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Manager II, IT Business Operations

Toronto, ON
Hybrid
Posted Sep 25, 2026
1 position

$115,000–$140,000 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 7+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Office presence: 3 days per week

Job summary

The role involves global ownership of enterprise major incident governance, commanding high-impact outages, and leading international teams to ensure 24/7 crisis response. Responsibilities also include managing MSP/vendor accountability, performing post-incident reviews, and reporting operational performance to leadership.

Job details

About us Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. Purpose: The Senior Major Incident Manager holds global ownership and authority for enterprise major incident governance across all operational regions on a 24/7/365 basis. Reporting to the Director of Service Management, this role serves as the ultimate authority for commanding high-impact P1/P2 outages and service degradations within our enterprise IT environment. Based in the Americas, India or Australia, she/he will lead direct reports in international time zones to maintain a unified, round-the-clock crisis response framework. She/he will leverage deep expertise in Managed Service Provider (MSP) governance and vendor management to drive immediate accountability, protecting enterprise uptime during our digital transformation.This full-time position offers flexibility in location across the Americas and APAC regions, allowing the successful candidate to be based at any Worley office within those regions. The role follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation of three days per week in the office. Responsibilities: Governance: Own, define, and enforce the global major incident policy across the enterprise. MSP & Vendor Escalation: Act as the senior escalation point for external suppliers, holding MSPs and third-party vendors strictly accountable to contractual SLAs and MTTR targets during live incidents. Multi-Vendor Orchestration: Command high-severity restoration calls, seamlessly driving alignment and technical collaboration between internal squads, cloud providers, and legacy MSP technical teams. Global Team Leadership: Direct, mentor, and align Incident Managers across international time zones to ensure seamless handoffs and standardized execution of the major incident playbook. ServiceNow Workbench Ownership: Leverage ServiceNow’s Major Incident Management workbench to trigger automated notifications, track resolver engagement, and document restoration workflows in real time. Executive Communications: Author and distribute transparent, business-focused incident updates and impact statements to global leadership under strict time-to-communicate deadlines. Post-Incident Review (PIR): Engage in cross-functional post-incident investigations with vendors and internal teams to map accurate Configuration Items (CIs) in ServiceNow, identify root causes, and prevent recurrence. Monthly Leadership Reporting: Prepare and present monthly operational performance reports to Digital leadership, using advanced ITIL Operational framework metrics to develop trends and provide insights into performance. Success Measures MIM Actionable CMDB Utilization: High reliance on the CMDB during active bridge calls, enabling rapid impact assessment and accelerating technical troubleshooting. Rapid Incident-to-Catalog Throughput: Seamless routing of complex major incident workarounds into predefined service request models, accelerating regular request handling speeds and user service restoration post outage. Incident Data Migration Readiness: Production of clean, standardized major incident records and resolution codes in ServiceNow, lowering data platform overhead and preparing operational datasets for future cloud native reporting tools. Cross-Domain Incident Alignment: Highly effective emergency collaboration and structured escalation paths established across global End User Services, Platforms, Applications, Information Security, and Network domains. What you will bring Technical/Industry Experience and Qualifications Requirements: Overall IT Experience: Minimum 7+ years of experience working in large-scale enterprise IT operations or infrastructure. MIM Core Experience: Minimum 4+ years specifically dedicated to commanding and governing major incidents globally. Vendor & MSP Governance: Proven experience managing, escalating, and enforcing SLAs through complex third-party vendor networks and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) during high-pressure outages. Global Leadership: Demonstrated success directly managing and developing distributed technical teams across multiple international time zones. ServiceNow Competency: Hands-on proficiency using ServiceNow Incident Management and Major Incident modules. Framework Metrics Mastery: Strong foundational capability in establishing, calculating, and monitoring ITIL 4 component metrics and modern ITIL v5 lifecycle and digital experience metrics. Geographic Target: Must be located within and legally authorized to work in the Americas region, India or Australia. Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training: Required: Bachelor’s degree. Preferred: Technical Acumen: Hands-on experience navigating complex enterprise environments, addressing legacy on-premises systems, SAAS platform-related integrations, and cloud platforms. ITIL Certification: ITIL v3/v4 Managing Professional or Strategic Leader certification; familiarity with emerging ITIL v5 concepts such as value co-creation and AI Operations (AIOps). Cloud Foundations: Basic certifications or operational understanding of AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud architecture. Additional Information US Benefits: eligible for PTO, 401k, medical, vision, dental. For applicants based in the province of British Columbia, the salary range is $115K to $140K. For applicants based in the province of Ontario, the salary range is $123K to $140K. Application of the pay band: Variation in salary is determined by factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, relevant years of experience, geographic location, internal pay equity, and prevailing market conditions for the specific role. Moving forward together We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard. And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

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Requirements

Candidates must have at least 7 years of IT experience, including 4 years specifically in major incident management and vendor governance. A bachelor's degree is required, along with proficiency in ServiceNow and ITIL frameworks.