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Manager, Technical Support Engineering

Full time at Salesforce in Ireland
Posted on November 14, 2024

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A Technical Support Manager is responsible for ensuring the success of our customers by effectively managing a team of Technical Engineers along with associated support projects and processes. This role involves handling critical customer issues, career development of individuals, and project management processes. The successful candidate will be customer-obsessed, independent, self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented, influential, experienced in dealing with business leaders and company executives and be able to define and provide a high level of customer satisfaction through the delivery of world-class technical support services. This position will be located at Salesforce’s Dublin office and will report directly to the Director of Technical Support, based in Bengaluru, India. Location: Dublin Responsibilities:
  • Manage a team of highly skilled multi-lingual support engineers that are located in Dublin to handle daily case volume and major customer issues
  • Hire, develop and evaluate personnel to ensure an efficient business operation.
  • Conduct regular 1:1 meetings and formal reviews with team members to supervise progress, set expectations and mentor 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 that direct reports have the resources, information, and processes necessary to deliver effective technical solutions to our customers
  • Ensure the delivery of high-quality technical and soft-skills training for direct reports
  • Deliver performance evaluations for all direct reports and provide regular feedback on performance in terms of agreed-upon performance and employee development goals
  • Effectively represent the Support department on cross-organizational teams to deliver on organizational objectives.
  • Lead workflows and schedules for direct reports and ensure adequate workload coverage
  • Deliver regular reports that provide qualitative and quantitative descriptions of business performance
  • Lead key processes including FAQ analysis, case reviews, and customer feedback analysis
  • Advocate for customers and define ways to continually contribute to the customer experience
  • Develop and facilitate the professional growth and development of team members
  • Work as Duty Manager on rotation or as per business needs handling customer escalations and priority issues
  • Take up and deliver on any other responsibilities as assigned from time to time by reporting manager/support management
Required Skills:
  • Management Experience:
    • Proven experience in managing a technical support team.
    • Ability to lead and mentor team members.
  • Technical Expertise:
    • Familiarity with cloud computing, software, Java Development, and related technologies.
  • Customer Focus:
    • Dedication to ensuring customer satisfaction.
    • Experience in handling partner concerns and resolving sophisticated issues.
  • Communication Skills:
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical partners.
  • Problem-Solving:
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
    • Capacity to identify and address technical issues efficiently.
  • Process Improvement:
    • Experience in implementing and improving support processes.
    • Ability to optimize workflows for efficiency.
  • Team Collaboration:
    • Collaboration with multi-functional teams, including Sales, Consulting, CSM, TAM, Program Management, and Product Management
  • Documentation:
    • Keeping records and documentation up-to-date.
Preferred Skills:
  • Certifications:
    • Mulesoft certifications
  • Technical Proficiency:
    • Knowledge of Mulesoft platform and related technologies.
    • Familiarity with programming languages like Java.
    • Expertise in cloud-based technologies, integration, and Developer platforms.
  • Data Analysis:
    • Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools, such as Tableau and Analytics.
  • Project Management:
    • Experience in project management methodologies.
    • Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities.
  • Customer Relationship Management & Escalation Management:
    • Develop and sustain relationships with Key accounts.
    • Manage Customer Escalations
  • Training and Development:
    • Experience in developing training materials and conducting training sessions for support staff.
  • Innovation:
    • Proven track record to introduce innovative support solutions and technologies.
Fluent in English + additional language (French, Italian, Spanish or German) is a plus *LI-Y

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