Supervisor, Starlink Customer Support

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SUPERVISOR, STARLINK CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Starlink, our revolutionary satellite constellation, will deliver low-latency broadband internet worldwide. As an early member of the Starlink customer support team, you will lead the team that interfaces directly with Starlink customers, ensuring they have an exceptional overall experience.

Your primary responsibility will be to lead a team of support associates responsible for rapidly resolving customer issues. You will have responsibility for hiring, personnel development, and developing a culture of operational rigor where our customers come first. You will partner with other internal teams to surface and resolve root cause of issues impacting our customers, and will be a critical voice in the development of program strategy. We’re looking for excellent problem solvers that succeed wearing many hats (supervisor, trainer, rep, analyst, designer), move quickly and proactively, are strong communicators, and fiercely advocate within the Starlink organization on behalf of our customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead a team of support associates. Manage quality, performance, cost, and employee development. Lead overall team and staff coordination, including assessing employee performance and delivering constructive feedback that improves the caliber of the team

Lead issue trend and root cause analysis for our product and service. Use quantitative and qualitative methods to drive internal understanding and impact assessment. Be the voice of the customer, in the language of the business

Develop triage methods and troubleshooting playbooks that improve resolution speed and first touch resolution

Collaborate with internal teams (engineering, reliability, production, finance, design, communications, sales) to design simple, effective support interventions that improve our customers’ experience

Create training programs and coaching tools that enable our support associates to be knowledgeable, nimble, technically capable, and excellent communicators

Analyze and set up best inbound and outbound channels for customers (digital, voice, SMS, etc.)

Create, review, and maintain internal knowledge base and customer-facing help center

Collaborate with internal tool development teams to identify capabilities that increase support associate performance and productivity

Develop reporting and analytics that measure end customer and internal team success

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelors degree and 3+ years experience in a customer operations-focused supervisor or people management role; or 5+ years in a customer operations-focused supervisor or people management role

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Experience in a training, learning and development, analytics, service design, vendor management, or content management role

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Talking with others comes naturally, you derive satisfaction from resolving their issues, and you can distill complex concepts into the simplest explanations. You internalize customer concerns, solve them, and keep it positive

Strong attention to detail, project management, and organizational skills. You take pride in your craft

Start-up, consulting, or other demonstrated experience in high-growth, fast-paced environment

Technical aptitude – experience with networking, hardware troubleshooting, software development, etc.

Experience working with software and staffing vendors

Lean/Six Sigma experience or certifications

Experience with reporting tools (Advanced Excel, SQL, dashboarding/reporting/visualization platforms)

Solid financial literacy – you have fluency with an income statement and balance sheet

Written/verbal business fluency in Spanish, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Polish or Italian

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .

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