Sr. Manager, Workforce Planning (Starlink Customer Success)

SpaceX • Redmond, WA

5h • Onsite

About The Position

In our quest to provide high-speed broadband internet to the world, Starlink is seeking a dynamic workforce management manager to join our Starlink Customer Success team. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for managing forecasting, staffing models, and scheduling for our customer support teams (internal and external third parties) and ensuring we meet service level agreements (SLAs). Additionally, you’ll play a critical role in using data to drive decision-making, designing dashboards, and applying statistical analysis to provide actionable insights into support demand, our team’s performance, customer demand, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, data science, physics, or an engineering discipline; OR 10+ years of professional experience in workforce management or capacity planning
• 8+ years of experience as a workforce planning leader within a technical customer support and/or customer success organization.
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
• 3+ years of experience with SQL and creating/managing dashboards using data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Looker).

Nice To Haves

• Strong project management and self-directed prioritization skills.
• Experience forecasting and capacity planning for a globally distributed team (with both FTE and BPO headcount).
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships across disciplines and with multiple levels of management.
• Exceptional ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences at all organizational levels.
• Experience managing a third-party (BPO) vendor that provides customer support services.
• Strong programming/software fundamentals, including SQL and Python.
• Experience routinely presenting to and steering executive-level audiences and strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop an agile and innovative team of planners and analysts to manage all aspects of the workforce planning program.
• Develop staffing models that translate highly variable demand inputs into flexible and efficient staffing plans.
• Partner with the Customer Success engineering team to develop workforce planning tools and applications for our in-house customer support software
• Determine and set aggressive goals for customer support service levels, manage project priorities, and ensure they align with overall Starlink program goals.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering and growth teams to forecast short and long term customer demand for support.
• Oversee the creation and management of dashboards that track key performance indicators (KPIs), including productivity, response times, queue levels, and staffing levels.
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations for operational efficiency improvements based on data trends and deep knowledge of frontline support operations.
• Collaborate with internal recruiting and BPOs to align staffing and performance strategy for a global support operation.
• Foster a culture of data-driven excellence within the customer support organization.

Benefits

• Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks.
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
• Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager