
Manager, Software Engineering – Support Services
Neilson Financial Services
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • United States
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About the role
- Lead global support operations across North America (US/Canada), UK, Australia, US, Ireland, and Vietnam
- Manage multi-shift support coverage and follow-the-sun models as required
- Define, monitor, and continuously improve SLAs, KPIs, and performance scorecards
- Oversee ticket triage, prioritisation, quality of resolution, and customer satisfaction globally
- Act as the final escalation point for complex technical or operational issues
- Foster a strong customer-service culture with high operational discipline
- Own the full lifecycle of Windows, macOS, and mobile devices
- Lead enterprise device management using Intune, Autopilot, and JAMF
- Ensure consistent baselines for patching, configuration, compliance, and endpoint security
- Oversee EDR, anti-malware, encryption, and secure policy enforcement
- Drive automation for provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and remediation
- Maintain hardened endpoint standards aligned with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 controls
- Own global incident response from detection through resolution and recovery
- Lead structured root cause analysis and ensure corrective actions are implemented
- Partner with Security, Engineering, and Product to reduce operational and security risk
- Coordinate change readiness, communications, and release impact management
- Establish and maintain standards for support documentation, runbooks, and workflows
- Lead continuous improvement of knowledge bases and internal wikis
- Drive adoption of support automation, self-service tooling, and support bots to reduce ticket volume
- Implement repeatable processes that ensure consistency across regions
- Manage vendor contracts, renewals, SLAs, and performance reviews
- Oversee device procurement, inventory planning, lifecycle management, and secure deprovisioning
- Optimise vendor cost, quality, and service alignment
- Own invoice tracking and reconciliation related to support tooling and hardware
- Strengthen the support organisation’s observability and reporting posture
- Own dashboards, operational analytics, and performance reporting to leadership
- Use data analysis (e.g. SQL-based reporting, SSRS, observability tooling) to identify trends and improvement opportunities
- Provide data-driven recommendations to improve service quality and reduce recurring issues
- Partner with Engineering, Product, Security, and Business Operations to improve end-user experience
- Provide project management and coordination support for rollout of new tools, applications, and systems
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, and People & Culture on onboarding and workforce enablement
- Lead and mentor regional Support Services teams across Canada, UK, and Australia
- Provide coaching, regular 1:1s, feedback, and career development support
- Build training programs and clear growth pathways for support engineers
- Promote a culture of ownership, empowerment, and continuous improvement
- Oversee queue health, backlog management, capacity planning, and workload balancing
- Continuously improve ticket workflows, escalation paths, and communication practices
- Maintain up-to-date runbooks, operational documentation, and service workflows
- Foster strong feedback loops with engineering and builder teams
- Ensure timely provisioning of hardware, applications, identity access, and support materials
- Oversee secure offboarding, including device return, access removal, and data protection
- Improve automation and HRIS integration designs to maintain a reliable source of truth
- Deliver white-glove onboarding for executives and high-impact roles
Requirements
- Demonstrated leadership experience in IT Support, Digital Workplace, Endpoint Engineering, or Helpdesk operations
- Proven ability to lead global or distributed technical teams
- Deep hands-on knowledge of Intune, Autopilot, JAMF, MDM, and endpoint security tooling
- Strong operational understanding of Windows, macOS, and mobile ecosystems
- Experience using data and reporting to drive service improvements
- Strong understanding of Azure environments, cloud networking, and enterprise infrastructure
- Excellent people leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
- Strong troubleshooting instincts across desktop, server, and network environments
- Clear, confident communication with the ability to engage executive stakeholders
Benefits
- Hybrid role – enjoy work flexibility AND strong growth opportunities
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Long-Term Disability (LTD), Short-Term Disability (STD), AD&D, and Life Insurance
- 401(K) with company match
- Generous PTO policy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
IntuneAutopilotJAMFMDMendpoint securityWindowsmacOSdata analysisSQLcloud networking
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingstakeholder managementtroubleshootingcommunicationcustomer servicecontinuous improvementteam mentoringcapacity planningworkload balancing
Certifications
SOC 2ISO 27001