Manager, Customer Support

Intercom•Chicago, IL

9h•$109,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Intercom is a complete customer service platform, and the leader in AI for customer service. This is a unique opportunity to lead a support team at a support focused company, and showcase our vision for AI first customer service experience. You will be leading a high performing team of Technical Support Specialists and Technical Support Engineers while managing all aspects of delivering an exceptional customer experience for our customers. We’re looking for a motivated, independent operator, who is comfortable wearing multiple hats and is energized by constant change. The ideal candidate will have exceptional customer service skills, solid technical experience, an interest in AI and proven experience successfully leading and contributing to a distributed customer support team at a SaaS organization. As a company we are majorly focused on AI so we hope you’ll be excited about the way AI is changing the customer support world and experience for our customers.

Requirements

4+ years experience working in a customer support/service capacity - SaaS or technology company highly desired
Minimum of 3 year experience in a role where you directly led and managed a team of people and built a strong team culture
Strong communication / writing skills and interpersonal skills. You will be leading and collaborating with your global peers async most of the time
Previous experience managing a team to metrics, hosting regular 1:1s, performance reviews, performance improvement plans and running team meetings
Customer focus - you obsess over the customer experience and proven track record of building customer obsession into customer interactions, processes, and culture
Comprehensive knowledge of and interest in the technology industry
Ability to recognize patterns in data and provide recommendations based on those patterns
A sense of optimism, flexibility, resilience, grit, and creativity

Responsibilities

People management - Onboard, develop, coach, and lead a team of ~10 inboxing teammates. Promote a team culture of belonging and of owners and problem solvers
Culture - Motivate and ensure the CS team is deeply aligned and committed to Intercom’s strategy, vision, and core values
CS results - Be responsible for and drive first response times and customer satisfaction within your team and across the CS organization.
Building - Identify, create solutions, and execute on workflows and projects to achieve CS Org goals and deliver a remarkable customer experience. This is start up environment and we’re constantly testing and learning new things
Cross-functional projects - partner with marketing & sales, and R&D as the voice of CS and our customers.
Process - Develop and improve our processes and policies to drive simplicity and results