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.

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