Manager, Production Support & Service Reliability

Please note: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. Company Overview We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation. If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment. Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark. Manager, Production Support & Service Reliability The Manager of Production Support & Service Reliability owns the production support operating model, incident management, service levels, release-watch support, escalation governance, and overall live-service quality across pods. This impactful role is critical in ensuring Production Support is proactive, disciplined, and tightly connected to Engineering, Product, QA, and business stakeholders. This position will ideally be based in one of our US offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week (also eligible for remote candidates). This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. What You'll Do: Service Reliability Leadership Define the production support operating model, incident lifecycle, severity framework, and support expectations across pods Establish service levels, escalation paths, release-watch routines, and communication standards for production issues Create visibility into live-service health, incident trends, and recurring support risks Team & Process Leadership Lead production support engineers and AI operations analysts as the team continues to grow Build repeatable support routines, runbook discipline, and issue triage practices that scale across products and workflows Partner with Product, Engineering, and QA to improve supportability and reduce recurring production issues Incident & Stakeholder Management Own incident governance for material issues, including severity calls, stakeholder updates, escalation management, and stabilization plans Ensure business and technical stakeholders have clear visibility into impact, next steps, and resolution progress Drive post-incident review practices that improve resilience and reduce repeat failures Finance & AI Production Readiness Ensure finance-sensitive workflows receive the right level of production support, issue classification, and escalation handling Oversee support patterns for AI-enabled workflows, including degraded outputs, fallback scenarios, trust issues, and human-review triggers Work with business and technical teams to distinguish software defects from data, process, training, or model-behavior issues You Have: 8+ years of production support, application support, service reliability, or engineering operations experience, including team leadership Strong knowledge of incident management, service operations, support processes, release support, and escalation discipline – you are a builder of reliable operating processes, not just a responder to tickets Experience working closely with engineering and product teams in modern software delivery environments – you are structured, pragmatic, and highly credible across teams Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and business stakeholders during high-pressure situations – you are calm under pressure and comfortable making judgment calls with incomplete information Comfort operating in finance-sensitive, workflow-heavy, or business-critical application environments Consistent commitment to trust, transparency, and quality Bachelor's degree preferred You Are: Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth Passionate about delivering exceptional client service Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly within the office of the CFO Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing) A self-starter with a strong work ethic Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary A team player, able to work with team members across all levels Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work A leader of others; you lead by example The annual salary for this role ranges from: $150,000 to $190,000 + benefits + bonus. Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity. Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. 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