Associate Manager, Technical Support Engineering

About the Role:

Motive is looking for an experienced Associate Manager of Technical Support to join our Global Technical Support Engineering organization. In this role, you will be focused on leading a growing team of highly technical field engineers in addition to leading strategic projects. Developing the team’s technical knowledge and soft skills through regular meetings, objectives, and on-the-job coaching will be a critical function of the position. Motive is rapidly growing and will continue to scale at a fast pace

What You’ll Do:

• Provide day-to-day management for direct reports, ensuring they can be successful in assigned performance objectives.
• Setting team goals in alignment with Technical Support objectives, and assisting direct reports in the definition and attainment of individual goals.
• Advocating for customers and defining ways to contribute to the customer experience continually.
• Key partner to product teams and development teams, collaborating with engineering to resolve core product issues.
• Partner with the support operations and delivery teams to identify, monitor, and report trends.
• Build, implement, and improve internal reporting and other processes to optimize team productivity.
• Serve as the top-line escalation point for high-priority support cases, including overall triage and management.
• Deliver strategic projects on a timely basis.
• Report metrics and case management updates to the Technical Support Manager and Director
• Speak with customers, if needed, for escalated and urgent inquiries to minimize customer churn
• Provide a 360 loopback to Product and Engineering
• Create & Contribute to the knowledge base & documentation of the resources and processes
• Shared responsibility for Manager On-Call duties as part of a schedule with the other Technical Support Managers.
• Proven ability to showcase change and impact on key org-level initiatives.
• Learn quickly and adapt to Motive’s process and translate it into their own interactions with the team.

What We’re Looking For:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a leadership role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Knowledge in the Motives product line.
• Excellent presentation skills coupled with a strong leadership presence.
• Communication is a core strength. Heavy focus on using data to articulate a story or an issue.
• Excellent time management skills and a strong sense of urgency.
• Initiative and desire to learn new skills/technologies and remain up-to-date with the latest trends; a real passion for solving technical problems.
• Experience working with and improving Support ticketing systems, tools, and processes
• Flexibility to handle critical cases after hours as needed.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively verbally and in writing with both customers and internal stakeholders.
• Preferred Skill Set: SFDC Reporting, Tableau, GSuite/MS Office, Data Analytics, etc.