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Regional Technical Support Manager

Put conversations at the center of your business.

LivePerson

Employee count: 1001-5000

India only
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LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is the global leader in enterprise conversations. Hundreds of the world’s leading brands — including HSBC, Chipotle, and Virgin Media — use our award-winning Conversational Cloud platform to connect with millions of consumers. We power nearly a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set and safety tools to unlock the power of Conversational AI for better customer experiences.

At LivePerson, we foster an inclusive workplace culture that encourages meaningful connection, collaboration, and innovation. Everyone is invited to ask questions, actively seek new ways to achieve success, and reach their full potential. We are continually looking for ways to improve our products and make things better. This means spotting opportunities, solving ambiguities, and seeking effective solutions to the problems our customers care about.

Overview:

The Regional Support Engineering Manager will significantly contribute to the success of LivePerson’s Global Customer Care. This leader will ensure that SLAs are achieved and prepare the regional team to deliver an outstanding customer experience. Essential collaboration in this role will be with the different Customer Care, Engineering, and Success teams and external stakeholders.

You will report to the Regional Support Director

You will:

  • Effectively manage the daily operations of a Support Engineering team, ensuring the successful resolution or escalation of issues from customers and internal teams.
  • Provide hands-on technical assistance to the team and ensure best practices and correct troubleshooting methodologies are followed.
  • Develop customer-centric communication processes, emphasizing empathy and providing the best possible outcomes, even when immediate solutions are unavailable.
  • Execute continuous improvement of existing software applications and architecture, consistently ensuring quality deliverables.
  • In collaboration with our global managers, develop long-term customer care strategies and processes to scale the organization efficiently and budget-consciously.
  • Establish and maintain quality metrics and standards for the Support Engineering team, identifying challenges and opportunities for improvement.
  • Conduct regular 1:1 meetings with team members, providing constructive feedback and supporting their skills development.
  • Ensure the successful onboarding and development of Technical Support Engineers.
  • Evaluate knowledge ramp-up opportunities to ensure advanced skills in the latest technologies used by LivePerson.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with senior leaders to implement operational improvements and ensure our customer experience remains highly regarded.
  • Advocate for customers within LivePerson, representing their needs, feedback, and requests in various forums.
  • Foster high employee satisfaction within the team.
  • Drive and work frequently with cross-functional teams on global projects.
  • Build and maintain close relationships with Engineering, Sales, and Success teams, ensuring SMEs are fully versed on the relevant products, services, and account health.
  • Analyze customer data and metrics to identify trends and patterns and provide feedback to the support team and management.
  • Participate in 24/7 on-call duties and be available for unforeseen situations that require close monitoring and attention.
  • Develop career opportunities for the team members.

Skills and Abilities

  • A highly motivated individual with a positive and proactive attitude.
  • Must be highly customer-oriented, promoting empathy throughout, and dedicated to teamwork and collaboration.
  • Critical thinking and growth mindset.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to prioritize and execute to drive success.
  • Ability to successfully navigate ambiguity and adapt to new and dynamic environments.
  • Ability to act rapidly and logically under pressure and effectively engage with others to overcome challenges.
  • Strong leadership and people management skills, including experience in developing and coaching team members.
  • Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work with enthusiasm in a constantly changing environment.
  • Ability to interact and partner with all levels of management internally and with customer organizations your team supports.
  • Operate under pressure and be available to step in and manage a crisis internally and with customers as needed.
  • Flexibility to work beyond regular hours as required from time to time.
  • Ability to work during the US Eastern Time Zone.

You have:

  • B.A. or B.Sc. in a related field, preferably Computer Science or Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of 8 years of customer-facing experience communicating via different channels to various seniority levels, including C-suite executives.
  • At least 5 years of experience as an L3 (Senior) Support Engineer at a SaaS, CCaaS company, or related industry/field.
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented languages, server-side scripting, and databases.
  • Experience with network and web protocols (WS, TLS, HTTP, CSS).
  • Proficiency in scoping and analyzing trends using monitoring tools (Grafana, Graphite, etc.) and logging systems (Kibana, Splunk, logz.io, etc.).
  • 1-3 years of management experience leading teams of technical support engineers.

Benefits:

  • Health: medical, dental, and vision
  • Time away: vacation and holidays
  • Development: Generous tuition reimbursement and access to internal professional development resources.
  • Equal opportunity employer

Why you’ll love working here:

As leaders in enterprise customer conversations, we celebrate diversity, empowering our team to forge impactful conversations globally. LivePerson is a place where uniqueness is embraced, growth is constant, and everyone is empowered to create their own success. And, we're very proud to have earned recognition from Fast Company, Newsweek, and BuiltIn for being a top innovative, beloved, and remote-friendly workplace.

Belonging at LivePerson:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We are committed to the accessibility needs of applicants and employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should inform their recruiting contact upon initial connection.

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About the job

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Jul 25, 2024

Posted on

May 26, 2024

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid-level

Location requirements

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India +/- 0 hours

About LivePerson

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Put conversations at the center of your business. Empower your people, accelerate your shift to digital, and embrace an automation-first customer experience — all by harnessing the power of conversational AI.

It’s not about the AI, it’s about the conversation

Forget the AI hype. We’re living in the age of conversation. Authentic, ongoing conversations are what fuel relationships, earn loyalty, and ultimately, drive growth. From the dawn of chat and messaging to the conversational AI era, LivePerson has been connecting businesses and customers through conversation for nearly three decades.

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LivePerson provides voluntary insurance coverage and exclusive perks and discounts to enhance the overall benefits package.

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LivePerson provides a discretionary PTO package, allowing flexible days off with manager approval, in addition to public holidays.

Parental Support

LivePerson provides family parental leave, maternity support, and fertility services to support employees during major life events.

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