Posted almost 5 years ago

Senior Manager, Technical Support

As a member of the Salesforce Technical Support team in EMEA , the Senior Technical Support Manager will oversee the day-to-day support operations of our technical support team and ensure the success of this function. This position will be located at Salesforce Dublin office in Sandyford and will report directly to the EMEA Senior Director of Technical Support, also based in Dublin, Ireland.

The successful candidate will be independent, self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented, influential, experienced in dealing with Senior Business Leaders & Company executives and be able to define and provide a high level of customer satisfaction through the delivery of world-class technical support services.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of support engineers that are located in Dublin and throughout the EMEA region
• Manage and work with Global Delivery Partners.
• Manage the daily operations of the team members, including schedules, case and phone routing and coverage, out of office coordination, health check delivery, etc.
• Manage support level and customer satisfaction metrics; ensure the support SLA's are being met and exceeded.
• Manage a team of highly skilled engineers to handle daily case volume and major customer escalations
• Hire, develop and evaluate personnel to ensure an efficient business operation.
• Coordinate with other Customer Support Managers to ensure optimal allocation of resources across overall caseload demand.
• Manage the communication of new or recurring problems to product management, product development, customer facing employees, and customers.
• Conduct regular 1:1 meetings and formal reviews with team members to monitor progress, to set expectations and to coach and develop employee skills
• Receive and manage customer complaints and escalate to appropriate personnel ensuring successful and timely resolution
• Identify and implement changes to methods, processes, systems and technologies to improve operational metrics.
• Ensure team has access to development tools, methodologies and any resources needed
• Collaborate closely with peer managers as part of a global team to ensure regional goals are met
• Have a working knowledge of managing a Software Development Team and familiarity with force.com platform.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Business Management with technical focus
• 5+ years experience working in critical support operations
• 4+ years in support management or support operations lead position, ideally managing developer support resources
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Experience supporting EMEA and US-based customers
• Knowledge of software development methodologies, development life-cycles, and use of development tools in a support capacity
• Ability to manage a team of engineers through technical escalations efficiently and appropriately
• Ability to effectively work within tight schedules and fast paced environment
• Ability to attract, hire and retain high-performing support professionals
• Ability to be creative and innovative. Discover and lead projects where value can be added to a global organization.

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