Lead Commercial Technical Operations

Wide Open West
  • Columbus, Ohio
    17 days ago

    Job Description

    The Opportunity

    We're seeking a highly skilled Lead Commercial Technical Operations professional to serve as the senior technical resource for a 24/7 operations team supporting WOW! Business customers across SMB, Enterprise, Strategic Enterprise, Wholesale, and Data Center environments.

    In this role, you'll provide technical leadership, mentor Tier 2 team members, coordinate real-time operational activities, and serve as the primary technical escalation point before Supervisor engagement. You'll play a critical role in strengthening Tier 2 capabilities through coaching, knowledge sharing, and hands-on leadership while helping ensure exceptional service delivery for our commercial customers.

    This is an outstanding opportunity for a technical leader who enjoys mentoring others, solving complex networking challenges, and driving operational excellence in a fast-paced Network Operations environment.

    What You'll Do

    Technical Leadership & Shift Operations

    Serve as the senior technical resource and operational leader during your assigned shift.

    Responsibilities include:
    • Serving as the shift and floor lead by providing:
      • Real-time queue oversight
      • Workload balancing
      • Coverage recommendations
    • Acting as the first internal escalation point for Tier 2 agents before Supervisor engagement, formalizing the Tier 2 - Tier 3 - Engineering escalation path
    • Representing the team during Priority 1 (P1) and Priority 2 (P2) incidents, including:
      • Bridge participation
      • Communication leadership
      • Coordination with Engineering teams
    • Reinforcing Supervisor-established standards related to:
      • Schedule adherence
      • Ticket quality
      • Documentation standards


    Coaching, Mentorship & Team Development

    Help elevate the technical capabilities of the team through continuous coaching and knowledge sharing.

    Responsibilities include:
    • Delivering:
      • Side-by-side coaching
      • Ticket reviews
      • Call reviews
      • Targeted skill-gap remediation
    • Leading:
      • Shift huddles
      • Technical training sessions
      • Readiness initiatives for new products, features, and process updates
    • Owning team-facing knowledge management, including:
      • Runbooks
      • Knowledge Base articles
      • Technical tips
      • Post-incident lessons learned
    • Providing performance feedback to Supervisors regarding:
      • Coaching opportunities
      • Individual readiness
      • Career advancement recommendations


    Advanced Technical Support

    Serve as the team's Subject Matter Expert (SME) across the WOW! Business portfolio.

    Responsibilities include:
    • Supporting all WOW! Business:
      • Voice services
      • Video services
      • Data products
    • Handling the most complex customer trouble tickets
    • Modeling effective troubleshooting techniques while actively transferring knowledge to teammates
    • Providing advanced OSI model-based diagnosis, troubleshooting, consulting, and coordination for customer-impacting issues
    • Coordinating issue resolution among:
      • Customers
      • Network Administrators
      • Vendors
      • Field Technicians
      • Service Providers
      • Internal WOW! teams


    Data Center Operations

    Support mission-critical Data Center operations by:
    • Monitoring critical infrastructure systems, including:
      • Physical Security
      • Power
      • HVAC
    • Providing Hands and Feet support when required
    • Maintaining documentation and security for customer equipment and packages received and shipped through Data Centers
    • Following all Ticket Management and Data Center operational policies and procedures


    Product Support & Documentation

    Responsibilities include:
    • Documenting technical issues and resolutions within company ticketing and billing systems
    • Assisting with the testing, certification, implementation, and support of new WOW! Business products
    • Performing additional duties as assigned


    What You'll Bring

    Minimum Education & Experience
    • High School Diploma or equivalent required
    • Associate's degree or higher in:
      • Information Technology
      • Computer Science
      • Telecommunications

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationColumbus, Ohio

    More jobs like this

    See more jobs

    Be found by employers

    5,500+ employers search our resume database daily. Add yours to get found by recruiters looking for candidates like you.