Director, IT Operations

Job Summary

We are seeking an IT Operations Director to lead and evolve Consumer Cellular's IT operations. This role is responsible for delivering reliable, secure, and cost‑effective IT services while driving operational maturity, automation, AI adoption, and continuous improvement across the organization. The IT Operations Director oversees core service functions:
Helpdesk, Technical Operations Center (TOC), IT Asset Management (ITAM), and Disaster Recovery & Resilience, and ensures alignment with business priorities through measurable service performance, strong governance, and proactive operations management. This role serves as the operational leader responsible for real‑time service performance, incident command, and cross‑functional execution.

As this role has the option of hybrid or onsite, you will need to reside within 50 miles of our Corporate Headquarters in Scottsdale, AZ.

• Lead and develop IT Operations teams, fostering accountability, ownership, and a high‑performance culture
• Define and execute IT operations strategy aligned to business outcomes (reliability, cost, scalability, speed)
• Establish KPIs (availability, MTTx, SLA adherence, cost efficiency) and drive continuous improvement
• Partner with executive leadership to align IT services with organizational priorities
• Drive accountability across engineering, product, and business stakeholders for operational outcomes and risk management
• Lead enterprise adoption of AI‑driven operations, establishing strategy, governance, and measurable outcomes across IT services

• Own end‑to‑end IT service delivery, ensuring high availability, performance, and user experience
• Oversee Helpdesk, TOC, incident management, and service request operations
• Define operational standards, runbooks, and workflows to ensure consistency and scalability
• Oversee IT operations tooling ecosystem (Service Desk, incident platforms, monitoring, dashboards)

• Serve as operational leader during major incidents, coordinating cross‑functional teams and driving resolution
• Establish and enforce incident response standards, including severity, escalation, and communication
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management to eliminate recurring issues
• Ensure incident follow‑ups, remediation tracking, and accountability across teams

• Define and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies that provide actionable insights
• Establish clear signal‑to‑action processes for detecting and responding to operational issues
• Lead operational readiness for releases including monitoring plans, alert thresholds, and post‑release validation
• Drive continuous improvement of operational visibility across systems and services

• Partner with Infrastructure and Engineering teams to ensure systems meet performance and availability targets
• Ensure operational readiness for infrastructure, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems
• Oversee capacity planning, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management
• Reduce single points of failure and improve platform resilience

• Ensure operational processes align with security standards and internal policies
• Partner with Info Sec on monitoring, detection, and incident response capabilities
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and data protection requirements

• Manage vendors and service providers, ensuring performance against SLAs and cost targets
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to align IT services with business priorities
• Act as escalation point for operational issues impacting the business

• Manage operational budgets with focus on cost optimization and value delivery
• Oversee IT Asset Management (ITAM) and lifecycle governance
• Define and evolve organizational structure, staffing models, and role responsibilities
• Support Fin Ops practices for cloud and tooling cost optimization

• Own and enforce ITIL‑based processes (incident, problem, change,…