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When something goes wrong at Shopify, this team finds the solution. Support Incident Response coordinates the company's response during platform outages and other crises. The team is on call around the clock, working alongside engineering and product to resolve issues before they compound, and communicating clearly to merchants, partners, and executives throughout. The team’s ultimate goal is to protect Shopify’s brand while maintaining the trust that millions of merchants and partners put in our products daily. As a Support Incident Response Manager you’ll own your team’s incident and escalated case operations and outcomes: from building a high-performing team and driving workflow improvements with an AI-first mindset, to preparing for and responding to merchant-impacting incidents — from first signal to post-incident review. That means building cross-functional relationships with engineering and product, briefing executives during live incidents, and making sure your team has the playbooks and coaching they need to operate with precision under pressure. The work is technical, fast-moving, and consequential. Shopify's merchants run their businesses on this platform. When something goes wrong, your team is the reason it gets better.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and develop a team of incident responders
Hire well to build a team with the right skills, judgment, and values
Stay close to the work by joining live incidents and reviewing escalated cases
Own the response execution for every incident and escalated case
Coordinate Shopify's response to merchant-impacting incidents and escalated support cases
Brief executives and senior stakeholders during active incidents and escalated support cases
Drive post-incident and escalated case reviews to find root causes and prevent recurrence
Build and maintain playbooks and partnerships for the team
Use data to define team metrics and track incident and case trends
Advocate for the team and merchants with peers, stakeholders, and leadership
Make calls balancing needs of merchants, partners, and Shopify
Requirements:
Experience in incident and crisis response, external communications, or escalated support
Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing teams across timezones during high-volume operations
Experience working autonomously in ambiguous, fast-moving environments without prescriptive playbooks
Fluency with current frontier AI tools, models, and systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills across synchronous and asynchronous settings
Experience briefing and communicating with senior and executive leadership
Experience collaborating across functions including engineering, product, and legal to align on priorities and drive outcomes
Experience managing social media channels across both proactive brand communications and real-time incident response
Proven resilience and composure under pressure in high-stakes, time-sensitive situations