Customer Service Manager

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<h1>Customer Service Manager</h1>

<h2>About the Role</h2>

<p>We are looking for an experienced <strong>Customer Service Manager</strong> to lead and develop a high-performing customer support team. This person will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day customer service operations, improving service quality, coaching team members, and ensuring customers receive timely, professional, and effective support.</p>

<p>The ideal candidate is a hands-on people leader who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, using data to drive decisions, and partnering with other teams to resolve customer issues and improve the overall customer experience.</p>

<h2>Key Responsibilities</h2>

<h3>Team Leadership &amp; Management</h3>

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<p>Lead, coach, and develop a team of Customer Service Representatives/Agents.</p>

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<p>Set clear performance expectations and monitor individual and team performance.</p>

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<p>Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, coaching sessions, and team meetings.</p>

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<p>Identify training and development needs and create plans to address performance gaps.</p>

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<p>Foster a positive, accountable, and customer-focused team culture.</p>

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<p>Support hiring, onboarding, and ramp-up of new customer service team members.</p>

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<h3>Customer Service Operations</h3>

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<p>Oversee day-to-day customer service operations and ensure appropriate coverage and staffing.</p>

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<p>Monitor customer inquiries, escalations, response times, resolution times, and overall service levels.</p>

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<p>Ensure customer issues are handled efficiently and escalated appropriately.</p>

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<p>Take ownership of complex or high-priority customer escalations when needed.</p>

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<p>Develop and maintain customer service processes, procedures, and standards.</p>

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<p>Identify operational inefficiencies and implement improvements.</p>

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<h3>Performance &amp; Quality Management</h3>

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<p>Establish and track KPIs such as <strong>CSAT, response time, resolution time, SLA attainment, first-contact resolution, ticket volume, and productivity</strong>.</p>

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<p>Analyze performance data and identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for improvement.</p>

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<p>Conduct quality reviews and provide actionable feedback to team members.</p>

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<p>Develop action plans to improve team performance and customer satisfaction.</p>

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<p>Prepare regular performance reports and communicate key findings to leadership.</p>

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<h3>Cross-Functional Collaboration</h3>

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<p>Partner with Product, Operations, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and other teams to resolve recurring customer issues.</p>

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<p>Communicate customer feedback and trends to relevant internal stakeholders.</p>

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<p>Help identify product, process, or policy improvements based on customer interactions.</p>

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<p>Ensure effective communication and handoffs between customer service and other departments.</p>

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<h3>Process &amp; Continuous Improvement</h3>

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<p>Build and improve knowledge bases, FAQs, workflows, and customer service documentation.</p>

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<p>Identify opportunities to automate or streamline repetitive support processes.</p>

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<p>Establish scalable processes as the customer service organization grows.</p>

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<p>Stay informed about customer service best practices, tools, and technologies.</p>

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<h2>Qualifications</h2>

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<p><strong>3–5+ years of experience in customer service</strong>, with at least <strong>1–2 years in a supervisory or management role</strong>.</p>

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<p>Demonstrated experience managing, coaching, and developing customer service teams.</p>

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<p>Strong understanding of customer service operations and performance management.</p>

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<p>Experience working with customer service KPIs and metrics.</p>

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<p>Strong problem-solving and escalation-management skills.</p>

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<p>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</p>

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<p>Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.</p>

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<p>Comfortable working with customer service platforms, ticketing systems, CRM tools, and reporting/analytics tools.</p>

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<p>Strong attention to detail and a customer-first mindset.</p>

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<p>Ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.</p>

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<h2>Preferred Qualifications</h2>

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<p>Experience managing a <strong>high-volume customer support operation</strong>.</p>

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<p>Experience with <strong>SaaS, technology, e-commerce, marketplaces, or other fast-paced customer-facing businesses</strong>.</p>

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<p>Experience working with tools such as <strong>Zendesk, Salesforce, Intercom, Gorgias, Freshdesk, or similar platforms</strong>.</p>

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<p>Experience managing remote or distributed customer service teams.</p>

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<p>Experience with workforce planning, scheduling, forecasting, or capacity management.</p>

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<p>Experience implementing customer service process improvements or automation.</p>

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<h2>What We're Looking For</h2>

<p>The successful candidate will be:</p>

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<p><strong>A strong people leader</strong> who knows how to coach and motivate a team.</p>

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<p><strong>Customer-focused</strong> while also balancing business and operational needs.</p>

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<p><strong>Data-driven</strong>, using metrics to identify problems and make decisions.</p>

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<p><strong>Hands-on</strong>, willing to jump into difficult customer issues when necessary.</p>

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<p><strong>Accountable and organized</strong>, with strong follow-through.</p>

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<p><strong>Collaborative</strong>, able to work effectively across departments.</p>

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<p><strong>Process-oriented</strong>, with a focus on building scalable and consistent support operations.</p>

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<p><strong>Calm under pressure</strong> and comfortable handling escalations and challenging situations.</p>

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<h2>Key Success Metrics</h2>

<p>Success in this role will be measured through improvements in:</p>

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<p>Customer satisfaction (CSAT)</p>

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<p>First-contact resolution</p>

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<p>Response and resolution times</p>

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<p>SLA attainment</p>

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<p>Customer retention/experience</p>

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<p>Team productivity</p>

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<p>Quality scores</p>

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<p>Employee engagement and retention</p>

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<p>Escalation volume and resolution</p>

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<p>Operational efficiency</p>

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