You own the field service organization — the technicians who install, maintain, and repair equipment at customer sites — including dispatch, training, parts logistics, and technology. The role is half operations, half customer experience.
Most days tend to involve a mix of operational reviews, regional manager check-ins, and cross-functional coordination with sales, parts, and engineering. You'll often spend part of the week on performance metrics — first-time fix rate, response time, customer satisfaction — and on the technology stack that powers dispatch and field communication.
The hardest part is often the workforce reality: field technicians are skilled, geographically distributed, and aging in many industries, with replacement pipelines that don't fully match retirements. You'll typically partner with HR on recruiting and retention, with sales on service contract economics, and with product on serviceability of the equipment your team supports.
People who tend to thrive here are operationally rigorous, technically literate, and comfortable with travel. The trade-off is the always-on nature of service — equipment fails on weekends, and downtime costs customers real money. If you find satisfaction in building a field operation customers actually trust, this role can be a strong destination.
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View all Social Services roles →You own the field service organization — the technicians who install, maintain, and repair equipment at customer sites — including dispatch, training, parts logistics, and technology. The role is half operations, half customer experience.
Median pay for a Field Service Director is about $78K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $50K to $130K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel Resources, and Time Management.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 6.4% through 2034, with roughly 195,490 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Field Party Manager, Field Contact Person, and Field Contact Technician.
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