About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Summary</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SAM Major Incident Manager combines strong customer relationship and crisis management skills with technical competencies to deliver the highest level of support service to Enterprise customers </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In collaboration with other NetApp support Functions, the SAM Major Incident Manager oversees optimal delivery of support activities for the customer and ensures effective crisis management and stakeholder communication in case of disruptions. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The SAM Major Incident Manager's role is critical to NetApp’s continued success to strengthen the relationship with the customer, build their trust and increase loyalty </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Act as a single point of client contact to coordinate resolution of service incidents and escalation of technical issues. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Technical issues can range from hardware/software issues with NetApp systems to multi-system, multi-vendor interoperability issues </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">24x7 SAMs after-hours coverage for P1, Critical P2s & P3s </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Periodic updates to stakeholders </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Executive leadership communications during critical incidents </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Raising visibility within internal teams </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Coordinating timely critical part replacements and license activation </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Document troubleshooting steps </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Regular connects with SAMs globally </span></li> </ul> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Requirements</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Willing to work in 24x7 rotational shifts </li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills </li> <li>Strong customer service and crisis-handling capability </li> <li>Strong aptitude for learning new technologies </li> <li>Mastery of escalation management across customer and internal teams </li> <li>Ability to follow standard processes and best practices </li> <li>Knowledge on storage hardware (NetApp E-Series, FAS, EMC advantage) </li> <li>Basic knowledge on protocols (FC, iSCSI, FCOE, TCP/IP) </li> <li>Ability to manage high-pressure situations and priorities </li> <li>Technical knowledge in Storage/Virtualization (NCDA required) </li> <li>Able to independently drive escalations and stakeholder interactions </li> <li>Able to contribute to initiatives and trainings </li> <li>Able to initiate customer-centric innovation </li> </ul> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Skills & Competencies: </H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TEAMWORK & ADAPTABILITY: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mentor junior team members </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Timely completion of learnings and assignments </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Escalation Management: stakeholder management, availability for internal consults </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Open to feedback; growth mindset </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available to back up peers based on bandwidth </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">COMMUNICATION: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Independently present to cross-functional teams and customize and relay messages to different audiences </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Understand and articulate stakeholder perspectives </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maintain steady tone and approach during pressure situations </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Crisis communication and active engagement on customer/internal calls </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CONSISTENCY: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Deliver high-quality outputs with minimal supervision </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Stay up to date with tools/technologies/processes </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Identify discrepancies proactively and recommend fixes </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">GO BEYOND: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Participate in projects benefiting broader team/org </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Coordinate with engineering/support/product teams for holistic resolution </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LEADERSHIP: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Share knowledge and best practices </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Guide problem-solving approaches; review teamwork </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead by example in communication, professionalism, customer focus </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ACCOUNTABILITY / OWNERSHIP: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Accountable for outcomes ensuring team success, not just individual </span></li> </ul> <p> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TEAMWORK & ADAPTABILITY: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mentor junior team members </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Timely completion of learnings and assignments </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Escalation Management: stakeholder management, availability for internal consults </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Open to feedback; growth mindset </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available to back up peers based on bandwidth </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">COMMUNICATION: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Independently present to cross-functional teams and customize and relay messages to different audiences </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Understand and articulate stakeholder perspectives </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maintain steady tone and approach during pressure situations </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Crisis communication and active engagement on customer/internal calls </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CONSISTENCY: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Deliver high-quality outputs with minimal supervision </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Stay up to date with tools/technologies/processes </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Identify discrepancies proactively and recommend fixes </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">GO BEYOND: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Participate in projects benefiting broader team/org </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Coordinate with engineering/support/product teams for holistic resolution </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LEADERSHIP: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Share knowledge and best practices </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Guide problem-solving approaches; review teamwork </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead by example in communication, professionalism, customer focus </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ACCOUNTABILITY / OWNERSHIP: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Accountable for outcomes ensuring team success, not just individual </span></li> </ul> <p> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Experience and Education: </H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NETAPP TECHNOLOGY: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Differentiate NetApp offerings across hyperscaler </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Recommend NetApp products/tech appropriately </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proficient in NetApp tools/technologies </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">STORAGE TECHNOLOGY: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Good understanding of storage, compute, network & virtualization </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CERTIFICATIONS: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NCDA </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">AI </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TECH SESSIONS: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Participation and delivering in Knowledge Sharing Forums and cross-collab sessions relevant to current technology </span></li> </ul> <p>QUALIFICATIONS:</p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Minimum 3 years relevant experience (5+ preferred) </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience handling moderately complex technical tasks </span></li> </ul> <p> </p></div></div></div>