At Probe Group, we're powered by passion, driven by curiosity, enriched by a purpose to do it better. We work hard and love a good challenge (or multiple). With clients spanning across the Pacific and Asia, we’re no stranger to thinking big and working with innovative minds to achieve great success. We are dedicated to doing things better than the day before, and our exponential growth is living proof that we have stayed true to this ethos. At Probe, expect to think differently, challenge the norm and find your purpose.
At Probe CX, we are an award-winning global leader in customer experience (CX) management, digital transformation, and business process outsourcing. With over 45 years of industry excellence, we combine advanced digital tools, proprietary AI, and intelligent automation with exceptional human capability to deliver transformative outcomes for enterprise and government clients across Australasia and globally. Grounded in a culture of diversity, accountability, and respect, Probe CX is dedicated to safeguarding operational continuity while building the future of digitally enabled customer experience.
Role Overview
We are seeking a high-performing Incident, Problem & Change (IPC) Manager to drive operational stability, high service availability, and business continuity across our enterprise landscape. Positioned at the intersection of IT technical operations and critical business functions, this role ensures scheduled changes and sudden outages are governed through the lens of business risk, operational timing, and key performance metrics.
As our IPC Manager, you will lead high-stakes resolution efforts during Major Incidents while governing the end-to-end IT Change Management lifecycle—safeguarding revenue-generating systems, core business workflows, and customer service delivery from IT disruption.
Key Responsibilities
Business Protection & Operational Alignment
- Business Impact Mapping: Map technical infrastructure and software dependencies directly to core business processes, key operational schedules (e.g., month-end financial closes, peak trading hours, critical dispatch windows), and organizational KPIs.
- Business-Centric Scheduling: Align deployment and maintenance windows with operational cadences to proactively avoid high-risk business periods and eliminate potential revenue or productivity loss.
- KPI Impact Mitigation: Evaluate emergency incidents and planned changes against non-IT metrics (such as SLA compliance, customer experience scores, and transaction throughput) to prioritize IT actions by true business impact.
IT Change Management Governance
- CAB & ECAB Facilitation: Chair the Change Advisory Board (CAB) and Emergency CAB (ECAB), ensuring key stakeholders from affected business units actively participate in change evaluation.
- Business Risk & Conflict Assessment: Scrutinize change requests for potential system collisions, weak rollback strategies, or hidden operational risks prior to authorizing execution.
- Governance & Policy Adherence: Maintain robust ITSM governance, ensure full compliance with standard operating procedures, and continuously drive improvements in the Change Success Rate.
Major Incident Management & Problem Resolution
- Crisis Bridge Leadership: Lead resolver teams, technical leads, and third-party vendors during P1/Major Incidents to ensure swift, structured service restoration.
- On-Call Escalation Leadership: Participate in an on-call rotation to manage MIM escalations, offering immediate response, calm leadership, and decisive resolution during critical outages.
- Business-Focused Communication: Translate complex technical details into clear, impact-focused updates for executive leadership and operational business leaders during outages.
- Post-Incident Reviews (PIR): Lead thorough post-mortem reviews after major disruptions, quantifying total business downtime and financial impact to drive long-term preventative actions alongside Problem Management.
Key Skills & Qualifications
Business Operations & Risk Acumen
- Deep understanding of how enterprise IT infrastructure powers front-line operations, financial reporting, supply chains, and customer channels.
- Proven ability to negotiate change timing based on business priorities, operational peaks, and seasonal workload shifts.
- Strong capability in evaluating how IT downtime or degraded performance affects broader business metrics (e.g., CSAT, daily volume metrics, SLA penalties).
Technical & ITSM Expertise
- IT Service Management (ITSM): Expert knowledge of ITIL frameworks (Change, Incident, Problem, and Service Level Management) and enterprise ITSM platforms.
- Technical Breadth: Functional understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure), hybrid networks, databases, and enterprise software architecture to accurately assess technical scope and risk.
Leadership & Soft Skills
- Crisis Leadership: Calm, authoritative, and decisive leadership during high-pressure system outages.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong diplomacy and influence skills to balance engineering deployment goals with operational business protections.
- Executive Communication: High proficiency in translating technical technicalities into clear, executive-ready updates.
Qualifications & Certifications
- Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Business Administration, or equivalent practical experience, combined with 3–5+ years in IT operations/ITSM with demonstrated success in safeguarding business operations during high-risk IT activities.
- Preferred Certifications:ITIL v3 / ITIL 4 Foundation or Managing Professional Certification.Certified Business Process Associate (CBPA), PMP, Agile, or equivalent credentials.
What’s in It for You?
At Probe CX, we believe that taking care of our people is key to delivering outstanding experiences for our clients. When you join our team, you’ll enjoy:
- True Work-Life Balance: A flexible hybrid working model requiring only 2 days per week onsite, allowing you to balance team connection with focus time at home.
- Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium HMO coverage starting from day one, along with comprehensive medical benefits for you and your eligible dependents.
- Award-Winning Workplace Culture: Work alongside supportive, passionate, and diverse industry leaders in an inclusive environment that values transparency, innovation, and career progression.
- Continuous Growth & Development: Access to continuous learning programs, industry certification support, and internal career development paths across our global footprint.
- Competitive Compensation Package: An attractive base salary, reward schemes, and wellness perks designed to support your personal and financial growth.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or equivalent practical experience
- 3–5+ years of experience in IT operations or IT service management
- Demonstrated success safeguarding business operations during high-risk IT activities
- Expert knowledge of ITIL frameworks, including Change, Incident, Problem, and Service Level Management
- Experience with ITSM platforms
- Functional awareness of cloud infrastructure, hybrid networks, databases, and enterprise software architecture
- ITIL v3 or ITIL 4 Foundation or Managing Professional certification
- Certified Business Process Associate certification or equivalent project management credential, such as PMP or Agile
What We Do
At Probe CX, we help our clients become modern digital organisations. With a dedicated team of 19,000-plus staff across five countries, including Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the United States, and India, we create blueprints for delivering exceptional CX. We combine the latest technology with people, processes, and data, and provide businesses with complete end-to-end service for customer operations. In a world that has never been more competitive, Probe CX creates innovative, contemporary digital solutions with a human touch to help unlock trapped value and establish a foundation for service-led value creation that is socially responsible and sustainable. Having worked with clients across various industries, ranging from household names to ambitious start-ups, Probe CX is committed to helping organisations create environments for digitally-enabled CX to thrive
