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Senior Team Lead - Incident Management Team (Ops Commander)

3 days ago San Francisco, CA

About The Role

The Ops Commander Team is a unit within the Global Fix Experience (GFX) team, managing outages, initiating and assisting the Critical Service Issues team in handling crises, and detecting emerging issues impacting customers.

This 24x7 team is the bridge between Frontline Support, Engineering, and CommOps, by facilitating quick responses to support anomalies and outages, ensuring issues and their impact are clear to non-technical stakeholders, and monitoring the resolution of critical customer and support issues.

What You Will Do

- Proactively lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team within a fast-paced and exciting environment to deliver on operational KPIs.
- Set up career development plans for your direct reports
- Be responsible for managing a team of 8-10 Outage and Critical Incident Analysts on site, while also being involved in the performance management of the rest of the Outage Team from different other locations

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- Drive continuous process improvement to deliver a consistent world-class experience.
- Initiate and lead projects which are linked to the business goals & metrics and present the findings in front of Senior Management
- Be comfortable & Confident in taking on risks that are key to effective decision making and the growth of your team and line of business
- Effective negotiation skills for the purpose of group discussion, team meetings, Weekly and Monthly business reviews, in a professional manner
- Understand how to engage with those around you through collaboration, coaching and innovation, in situations of hierarchical control and without command and control
- Understand organisational culture - how to use to influence their team
- Build a strong team culture, focused on insights generation to improve domain, process, and overall business, strong ownership and focus on problem solving
- Ability to convert ambiguous business problems into digestible and practical solutions or projects
- Enable effective decision-making while understanding both positive and negative consequences, enhancing leadership and strategy
- Self-motivation: Building capabilities and awareness to consistently control distractions, pause, reflect and execute effective decision-making
- Stakeholder Management: Promoting adaptable and positive behaviours, building confidence to engage with peers and leaders at multiple levels within organisations.
- Day-to-day job activities of the team you will be leading include:

- Anomaly Monitoring
- Escalation Channel Monitoring
- Outage + Crisis Management
- Insight Generation

Basic Qualifications

- Some experience in retail, hospitality, or customer service in-person or contact center environments
- For internal candidates: 1+ year of informal leadership or SME experience
- For external candidates: 1+ year of people management experience
- Experience with end-to-end project management and process improvement
- Proficiency in Google Suite
- Communication, punctual, problem-solving, coaching & development, empathy, operational excellence, stakeholder management

Preferred Qualifications

- Flexibility to work on shifts - early, late, weekend or holidays.
- 2+ years of experience with the GFX team, demonstrating mastery of outage, KIP and bug support flows or
- 1.5+ years of experience in Managing Teams, demonstrating strong leadership and performance management skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to bridge engineering, frontline support, and non-technical teams during outages.
- Excellent communication, critical thinking, and data-driven decision-making abilities.
- Problem solving and good organizational skills, ownership mindset, and a can-do attitude.
- Ability to work well under pressure with meticulous attention to detail and adherence to complex processes.
- CommOps experience - working with CommOps CX and Support Organizations - VM/GCC/Content, understanding how CommOps works
- Technical understanding: strong understanding of Uber technical support processes, tools, and technologies, along with a good grasp of product and engineering workflows including Incident Management / Ring 0 (or equivalent ITIL Service Management Practices).
- Some experience in retail, hospitality, or customer service in-person or contact center environment
- Project management skills
- Proficiency in Google Suite
- Strong communication, problem-solving, coaching & development, emotional intelligence, operational excellence, and partner leadership skills
- Experience in end to end project management and process improvement
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent deck creation and presentation skills
- Strong social skills and ability to communicate and influence people at all levels across a broad variety of job functions
- Ability to work with remote teams and across time zones to develop strategies and cultivate a cohesive and creative work environment
- Excellent organizational skills to juggle many tasks without losing sight of the highest priority items. Ability to stay focused under pressure, prioritizing and balancing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to understand sophisticated concepts and work across multiple functions and teams. Demonstrate initiative, persistence, ability to problem solve, and passion for learning new skills; Offer creative thinking and solutions
- Ownership and entrepreneurial mentality
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in data reporting and analytics
- Technical skills: basic SQL query and/or coding experience, intermediate sheets

For Phoenix, AZ-based roles: The base hourly rate amount for this role is USD$32.80 per hour.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base hourly rate amount for this role is USD$38.00 per hour.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

Client-provided location(s): San Francisco, CA
Job ID: Uber-158296
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2026-04-21T20:50:12

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
  • Professional Development

    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program