Manager, Technical Support
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- Vancouver, BC
- $100,000-130,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Location: Vancouver, BC
Job ID: 86813
Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated, client-focused individual to join the Technical Support team.
As part of the Technical Support team, the Manager, Technical Support will lead customer-facing teams in a 24/7 environment. You will be responsible for the team’s day-to-day operations, leading a team of 6–12 experienced subject matter experts. The Manager will build strong relationships with peers to execute departmental strategies.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to hire, coach, and lead a growing team. Your accountabilities will include reporting on key metrics, handling client escalations, and identifying opportunities to improve client experience. You possess a solid technical background and demonstrate the experience needed to guide complex issue resolution, implement best practices, and maintain high client satisfaction.What You’ll Do:
- Leads a team that is responsible for providing a high level of technical support and customer satisfaction.
- Conducts weekly 1:1s, prepares performance assessments, and mentors and guides the professional and technical development of your team members.
- Provides continuous feedback, addresses underperformance, and recognizes the individual strengths and contributions of your team members.
- Develops a superior understanding of products and services.
- Monitors and analyzes support metrics, customer feedback, and system performance to drive continuous improvement.
- Manages staffing plans and work scheduling.
- Facilitates open communication between Technical Support and other departments.
- Collaborates with development and product teams to address software issues, bug fixes, and feature enhancements.
- Provides training and mentoring to support staff to ensure continuous skills development and high team performance.
- Stays updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to improve support operations.
- Manages and resolves escalations related to the support process, direct reports, or product.
- Oversees documentation of support processes, FAQs, and knowledge base articles to enhance self-service capabilities.
- Provides world-class customer experience in all parts of work.
- Builds strong relationships with peers and stakeholders to deliver on common goals.
- Acts as a goal-oriented, self-starter who can work independently and reliably with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrates strong ability to work comfortably under pressure in a fast-paced environment and handle challenging situations with integrity, empathy, and sincerity.
- Adapts and pivots quickly under changing conditions and circumstances; embraces new challenges and adjusts approaches as needed.
- Showcases good judgment and prioritization skills to proactively and independently solve problems and make strong decisions.
- Exhibits broad knowledge of the challenges and benefits of supporting a SaaS environment.
- Has strong ability to react and effectively remove roadblocks affecting team efficiency.
- Understands and is able to communicate at all levels the impact to business and customers from service incidents.
- Leads technical recovery to mitigate and restore service, minimizing impact to customers for major incidents while considering all aspects of incident management.
- Identifies opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the team.
- Ensures new products, services, and features are fully supportable and meet support services non-functional requirements.
- Identifies and recruits exceptional talent to improve the overall skillset and experience level of the team.
- Manages direct reports with different levels of technical knowledge, experience, skillsets, and areas of focus.
- Exemplifies strong written and verbal communication skills to manage both client and internal organizational interactions.
Successful candidates will exhibit strong communication and people management skills and will act as personable relationship builders who demonstrate effective leadership through change. The successful candidate has a strong track record as a servant leader, with a strong focus on clearing roadblocks and enabling their teams to best support customers. You will have demonstrated leadership experience in a customer or end-user SaaS support environment and possess strong technical problem-solving abilities with a customer service orientation.
- Previous experience in a SaaS or enterprise-grade organization.
- Post-secondary education (a minimum of an undergraduate degree is preferred).
- 10 years of SaaS support experience in a client-facing role.
- At least 5 years of progressive leadership experience within a support organization.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, enabling you to effectively build relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong ability to set priorities and coordinate work efficiently and effectively.
- Adaptability to work with multiple teams on projects with varying degrees of flexibility/rigidity.
- The Technical Support team operates 24×7 using a follow-the-sun model.
- Managers may be required to work outside of business hours, including weekends and statutory holidays.
- This is a fully in-office role, with flexibility as required.