Director of Customer Support, Pressable
Overview
Pressable ('WordPress hosting that means business') seeks an experienced, motivated, and empathetic professional expertise to help us meet or exceed aggressive growth goals for our superb WordPress hosting company—part of the Automattic family.
Job Description
Automattic is the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place and are a distributed company with more than 1900 Automatticians in 96 countries speaking 120+ different languages.
Responsibilities
- - Hire, train, and mentor a high-performing support team
- - Ensure that team members have clear career roadmaps and development plans
- - Grow the support team from a small startup into one that can handle a rapidly growing customer base
- - Ensure appropriate staffing and resource allocation for 24/7 support
- - Develop and execute strategies that improve customer satisfaction (CSAT) while maintaining high service level agreements (SLA) standards
- - Collaborate with the Support Operations Manager to ensure smooth customer onboarding processes
- - Evaluate and implement new support channels and tools
- - Work with product, engineering, marketing, and sales teams to deliver feedback
- - Provide regular reports and insights on support performance metrics
- - Be active in the support queue to ensure a strong pulse on customer needs
Required Skills
- - 5+ years of experience in technical or customer support leadership roles, preferably at a SaaS or enterprise software company
- - Proven success in managing high-performing support teams
- - Strong ability to develop strategies and lead cross-functional initiatives to improve customer experiences
- - Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a focus on team development and customer success
- - Experience with WordPress, PHP, or hosting services is a plus
Benefits
- - Global salary range
- - Work in a distributed company
- - Be part of a mission-driven company that democratizes publishing and commerce
About the company
We are the people behind WordPress.com, Woo, Jetpack, WordPress VIP, Simplenote, Longreads, The Atavist, WPScan, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, Tumblr, Day One, Pocket Casts, Newspack, Beeper, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.