Senior Customer Support Team Leader
Job Summary: The Senior Customer Support Team Leader is responsible for coaching and developing a high-performing team of customer support representatives while serving as a key partner to our clients. This role combines hands-on team leadership with strategic analysis, focusing on improving key performance indicators, enhancing the customer experience, and driving long-term client success through data-backed insights and proactive solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Performance Management
- Coach, mentor, and develop members of the Customer Support team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
- Prioritize, plan, and assign tasks to the team, ensuring the timely and successful delivery of solutions in line with business Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Monitor and report on individual and team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive performance and efficiency.
- Read and analyze agent transcripts to identify quality gaps and provide targeted, effective feedback to both top and bottom performers.
Client Success & Strategic Analysis
- Partner with clients across different industries to ensure long-term success, leading to growth and new opportunities.
- Communicate clearly the progress of monthly and quarterly initiatives to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Prepare and relay regular reports on account status, performance trends, and key insights to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Review client websites and transcripts to gain a deep understanding of customer needs and behaviors.
- Analyze what parts of a client’s website have the most and least conversions, and profile customer types to inform strategy.
- Adjust proactive messaging and chat flows based on performance data to improve chat volume and success rates.
- Process & Quality Improvement
- Develop and implement new scripts and chat flows based on successful and unsuccessful client interactions.
- Provide feedback and collaborate with Training and Operations teams to create proactive solutions that enhance the customer experience.
- Set up and establish new client accounts, including creating and customizing initial scripts and account settings.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure desired outcomes are achieved or exceeded within set timelines.
Qualifications & Experience
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to resolve conflicts, negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes, and effectively articulate complex information with clients across all professional channels, including phone, virtual meetings, and written correspondence.
- Minimum 3+ years of proven work experience in a team leader or manager role within a customer service or support environment.
- Demonstrable ability to communicate, present, and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of an organization, including with executives and business owners.
- Solid experience with CRM software and proficient in MS Office, with strong MS Excel skills.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strict attention to detail.
- Demonstrated experience and results in leading customer satisfaction or customer experience projects.
- Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to run and analyze reports; a data analytics background is a significant advantage.
- Experience in running client-success campaigns through quality and training initiatives.
- A BA/BS degree in Business Administration or a relevant field is preferred.