Hiring: Manager of Support
April 14, 2008
My Client’s legendary founders have created a highly successful social networking platform.
I am looking for a
Manager of Support
Opportunity
- Lead the support organization within Advocacy & Support at a rapidly growing organization.
- Own the end-to-end cycle of support.
- Serve as a highly visible representative of client inside and outside the company.
- Assist in the highly rewarding effort to make Network Creators from all walks of life successful and making the network a product that millions of people continue to use in their daily lives.
Responsibilities
* Define and execute a successful support organization:
- Define the goals for Client’s support organization at an increasing volume of support requests.
- Build the plan for growing the people on the support team.
- Define the integration points with the rest of Advocacy & Support.
* Manage support process and technology
- Define the requirements for our ticketing system and oversee the successful implementation and ongoing improvement of it.
- Own the end-to-end support process from ticket creation through to resolution. Proactively prioritize the most important issues and regularly audit responses to make sure they’re up to our standards.
- Identify and analyze issues, patterns, and trends in inbound help requests. Funnel this data into new Frequently Asked Questions and product improvements.
* Recruit, train and manage support team:
- Recruit, train and manage a team of support people in hyper growth.
- Find the best candidates and lead them with a program that includes outstanding training, formal reviews, and ongoing, iterative improvements in people, process, and technology.- Partner with Web 2.0 Hire to do this
- Regularly conduct 1:1s and reviews, and promote stronger support people and transition out people that consistently underperform.
Qualifications
* You have 5+ years experience running the support team within a rapidly growing consumer Internet company.
* You have direct experience with defining and building out the people, process, and technology required to manage a successful support organization.
* You are an outstanding writer.
* You love helping people and find it rewarding to solve people’s problems.
* You like working hard and thrive on the excitement of a start up environment.
Contact me directly: christie AT web20hire.com
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