Role Description:
Qualified candidates are experts in technical support with a demonstrated knack for building rapport with our customers, managing a high performing team, and ensuring direct reports provide highest levels of customer satisfaction. You develop and maintain leading product expertise within your team, move fluidly between various tools and channels, and find the best solutions possible for our customers. You enjoy speaking with customers, managing escalations, and take pride in customer-facing work. You set the tone, energy and professionalism for your team through leading by example.
Position reports to: Director, Technical Support, Global
Position requires you to manage other employees: yes
Responsibilities:
1. Lead a team of Technical Support Engineers who work with our customers to resolve customer issues.
2. Consistently coach and provide actionable feedback to promote career development while maintaining support standards.
3. Ensure individual and team goals are met.
4. Assist with navigating resolutions to challenging incidents and customer escalations.
5. Participate in the hiring and onboarding process to continue growing the support team.
6. Serve as a thought leader, customer advocate and partner to your team and customers.
7. Cultivate a culture of engagement, ongoing learning, and high performance.
8. Collaborate with other departments to optimize systems, processes, and customer solutions.
9. Train and coach the team to improve soft and hard skills.
10. Excellent hiring skills - ability to source, hire, and build out your team.
Required Qualifications:
11. 2+ years experience leading customer support teams in the tech or SaaS space.
12. 5+ years of customer support leadership or technical support leadership.
13. Experience hiring and training new employees. Successful track record hitting and maintaining ambitious metrics.
14. Supports a culture that celebrates wins, encourages autonomy, ownership, and transparency.
Soft Skills:
15. Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
16. Independent thinker with the ability to perform under pressure.
17. Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.