Customer Support Manager

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12h

About The Position

We’re looking for a Customer Support Manager to lead and scale our customer support function as the company grows. This role is responsible for building a high-performing support team, defining best-in-class support processes, and ensuring our customers receive timely, empathetic, and effective support across all touchpoints. You’ll sit at the intersection of customer experience, operations, and product, acting as both a people leader and a strategic partner to the business. This is a hands-on role that requires comfort jumping into tickets when needed, while also building systems and processes that scale.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in customer support or customer experience, including at least 1–2 years in a people management role.
Proven experience leading and scaling customer support teams in a fast-paced environment.
Strong operational mindset with the ability to build processes that scale.
Excellent communication skills, with a calm, empathetic, and customer-first approach.
Comfortable handling escalations and navigating ambiguity.
Data-driven, with experience using metrics to drive improvements.
Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without authority.

Nice To Haves

Experience in fintech, payments, SaaS, or a regulated environment is a plus.
Familiarity with support platforms such as Zendesk is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop a team of Customer Support Representatives.
Set clear expectations around performance, quality, and customer experience.
Support onboarding, training, and ongoing development of support team members.
Foster a customer-first, collaborative, and accountable team culture.
Own day-to-day customer support operations, including ticket management, escalations, and response SLAs.
Design, document, and continuously improve support workflows, policies, and playbooks.
Ensure consistent, high-quality support across all channels (email, chat, etc.).
Serve as an escalation point for complex or sensitive customer issues.
Ensure issues are resolved efficiently and with a strong focus on empathy and clarity.
Identify recurring customer pain points and proactively drive solutions.
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Payments, Risk/Fraud, and Operations teams to resolve customer issues and improve product experience.
Advocate for the customer internally by surfacing insights, trends, and feedback.
Support launches of new features or workflows by preparing the support team and updating documentation.
Track and report on key support metrics (e.g., ticket volume, response times, resolution times, CSAT).
Analyze trends to identify gaps, training needs, or opportunities for process improvement.
Use data to inform staffing, tooling, and operational decisions.
Own and optimize customer support tools and platforms (e.g., Zendesk).
Help implement automation, macros, and self-service resources to improve efficiency and customer experience.
Maintain internal and external knowledge bases and FAQs.