Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.
Summary:
The Manager, Incident Management is responsible for leading the team that oversees major incident response, ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of Tekion’s products and platforms. This role coordinates cross-functional resources during incidents, drives root cause analysis, and ensures timely communication to stakeholders. The manager also develops incident management processes, reporting, and continuous improvement practices to minimize business impact and strengthen operational resilience.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage the Incident Management team responsible for major incident response and coordination.
• Oversee the detection, triage, escalation, and resolution of high-severity incidents across systems and services.
• Serve as the incident commander during critical events, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and communication.
• Partner with Engineering, SRE, Security, and Product teams to drive post-incident reviews and ensure remediation actions are implemented.
• Develop and maintain incident management policies, playbooks, and escalation protocols.
• Provide executive-level updates and incident reporting to leadership and stakeholders.
• Analyze incident trends and metrics to proactively reduce risk and improve system reliability.
• Ensure 24/7 readiness of the incident management process through team scheduling, training, and automation.
• Drive a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement across incident response practices.
Qualifications:
• 8+ years of experience in IT operations, engineering, or site reliability, including 3+ years in an incident management or operational leadership role.
• Proven ability to lead major incident response in high-availability, large-scale environments.
• Strong understanding of incident management frameworks, service reliability practices, and ITIL or similar methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide concise updates during high-pressure situations.
• Experience driving root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and cross-functional alignment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in IT operations, engineering, or site reliability, including 3+ years in incident management or operational leadership
- Proven ability to lead major incident response in high-availability, large-scale environments
- Strong understanding of incident management frameworks, service reliability practices, and ITIL or similar methodologies
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to provide concise updates during high-pressure situations
- Experience driving root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and cross-functional alignment
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
Tekion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for many U.S. roles, often extending to families. Additional options like HSA/FSA and pet insurance are cited as part of a robust health offering.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive overall, with total rewards (pay, stock, equity, and benefits) frequently viewed favorably. Many accounts characterize compensation as strong alongside comprehensive benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as free meals/snacks, wellness resources, and on-site amenities are highlighted. Flexible or remote options are available for some roles, adding convenience and flexibility.
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What We Do
At Tekion, we believe that business applications don’t have to be boring. In fact, they should be simple, fun and cool! They should be as delightful to use as your favorite social or consumer application, yet powerful enough to seamlessly and efficiently run global businesses that provide unparalleled consumer experience without compromise. Founded by visionary entrepreneur and innovator Jay Vijayan, we are building the world’s best business applications on the cloud starting with the automotive retail industry. We inherently use cutting-edge technologies like big data, machine learning/AI, and human computer interaction (voice, touch, vision, sensors and IoT). We are inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it! Our flagship product offering, Automotive Retail Cloud ™- an industry-first cloud-native retail platform, including all functionalities of a Dealer Management System (DMS) launched recently.
