System Event Manager

About Wing:
Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing's fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on two continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.
About the Role:
Wing is looking for a System Event Manager to join our System Event Managemen t team. This role will be onsite based in Dallas, TX.
This role is part of the System Event Management organization. This role is a centralized function that supports all of Wing's engineering and operations teams. This position seeks highly-motivated individuals who enjoy working in fast-paced, collaborative environments troubleshooting critical, emerging issues. The successful candidates are able to utilize technical system understanding to coordinate rapid response activities by operations and engineering personnel while communicating with various stakeholders and executives to provide information that is A.A.R.T: Accurate, Actionable, Relevant, and Timely.
What You'll Do:

• Manage first level investigation/triage of reported issues in order to determine the impacted systems and coordinate appropriate stakeholders to mitigate any effects
• Thoroughly and carefully document all response actions taken as well as basis for resolution via incident management tooling systems
• Document details, outcomes, and lessons learned from issues and support documentation of standard solutions per engineering instruction for internal teams
• Recommend procedural improvements and features based on lessons learned from system events
• Assist in creating event response policies, procedures, and other documentation
• Assist in establishing tooling requirements for event response
• Assist in creating and delivering training materials for event response processes to internal teams
• Support tracking and close out of event investigations and reports
• Travel between Wing sites as needed

What You'll Need:

• 3 - 6+ years of experience managing incidents
• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field or equivalent practical experience
• Confident decision-making abilities with strong and creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to monitor and take in multiple information streams while working in real-time, high-pressure environments
• Ability to communicate thoroughly, clearly, and concisely in these high-pressure environments
• Providing accurate and concise updates to a wide audience of critical stakeholders
• Coordinating with technical, non-technical, operations, and regulatory affairs personnel
• Providing direction to engineering and operations personnel in fast-paced, high-stakes environments
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to adjust to a changing environment, manage competing and rapidly shifting priorities and deadlines with a strong attention to detail
• Experience with program management, operations process development and emergency or incident response

Physical Requirements:

• *Ability and willingness to work a (5 or 7) day rotating shift schedule, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays

The US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. Wing's salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process. Salary Range
$150,000-$159,000 USD
Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wing's policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
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