About the role
april is looking for an engaging, proactive, and customer-obsessed Concierge Manager to build and lead a high-performing customer support function. This leader will be responsible for creating a best-in-class experience for our customers while supporting our growing team. As the Concierge Manager / Senior Manager, you will oversee a team of support professionals (some with tax experience and some without) who are united by a commitment to exceptional customer service. Your team will serve as a critical bridge between our customers and tax professionals, helping ensure a seamless and thoughtful customer journey throughout the tax process. This is an opportunity to build a function from the ground up in a fast-paced, collaborative startup environment. You’ll partner closely with relevant stakeholders to shape the strategy, processes, and culture of a dynamic concierge organization designed to scale with the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, manage, and scale the Concierge function and customer support team
- Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team focused on empathy, responsiveness, and operational excellence
- Establish service standards, workflows, KPIs, and quality assurance processes
- Support customers with:
- Document retrieval and collection
- Consultation scheduling and rescheduling
- Product-related questions
- General tax return status and support inquiries
- Partner closely with Tax Operations and Tax Experts to ensure efficient customer handoffs and issue resolution
- Create and refine customer support processes that improve both customer satisfaction and operational efficiency
- Help define the customer experience strategy as the company continues to grow
- Identify opportunities for automation, tooling, and process optimization while maintaining a high-touch customer experience
- Foster a culture centered on accountability, collaboration, and customer care
Experience
- 5–8 years of experience in customer support, concierge services, operations, or related leadership roles
- Proven experience leading and developing customer-facing teams
- Strong operational and organizational skills with the ability to build processes from scratch
- Highly customer-focused with a proactive and solutions-oriented mindset
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup or technology environment
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and scale teams and systems effectively
- Experience supporting complex or sensitive customer interactions is strongly preferred
Even Better If
- Tax industry or financial operations experience
- Startup and/or high-growth tech company experience
- Experience building customer support or concierge functions from the ground up