Production Support and IT Operations Lead

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Experience in production support, IT operations, or service delivery in the Healthcare domain.
• Deep understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Release).
• Proven ability to handle major incidents and high‑pressure situations.
• Strong stakeholder communication and executive reporting skills.
• Experience in SLA governance, metrics tracking, and service improvement.

The Production Support & Operations Lead is responsible for end‑to‑end ownership of production stability, service performance, and operational excellence across towers in Point
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Health clinical, claims, integration, data, etc. This role combines technical leadership, operational governance, and stakeholder management to ensure high availability, SLA adherence, and continuous improvement.

• Own end‑to‑end production operations for in‑scope business critical applications.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of services.
• Drive daily operations across incident, request, problem, and change management.
• Lead major incident management (P1/P2) including triage, war‑room coordination, and service restoration.
• Act as the single point of accountability during escalations.
• Build excellent rapport with business stakeholders.
• Ensure timely communication to business and leadership stakeholders.
• Track and govern SLAs and KPIs.
• Analyze trends in incidents, backlog, and service degradation.
• Drive MTTR reduction and service stability improvements.
• Lead Tier 2 and coordinate with Tier 3 teams.
• Mentor team members and improve technical and operational maturity.
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and enforce corrective/preventive actions.
• Identify recurring issues and eliminate them structurally.
• Build and improve SOPs, runbooks, and knowledge base.
• Ensure production readiness for releases and deployments.
• Monitor post‑deployment stability and issue trends.
• Identify and drive automation opportunities (alerts, runbooks, ticket handling).
• Improve monitoring effectiveness and reduce noise.
• Optimize support model, cost, and resource utilization.
• Act as the primary interface for business, IT leadership, and clients.
• Provide executive dashboards and reports on service performance.
• Lead service review meetings, monthly reviews, Q  inputs, and governance calls.

$110,000 - $140,000 a year

• Discretionary Annual Incentive
• Comprehensive medical coverage: medical & health, dental & vision, disability planning & insurance, pet insurance plans
• Family support: maternal & parental leaves
• Insurance options: auto & home insurance, identity theft protection
• Convenience & professional growth: commuter benefits & certification & training reimbursement
• Time off: vacation, time off, sick leave & holidays
• Legal & financial assistance: legal assistance, 401(k) plan, performance bonus, college fund, student loan refinancing

Bachelor of Computer Science