Manager, Number Support Group

Who We Are: At Bandwidth , we shape how the world connects. We're the global communications software company and Tier 1 network operator with global reach. The voice, messaging, and emergency services infrastructure behind the brands and apps you use every day. Because we own the network we build on, the problems you'll solve here are bigger, more complex, and more impactful. And as communications shifts to AI, we're the infrastructure layer making it possible. We call ourselves BANDmates because building something this big takes collaboration, different perspectives, and the freedom to bring your authentic self to the table. We're experts who speak like humans. Ready to build what's next? #JoinTheBand What We Are Looking For: The Manager, Number Support Group leads the analysts and Team Leads who run local, toll-free, international, and inventory number operations within the Number Support Group. The Manager owns the customer's number support experience, measured by SLA, CSAT, and order cycle time, serves as the escalation point for complex customer issues and incidents, and works with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to fix root causes. The role fits an operations leader with deep number support experience who has built and coached teams across time zones. What You'll Do: • Operational Leadership: Lead daily operations within the team across all number support functions: local porting, toll-free porting, international porting, and number inventory management. • Performance Management: Set and manage team performance against key metrics including SLA, CSAT, QA scores, ticket resolution time, order cycle time, port completion rate, reject rate, FOC date adherence, and backlog aging. Report results to senior leadership monthly. • Talent Development: Hire, coach, and develop Team Leads and analysts. Deliver ongoing feedback, manage individual performance, and plan for succession. • Escalation and Incident Management: Serve as the primary escalation point for complex customer issues and critical incidents across all number support functions. Participate in MIM for number-related incidents and own the customer communication. • Carrier, Vendor, and Regulatory Management: Own relationships with carriers and porting partners. Stay current on FCC, NPAC, Somos, and international number rules that affect customers. • Process Improvement and Automation: Identify and drive process improvement initiatives using operational data, team feedback, and industry best practices. Use automation and AI tooling to reduce manual touches per order and fix recurring defects. • Workforce Planning: Develop and maintain frameworks for workload distribution, scheduling, and capacity forecasting across a geographically distributed team. • Quality Assurance: Conduct quality audits of porting tickets, phone interactions, and orders, delivering actionable feedback to team members and Team Leads. • Training and Documentation: Oversee the creation and maintenance of training materials and internal process documentation. • Collaboration and Culture: Partner cross-functionally with product, engineering, and customer success teams to improve the customer experience and resolve systemic issues. Run regular team meetings to drive communication, share updates, and build team culture across distributed locations. • Undertake other duties as assigned to support the Number Support Group's strategic objectives. • Leads a geographically distributed team across multiple time zones, with occasional travel required. Participates in an after-hours escalation rotation for customer-impacting incidents. What You Need: • Experience: • 5+ years in number porting or number inventory operations, including 2+ years leading a team with direct management of T