Senior Director, Global Customer Support
Gong
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Posted:
August 23, 2023
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Onsite
About the position
As the Senior Director of Global Customer Support at Gong, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our customers have a white glove support experience. Your responsibilities will include hiring, coaching, and developing a team of Support Engineers and Technical Account Managers. Additionally, you will shape our Enterprise support offerings and contribute to our follow-the-sun, escalation, and 24x7 capabilities. With your expertise in building and managing high-performing technical support teams, you will drive customer adoption, exceed customer expectations, and foster a culture of raving fans.
Responsibilities
- Develop support models to drive customer adoption of Gong solutions
- Design and evolve global Enterprise support motion for strategic accounts
- Collaborate with Products and Engineering to prioritize investments for reducing volume, simplifying troubleshooting, and speeding up resolution and analysis of defects
- Manage average speed of answer, resolution targets, and customer follow-up targets to ensure high customer satisfaction
- Develop and grow a global customer support model, with a focus on EMEA
- Establish a trusted relationship with customers and consistently exceed Enterprise customer expectations at scale
- Build and manage high-performing technical support teams in a multi-channel environment
- Provide end-user support that enables adoption and use of the software
- Provide live channel support, including chat-based support, while balancing speed of answer and cost efficiency
- Create and embody a culture that delights customers and employees in innovative ways
- Communicate effectively with strong executive presence
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building and managing high performing technical support teams in a multi-channel environment, including managing managers.
- 5+ years in a SaaS based organization with demonstrable achievements in end-user support that enables adoption and use of the software.
- Experience in live channel support, including chat-based support, to help end users real-time while balancing average speed of answer and cost efficiency.
- Proven ability to create and embody a raving fans culture that delights customers and employees in innovative ways.
- Polished and effective communicator with strong executive presence.
Benefits
- Variety of medical, dental, and vision plans
- Wellbeing Fund - flexible wellness stipend
- Mental Health benefits with covered therapy and coaching
- 401(k) program
- Education & learning stipend
- Flexible vacation time
- Paid parental leave
- Company-wide recharge days
- Work from home stipend