Axon
Senior Incident Response Manager, Public Safety
New York, New York, United States. Posted 2 months ago
The role
The Senior Service Delivery Manager will own the escalation lifecycle from intake to resolution. This person will serve as the operational lead during customer-impacting incidents and coordinate cross-functional response efforts.
What you will do
- Lead and coordinate P1/P0 customer-impacting incidents across mission-critical SaaS environments
- Serve as Incident Commander during high-severity operational events and customer escalations
- Facilitate bridge calls and coordinate cross-functional response efforts
- Maintain clear, structured communication with internal stakeholders and customer leadership
- Drive operational accountability, incident timelines, action items, and follow-through
- Lead post-incident reviews, root cause analysis discussions, and after-action reporting
- Partner with NOC and operational teams to support service continuity and platform reliability
- Help establish and mature incident management processes, workflows, tooling, and operational standards
- Participate in an on-call leadership rotation
Required qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in Incident Management, Major Incident Management, Technical Operations, Escalation Management, NOC Operations, Service Reliability, or related operational leadership roles
- Experience leading high-severity operational incidents within SaaS, cloud, mission-critical, or highly available technical environments
- Strong executive communication skills
- Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams during customer-impacting incidents
- Ability to drive operational accountability and lead complex incident response efforts without direct authority
- Strong understanding of technical infrastructure concepts including cloud environments, networking, VoIP, SaaS platforms, APIs, integrations, and distributed systems
- Experience leading post-mortems, root cause analysis reviews, and operational improvement initiatives
- Ability to participate in a heavy on-call rotation
Nice to have
- Experience supporting mission-critical environments such as Public Safety, PSAP/ECC operations, Emergency Communications, NG911 environments, Critical Infrastructure, or Real-Time Communications platf
- Experience working with public safety technology vendors or operational environments
- Familiarity with CAD systems, call handling systems, emergency communications workflows, or incident command structures
- Experience supporting highly regulated or operationally sensitive customer environments
- Exposure to NIMS, ICS, APCO, ENP, or emergency communications operational frameworks
- Prior experience in public safety operations, emergency communications centers, or mission-critical command environments
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 401k with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- Snacks in our offices
Before you apply
- Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment
About the company
Axon 911 brings together Prepared and Carbyne under Axon to create a platform combining modern 911 infrastructure with an AI intelligence layer. The company's mission is to Protect Life.