Manager, Technical Operations Center

5 Hours ago • All levels • Operations

Job Summary

Job Description

2K Games is seeking a Technical Operations Center (TOC) Manager to lead their global team responsible for 24/7 technical operations and infrastructure support. This role involves real-time systems monitoring, incident response, service request fulfillment, and operational readiness for products and platforms. The manager will oversee a team, optimize processes aligned with ITIL practices, drive operational support for product launches, and collaborate with various departments to ensure end-to-end operational visibility. Key responsibilities include defining and tracking KPIs, championing continuous improvement, partnering on automation, and maintaining documentation. The ideal candidate has experience leading 24/7 operations teams, a background in service request and problem management, strong communication skills, and familiarity with operational tooling.
Must have:
  • Lead 24/7 operations teams (TOC, NOC, SRE support)
  • Manage real-time systems monitoring
  • Handle incident response and service requests
  • Drive operational readiness for product launches
  • Experience with ITSM or ITIL frameworks
  • Skilled communicator in high-pressure situations
  • Familiarity with operational tooling (e.g., PagerDuty, Datadog)
  • Effective people leader (coaching, delegation)
  • Detail- and data-driven reporting
Good to have:
  • Bias toward automation and measurable improvement
  • Success leading operational cutovers or live product events
Perks:
  • Competitive compensation
  • Full health benefits
  • Training reimbursement
  • Performance-based incentives
  • Autonomy and ownership
  • Culture of collaboration and learning

Job Details

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Who We Are

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of our growing library of critically-acclaimed franchises such as NBA 2K, 2K PGA, Battleborn, BioShock, Borderlands, The Quarry, The Darkness, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, WWE 2K, and XCOM.

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role.  If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We are a fast-moving technology organization that delivers 24/7 technical operations and infrastructure support for our products, platforms, and internal systems. Our Technical Operations Center (TOC) is the frontline for stability, visibility, and action—owning live monitoring, incident response, service requests, and operational readiness across everything we run. Our teams thrive on clarity, urgency, and the relentless pursuit of operational excellence.

We’re seeking a TOC Manager to lead our global Technical Operations Center and drive a modern operations strategy that combines automation, resilience, and responsive human oversight. Reporting to the Director of Technical Operations, this leader will oversee a team that manages real-time systems monitoring, incident response, service request fulfillment, problem analysis, and launch readiness for new product rollouts. You’ll play a critical role in ensuring that our platforms perform at their best—even under pressure.

What You Will Do

  • Lead and manage the TOC team responsible for 24/7 monitoring, service request fulfillment, incident response, escalation, and communications.
     

  • Design and maintain an efficient team structure and shift rotation to guarantee continuous coverage and clear incident ownership.
     

  • Own and optimize processes for incident management, service request triage, and problem management, aligning to ITIL-based practices.
     

  • Drive operational support for product launches, ensuring playbooks, monitoring, and on-call coverage are in place pre-launch.
     

  • Collaborate with Engineering, SRE, QA, Live Services, and Support teams to ensure end-to-end operational visibility and readiness.
     

  • Coordinate with Product and Program Managers to ensure TOC engagement in go-live checklists, cutover plans, and stability monitoring post-launch.
     

  • Define, track, and report on KPIs and operational health metrics (MTTA, MTTR, SLA adherence, service request backlog, root cause trends).
     

  • Champion continuous improvement across tools, runbooks, workflows, and team training—ensuring that lessons learned become implemented solutions.
     

  • Partner with tooling teams to identify automation opportunities and improve alerting quality and signal-to-noise ratio.
     

  • Maintain strong documentation across runbooks, escalation guides, and readiness templates.
     

Who We Think Will Be a Great Fit

  • Experienced leader of 24/7 operations teams (TOC, NOC, SRE support, or similar), with a deep understanding of infrastructure operations and systems monitoring.
     

  • Background in service request and problem management, including tracking tools and frameworks like ITSM, ITIL, or custom operational models.
     

  • A process thinker with a bias toward automation and measurable improvement.
     

  • Skilled communicator with the ability to drive clarity and calm in high-pressure situations.
     

  • Proven success leading readiness for major launches, operational cutovers, or live product events.
     

  • Strong familiarity with operational tooling (e.g., PagerDuty, Datadog, Splunk, ServiceNow, Grafana, Jira).
     

  • Effective people leader: coaching, feedback, delegation, and team culture building.
     

  • Detail- and data-driven: able to report on trends, drive action plans, and present insights to technical and executive stakeholders.
     

What We Offer

  • A mission-critical, high-impact role in a fast-paced environment.
     

  • Autonomy and ownership over TOC systems, strategy, and team design.
     

  • Competitive compensation, full health benefits, training reimbursement, and performance-based incentives.
     

  • A culture of collaboration, learning, and continuous operational evolution.

 

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

 
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