Tier 3 Customer Support Manager

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Keyfactor

πŸ“Remote - United States

Summary

Join Keyfactor as a Tier 3 Customer Support Manager and lead support operations, ensuring high-quality service and customer satisfaction. You will manage and mentor a team of support leads and engineers, driving continuous improvement and handling escalations. This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and experience in managing global support operations. Key responsibilities include overseeing service delivery, managing escalations, collaborating with other teams, and contributing to knowledge base enhancement. The position offers a remote work opportunity within the United States and a competitive compensation package.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience
  • Strong experience in customer support, with leadership roles in senior technical teams and junior support leaders
  • Strong knowledge of cryptography and PKI solutions
  • Proven ability to manage complex projects and multiple priorities
  • Proven ability to manage global teams and complex support operations
  • Strong analytical skills and experience with support metrics and data analysis
  • Strategic thinking and ability to drive continuous improvement
  • Excellent leadership and decision-making skills
  • Ability to manage escalations effectively and maintain customer satisfaction
  • Advanced knowledge of IT service management principles and ITIL and NIST frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Leads, mentors, and manages a team of customer support team leads and engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and professional growth
  • Develops team capabilities through training, coaching, and ongoing professional development initiatives
  • Conducts regular performance evaluations, provides constructive feedback, and creates comprehensive development plans
  • Oversees support service delivery, ensuring adherence to SLAs and high customer satisfaction levels
  • Manages high-priority customer escalations, ensuring timely resolution with clear and proactive customer communication
  • Partners with support tiers, product development, and engineering teams for effective escalation and resolution of customer issues
  • Collaborates with sales and customer success teams to align support activities with customer needs and business goals
  • Provides strategic feedback to internal stakeholders for product enhancements and process optimizations
  • Develops robust escalation management processes to handle critical customer issues efficiently
  • Coordinates with global support teams for consistent and effective resolution of escalations across regions
  • Maintains transparent communication with customers and internal stakeholders during escalations to ensure satisfaction
  • Contributes to the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of a comprehensive knowledge base for technical knowledge and SOPs
  • Encourages knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the support team to improve efficiency and effectiveness
  • Supports initiatives to optimize the knowledge management system for better accessibility and usability
  • Analyzes and reports on case trends and metrics to identify improvement opportunities and drive operational excellence
  • Oversees case assignments and team availability to meet workload demands and SLA targets effectively
  • Leads escalations of key cases across departments to ensure prompt and effective resolution

Preferred Qualifications

Professional or Technical certification in support such as Certified Support Professional CSP, Customer Service Manager CSM, ITIL foundation or Security+ are desirable

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefit coverage, paid for by the company for you and your dependents (US)
  • Generous paid parental leave (US)
  • Second Fridays (a company-wide day off on the second Friday of every month)
  • Unlimited time off (US) and competitive time off globally
  • Monthly Talent development and Cross Functional meetings to support professional development
  • Wellbeing resources, wellness allowance, mindfulness app free membership, Wellness Wednesdays
  • Global Volunteer Day, company non-profit matching, and 3 volunteer days off

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