Manager, Customer Support
Who we are
At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.
We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.
The Job - Manager, Customer Support
As a leader on our Customer Success team, you will be responsible for guiding our Support representatives as they expertly handle a high volume of inbound calls, tickets and chats. In this role, you will focus on keeping work quality high and response times speedy as the company and our customer base grows. Along the way, it's key that you collect and prioritize common requests and needs from our customers and their employees to help Justworks improve.
We are looking for a hands-on leader, who will think and act both strategically and tactically, to drive the team’s engagement at all points of the customer lifecycle. You should be enthusiastic and a creative individual with the ability to inspire others, as you will be responsible for coaching, mentoring and developing individual team members.
You are:
- Passionate about developing people and building a team
- Able to overcome obstacles in solving problems for others
- Willing to get in the weeds of support to resolve issues
- Excited to be a part of a team that supports customers 24/7
- Calm under pressure
- Deeply caring about your teammates and customers
- Aligned with Justworks’ mission and share our core values: Compassion, Openness, Grit, Integrity and Simplicity
What you'll do:
- Scale/staff the Support team to handle current and future expected inbound inquiry volume
- Help to manage our 24/7 work hours and workforce planning
- Focus on process definition, optimization and improvements to make the team more efficient
- Collaborate with internal teams on tools and new platforms to deliver a high-quality customer experience
- Obsess over customer satisfaction and set clear expectations for what successful customer interactions look like
- Own and publish key metrics for the team, such as response time, customer NPS and work volume
- Work closely with our Training Manager to ensure that content is in place for successful new employee onboarding
- Handle general management responsibilities, such as leading regular team meetings, generating weekly metrics reports, and conducting periodic performance reviews
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and experience managing a team
- Proven excellence in support management
- Ability to identify service trends and present a path to resolve them
- Self-driven to be productive and seek out self-improvement
- Genuine desire to improve the quality of service we provide as well as the experience of our team members
- Superior customer support skills and comfort handling challenging situations over the phone - ability to be empathetic, compassionate, responsive and resourceful
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with acute attention to detail
- Aptitude for learning new products and helping to break down complicated topics and explain them in simple terms people can understand
- Ability to come up with creative solutions to any problem you face, and know how to organize and prioritize your workload
- Proficiency with CRM and communication platforms; admin experience a plus
Visa sponsorship for this role is currently not available.
Diversity at Justworks
Justworks’ vision is for all identities, backgrounds and expressions to be represented in the workplace. We're building the foundation for long-term success and intend to cultivate a safe, collaborative and inclusive space and company culture.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status.