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PENNYMAC

Assistant Vice President, Incident Management

PENNYMAC, Westlake Village, California, United States, 91361

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Pennymac is a specialty financial services firm focused on mortgage loan production and servicing. At Pennymac, our people are the foundation of our success and we work towards helping millions of Americans achieve homeownership.

Job Overview Responsible for managing production incidents and outage events within the Information Technology division. Provides leadership and coordination across infrastructure, application, and partner teams to quickly remediate production issues and reduce mean time to resolution. Ensures appropriate managerial relationships are established and maintained, serving as a focal point for escalation of issues to be resolved. Facilitates ITIL standards adherence.

A Typical Day

Manage enterprise-wide incidents through mitigation and resolution

Reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) and minimize financial impact to the organization

Orchestrate multiple technical teams through identification and remediation of service-impacting incidents

Navigate complex technical issues to assist in identifying root causes

Provide regular update communications for end users and executive leadership

Independently manage the resolution of known errors present in the environment to reduce impact of ongoing incidents

Manage review, assignment, and classification of incidents and outages

Actively engage with IT operations and engineering teams as needed

Create and review incident management reports and identify action plans to improve key performance indicators as necessary

Ensure proper usage of incident and outage management systems and processes

Perform quality assurance on completed incident and outage investigations

Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and hold post-mortem meetings

Define reporting requirements needed in the management of the incident and outage management processes

Review the incident and outage processes, identify trends, and recommend improvements

Make recommendations for resolution and improvements to mitigate risk and prevent replication of problems across systems

Develop ServiceNow reports for consumption by technology leaders

Establish senior leadership guidance and adherence to team processes

Operationalize incident management plans, technology, capabilities, and services

Collaborate with Change and Problem Management teams

Participate in the team's 24/7 on-call rotation

Perform other related duties as required and assigned

Demonstrate behaviors aligned with the organization’s desired culture and values

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

5+ years of experience in incident management with advanced knowledge

ITIL framework certification

Strong analytical and project management skills

Ability to manage an incident/outage bridge with 50+ technical and business stakeholders

Ability to manage competing priorities and operate under pressure

Ability to adjust schedule based on business need

Proactive, takes action and anticipates opportunities

Guide and assist in technical troubleshooting during an incident/outage

Excellent management, interpersonal, communication, presentation, and organizational skills

Lead cross-functional teams effectively at all levels of the organization

Coordination skills: managing complex IT technical investigations

Familiarity with New Relic, SumoLogic, Opsview, CloudWatch, or other monitoring/logging tools

Experience supporting Application and Infrastructure in AWS preferred

Financial Services and mortgage industry experience preferred

Strong business acumen and ability to interface with executive management

Why You Should Join As one of the top mortgage lenders in the country, Pennymac has helped over 4 million lifetime homeowners achieve and sustain their aspirations of home. Our vision is to be the most trusted partner for home. Pennymac is committed to conducting a business that makes positive contributions and promotes long-term sustainable growth and to fostering an equitable and inclusive environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported.

Benefits That Bring It Home

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision

Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, illness, and parental leave

Wellness Programs, Employee Recognition Programs, and onsite gyms and cafe-style dining (select locations)

Retirement benefits, life insurance, 401(k) match, and tuition reimbursement

Philanthropy Programs including matching gifts, volunteer grants, charitable grants, and corporate sponsorships

Compensation Individual salary may vary based on multiple factors including specific role, geographic location/market data, and skills and experience.

Salary $90,000 - $150,000

Work Model OFFICE

Seniority level Not Applicable

Employment type Full-time

Job function Information Technology

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