Director, Customer Support

The Director, Customer Support will provide strategic oversight and direction for our Americas Customer Support team within our Customer Success organization. The Director will lead a team of Senior Managers and Managers (and by proxy teams of Product Experts) to deliver on the vision of the Global Customer Support team to deliver a world class customer experience. Responsible for the growth and development of the team, driving efficiency, and acting as an escalation point for issues (resolving them as they arise), and helping to develop the strategies necessary to reach Klaviyo’s goals. Work closely with other teams and leaders across the company, fully owning the customer support experience and corresponding company metrics for their region. 

In this role you will:

• Oversee performance management processes for their entire business unit
  • Responsible for approving hiring and attrition processes
  • Hire and develop new managers; coaching through effective leadership (how to have an effective 1:1, how to hold a team meeting, how to hold a team accountable, and how to stretch top talent)
• Communicate, motivate, and inspire employees on the team to drive a positive team culture.
• Create an inclusive culture on their team through leading by example with being humble and open-minded, and operating with high integrity by being open to feedback.
• Oversee workforce distribution to ensure optimal customer coverage and team balance.
• Recruit, interview, hire, and train new staff.
• Oversee the daily workflow of the department.
• Drive value for customers by helping them achieve their business and technical outcomes through the day-to-day operation of their functional teams.
• Define & ensure clarity around priorities and goals for their entire functional area.
• Provide guidance and support to direct reports, composed of front-line managers.
• Operationalize and improve processes and documents for the functional group.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to mitigate customer risk; help the team to secure necessary assistance.
• Continuously provide input to scale and improve internal processes as well as customer support offerings.
• Responsible for execution & attainment of all 2023 strategy and operation goals through monitoring project progress, objectives, and team metrics.
• Guide the talent identification and development processes for their region
• Work across functions with peers in other groups to ensure collaboration for shared goals
• Work with executive leadership and other peers for strategy development and execution planning.
• Evaluate and measure customer satisfaction to develop and implement plans for continuous improvement
• Responsible for the planning and directing of the business function successfully through clear goal setting, objectives, and plans of execution.
• Establish operational objectives for their business unit through proactive identification of key areas of opportunity keeping the customer journey at the center of all ideas.
• Leverage data and objective measures to design and make key business decisions, and drive results
• Focused on the key strategies and execution of the business unit with visibility into cross functional impact.
• Analyze issues and problem solve in an objective and scalable way.

We're looking for people who have:

• 10+ years of Customer Support experience. 5+ years managing managers or team leads of a Customer Support Team in a high growth SaaS company
• Demonstrated success in both business and leadership roles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience with or able to quickly pick-up (a plus): Microsoft Office Suite, G-Suite, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Zendesk, and Salesforce; DNS, IPs and other networking concepts, APIs; Email marketing platforms and E-Commerce platforms
• A passion about creative problem solving for customers and internal teams
• Strong leadership experience dedicated to helping others develop
• Self-motivated, eager to learn and thrive in a collaborative environment
• An ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Analytical and driven to achieve quantitative and qualitative targets
• Nurture an environment of growth with encouragement and empowerment
• Experience in marketing or advising customers on marketing strategy.
• Accountable for productivity and customer sentiment metric achievement
• Financial accountability and responsibility associated with cost to service support metrics