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Sr Manager, Managed Services Support

C Spire Wireless

C Spire Wireless

Customer Service
Posted on Nov 3, 2025

Our Vision: Be the best at what we do. Our Mission: Improve lives through technology.

Summary:

C Spire is seeking a hands-on, data-driven Senior Manager, Managed Services Support to lead and transform our organization. This individual will own the performance, structure, and evolution of our multi-tier support teams including our First Call Resolution team, Event Management, and Support Engineering.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in MSP or large-scale help desk environments, a sharp technical skill set, and a strong command of KPIs like SLA/OLA compliance, NPS, and ticket velocity. You will drive day-to-day operations, enforce workflows and escalation processes, and serve as the senior escalation point for high-impact customer issues.

This is a transformational leadership role: the support organization is undergoing a complete re-alignment, and this role will be critical to driving cultural and operational change across the team.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and develop a team of support managers overseeing all support tiers, including FCR and Event Management

  • Enforce operational excellence through standardized processes, documentation, and escalation procedures

  • Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex or urgent support issues

  • Own KPIs such as SLA/OLA attainment, NPS, MTTR, backlog volume, and first call resolution

  • Implement and refine ServiceNow-based workflows, ticket triage, and task automation (RPA)

  • Champion performance management and coaching for support teams to ensure accountability and growth

  • Engage directly with clients as needed, particularly in escalated or sensitive scenarios

  • Foster a culture of data-driven decision making and continuous improvement

  • Partner with senior leadership on support strategy and transformation planning

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in technical support or help desk environments, with at least 3 years in a supervisory role directly managing people.

  • Proven experience in a Managed Services Provider (MSP) or large enterprise support setting

  • Strong working knowledge of ticketing systems (ServiceNow preferred), PSA tools, and support automation

  • Demonstrated ability to lead through change and rebuild/reshape technical teams

  • Hands-on technical proficiency in at least one of the following areas: Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, or Unified Communications

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in handling high-stress client interactions

  • Results-oriented mindset with a passion for KPIs, performance dashboards, and root cause analysis

Preferred Qualifications

  • Active or recent certifications such as:

  • CCNP or Fortinet NSE 4+

  • VCP-DCV or equivalent VMware certification

  • Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104), Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator, or related

This role touches a broad stack of enterprise and midmarket technologies across multiple client verticals. Familiarity with the following is a strong advantage:

  • Networking & Security: Cisco, Meraki, Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, etc.)

  • Cloud & Virtualization: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Hyper-V

  • Identity & Access: Duo, Azure AD, SAML, MFA, Cisco Umbrella

  • Backup & DR: Veeam, Zerto

  • Infrastructure: Dell Servers & Storage, Nutanix (bonus)

  • Automation & Tooling: ServiceNow, RPA platforms, PSA systems (ConnectWise, etc.)

If you want to work hard, achieve a lot, and make a difference, then C Spire is the place for you.