Vice President Exception Management
Altice USA
Vice President Exception Management
Altice USA
Cable, fiber, and broadband provider
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Vice President – Exception Management (Enterprise Customer Experience & Resolution)
Summary
The Vice President of Exception Management will lead the enterprise-wide execution and continuous improvement of how the organization identifies, manages, and resolves high-impact customer and operational exceptions across the full customer lifecycle. This role serves as the central control point for complex, cross-functional issues—spanning pre-sales, sales, service delivery, customer care, billing, retention, and disconnect.
Reporting into the SVP, Care Operations, this leader will oversee the Executive Customer Escalation Resolution (CECR / Executive Desk), drive visibility into and understanding of causes of chronic issues, and ensure issues are clearly routed and resolved through the appropriate functional owners to improve customer experience, reduce repeat failures, and protect revenue and brand equity.
Responsibilities
Executive Escalations & CECR Leadership
Lead the Executive Desk (CECR) handling high-priority, executive-level customer escalations
Establish rapid-response protocols, escalation paths, and governance for critical issues
Drive consistent, high-quality resolution for sensitive and regulatory-related cases
Serve as the single point of accountability for enterprise-level customer recovery
Enterprise Exception Management Execution
Identify, categorize, and prioritize exceptions across the customer lifecycle, ensuring consistent intake, triage, and resolution across the organization
Create and maintain visibility into exception trends, business impact, and resolution effectiveness
Drive timely resolution of issues through coordination with accountable functional owners
Chronic Issue Identification & Resolution
Identify and prioritize recurring and systemic issues impacting customer experience and operations
Quantify business impact (e.g., customer churn, revenue leakage, cost to serve) to inform action
Drive resolution of chronic issues through accountable functional owners
Surface and drive resolution of systemic issues when progress stalls or ownership is unclear
Root Cause Insights & Cross-Functional Alignment
Establish disciplined root cause analysis methodologies to identify underlying drivers of issues
Partner with Data & Analytics, Product, Technology, and Operations teams to translate insights into action
Translate root cause insights into clear actions and route issues to the appropriate teams for resolution
Cross-Functional Resolution Leadership
Drive coordination across Pre-Sales, Sales, Provisioning, Care, Billing, Retention, and Disconnect teams to resolve complex issues
Establish and enforce accountability for issue resolution across functions
Lead cross-functional war rooms for high-impact or time-sensitive issues
Customer Journey & Experience Improvement
Surface and communicate key breakdown points across the customer lifecycle
Partner with CX, Product, and Operations teams to inform improvements based on exception trends
Track improvements in metrics such as NPS, First Contact Resolution, and time to resolution.
Governance, Reporting & Insights
Build and maintain executive-level dashboards highlighting exception volumes, trends, resolution times, repeat issues, and business impact
Establish governance forums and operating cadence to review performance and drive accountability
Provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership
Risk Mitigation & Compliance
Identify and escalate risks related to regulatory, reputational, and customer impact
Ensure proper handling of sensitive cases, including executive and regulatory escalations
Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Risk teams as needed
Qualifications
12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in customer operations, enterprise operations, or service delivery within complex, large-scale organizations
Proven ability to lead high-impact operational functions and drive measurable improvements in customer experience, cost to serve, and resolution effectiveness
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to identifying issues and informing action
Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional execution and influencing outcomes in highly matrixed environments
Experience identifying systemic issues and translating insights into prioritized actions through appropriate functional owners
Executive presence with the ability to influence across functions and align senior leaders, particularly in high-pressure or time-sensitive situations
Skilled in prioritization, escalation management, and decision-making under ambiguity, with a bias toward action deep understanding of telecommunications operations and the drivers of customer contact, technician dispatch, and service breakdowns
Ability to build and lead high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, speed, and ownership
Resilient, adaptable leader capable of balancing real-time operational demands with longer-term improvement opportunities
Desired Outputs
Consistent, timely resolution of executive, regulatory, and high-impact customer exceptions, with clear ownership and escalation paths
Reduced recurrence and business impact of chronic issues through disciplined root cause analysis and accountable cross-functional action
Improved customer and operational outcomes, demonstrated through measurable gains in resolution time, repeat failures, customer experience, cost to serve, and revenue protection
Executive-level visibility and governance through actionable dashboards, trend insights, risk escalation, and a sustained operating cadence resolution
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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $178,500.00 - $255,000.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.
Cable, fiber, and broadband provider
Altice USA provides broadband internet, digital television, VoIP phone services, and mobile plans under the Optimum brand to about 4.6 million residential and business customers across 21 states. Its core offering is high-speed internet delivered over a 100% fiber-optic network aimed at faster, more reliable speeds, with options for bundled or standalone services. Revenue comes from monthly subscription fees from customers. The company differentiates itself by committing to a fully fiber-optic network to boost speed and reliability and by offering a wide range of services—internet, TV, phone, and mobile—under one brand. Its goal is to connect homes and businesses with dependable communications and to grow its fiber network and customer base.
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