Customer Support Manager

Responsibilities

• Own all people management for CSR and CSS agents: 1:1s, coaching, performance reviews, PIPs, hiring recommendations
• Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development
• Manage LATAM contractor workforce: onboarding, performance, scheduling, and cultural integration
• Identify skill gaps across the team and implement targeted training programs Department Strategy & Operations
• Own the holistic performance of the support organization across all tiers
• Design and refine escalation frameworks, workflow logic, and tier structures as volume and complexity evolve
• Build and maintain reporting cadences that surface actionable insights — not just dashboards, but narratives about what's working and what isn't
• Capacity plan across shifts, geographies, and skill levels to balance cost and coverage
• Drive semi-annual OKR setting and retrospectives for the support org Cross-Functional Leadership
• Represent Support in Product and Engineering discussions — advocate for customer pain points, surface bug patterns, and influence roadmap priorities
• Coordinate with Compliance on BSA/AML-adjacent support workflows and state-level regulatory requirements
• Own the cross-functional relationship with Legal — ensure escalation workflows are documented, consistently followed, and that response timelines meet legal and regulatory obligations.
• Collaborate with the Frontline Support Manager on escalation handoff quality and T1-to-T2 workflow efficiency Proactive Support & Automation
• Drive the department's evolution from reactive ticket resolution to proactive support — identifying and addressing customer issues before they generate contact volume
• Analyze contact driver data to isolate repeatable, high-volume issue patterns and build automated solutions that eliminate them at the source
• Own the automation roadmap for the support org — evaluate, propose, and implement workflow automations, self-service tooling, and AI-driven solutions that reduce manual effort and improve resolution speed
• Champion a complexity-first mindset: break down multi-step, cross-system problems into discrete components that can be systematized, automated, documented, or self-served
• Track and report deflection and automation metrics — measure the impact of proactive initiatives on ticket volume, cost-per-resolution, and customer effort score Continuous Improvement