Management

  • Serve as the escalation point for complex onboarding and order delivery issues

  • Ensure timely resolution of service-impacting challenges through structured escalation paths

  • Identify recurring issues and drive preventative solutions to reduce future escalations

  • Maintain clear communication with internal stakeholders during high-impact delivery issues

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Field Operations, Provisioning, and Product teams to ensure alignment on customer commitments and delivery expectations

  • Represent Customer Care perspectives in cross-functional working sessions related to onboarding, installs, and service readiness

  • Ensure operational feedback loops are established and used to improve upstream and downstream processes

Professional Success Competencies

  • Operational Leadership: Drives execution, accountability, and consistency across teams

  • People Leadership: Builds strong, empowered managers and teams

  • Attention to Detail: High precision in workflows, metrics, and follow-through

  • Communication: Clear, direct, and effective with customers and internal stakeholders

  • Problem Solving: Calm, structured, and decisive in high-friction environments

  • Results Orientation: Relentlessly focused on completed installs and successful onboarding

More information

Minimum education level

Bachelor's

Experience level

Senior (5-7 years)

Job skills

Customer Relationship Management

Data Analysis

Process Improvement

Team Management

Performance Metrics

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Certifications

PMP

Languages

English

Company overview

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Brightspeed

Telecommunications·1,001-5,000 employees

We’re Brightspeed, a fiber internet provider on a mission to bring more connectivity to America. We believe where you choose to call home shouldn’t limit your options—and we’re building the infrastructure to provide millions of homes with fast, reliable internet. So, wherever you’re streaming, gaming or working, you’ll enjoy an uninterrupted experience.