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Team Lead, Onboarding

74k – 92kUnited StatesRemote4+ YOE
Summary

Lead and coach an onboarding team within Customer Success, driving performance, retention, and process improvements while serving as liaison to Product and Engineering.

About the role

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Coaching

  • Mentor and support team members by providing guidance with day-to-day responsibilities
  • Hold regular 1-on-1s and monitor workflows, efficiency, quality, and performance

Performance Development

  • Develop and implement coaching plans that improve team members' skills
  • Inspire a positive and supportive work environment
  • Manage day-to-day operations including scheduling and resourcing

Customer Escalations & QA

  • Address escalated customer concerns through direct de-escalation techniques or by advising team members on effective resolutions
  • Collaborate with the QA Lead to develop and oversee Quality Assurance workflows

Process Optimization

  • Monitor processes, identify areas for improvement, implement solutions to enhance efficiency
  • Conduct cross-functional training sessions to address team skill gaps

Cross-Department Alignment

  • Stay updated on product and process updates
  • Work with other teams to handle joint customer inquiries
  • Report knowledge gaps to be added to internal systems

Revenue & Retention Initiatives

  • Implement and oversee initiatives that contribute to achieving revenue goals
  • Coach team to impact customer satisfaction, retention, and feature adoption

Product Development Liaison

  • Use qualitative and quantitative data to identify enhancements
  • Help define detailed use cases, conduct research
  • Communicate potential platform issues to Product, Marketing, and Engineering teams

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in customer support or service industry, serving a diverse and professional customer base
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • Able to perform expected duties with little or no supervision
  • Ability to learn new systems quickly, teach them to others, and troubleshoot effectively
  • Demonstrated analytical thinking, process development, problem-solving, communication, delegation, and planning skills
  • Intermediate experience with Slack, Asana, Google Workspace, Zendesk, and Workday
  • Intermediate knowledge of HIPAA, PCI-DSS, PHIPA, and GDPR

Preferred Qualifications

  • 1+ years of experience working specifically within Onboarding
  • 1-2+ years of experience in a supervisory role
  • Clear understanding of the software development cycle
  • Results-driven, highly empathetic leader comfortable with ambiguity
  • Impeccable conversational communication skills
Skills
SlackAsanaGoogle WorkspaceZendeskWorkdayHIPAAPCI-DSSPHIPAGDPRCustomer Support
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