Manager, Technical Support Engineering

Company: Salesforce
Company: Salesforce
Location: India - Hyderabad
Commitment: Full time
Posted on: 2023-05-03 16:35
To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.Job CategoryCustomer Success GroupJob DetailsWe’re Salesforce, the Customer Company. If you believe in bringing companies and customers together, in business as the greatest platform for change, in creating a more equitable and sustainable future for all – well, you’re in the right place. Through our #1 CRM, Customer 360, we help companies blaze new trails and connect with their customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world.A Technical Support Customer Engagement Manager is responsible for ensuring the success of our customers by effectively leading a team of Customer Engagement Analysts (Salesforce Product Suite Experts who can work with customers through large scale Salesforce initiated changes) along with associated support projects and processes. This role involves handling critical customer messaging and escalations, career development of individuals, and project management processes. Apart from day-to-day activities, the candidate is expected to be involved in strategic planning to develop the team, run projects of organizational importance, guide / mentor next cadre of leadership as per Salesforce values, while being a face of organization to the wider world The candidate is expected to be independent, self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented and able define and provide a high level of customer satisfaction through the delivery of support services. Location: Hyderabad/Bangalore/Mumbai?Work Hours:We operate 24x7 which can involve working during one of the below shifts as per business need and also have a non-standard work week(Ex: Tue - Sat, Wed - Sun).While we have 5 days a week, it is not necessary that the weekend is Saturday and Sunday. You may get your weekly off on any day of the week (Mon/Tue, Thu/Fri)AMER hours (Eastern Standard Time - 5.30 PM/6.30 PM IST or Pacific Standard Time – 8:30 PM/9:30 PM IST onwards depending on Daylight Savings Time)EMEA hours – 12:00 PM/1 PM/2PM IST onwards depending on Daylight Savings TimeAPAC hours – 5.30 AM IST onwardsWork hours are subject to change depending on Business needs. Experience/Skills Required:Overall work-experience of 11+ years, Strong people management expertise of at least 6 years in technical support/customer success management roles.Strong Experience in handling technical support or customer success professionals.Experience with support tools and phone systems.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Strong team player with a service-oriented attitude and a keen focus on enhancing customer experience, understanding customer concerns and working with internal product/program teams to address such concernsContinuously raises the bar on what defines customer service delivery and customer engagement.Excellent situational awareness in handling objections in dynamic customer environments.Leading cross-functional collaboration across global teamsSelf-motivated, takes initiative, assumes ownership and runs programs with minimal supervisionDrive stakeholder engagement across peers and senior managementAbility to address and actively engage large audiences and hold their interestStrong Executive presence and excellent convincing skills; ability to hold own point of view in tough conversationsProvide guidance, mentoring, training and delegate responsibilities to managers enabling their professional growth and developmentAbility to successfully communicate and coordinate with departments across the organization including Sales, Consulting, CSM, QA, Program Management, and Product ManagementStrong Critical issue management experience with multiple stakeholders including customers and product teamsDemonstrate strong work ethic and advanced organizational skillsAbility to develop and deliver creative business solutions for complex problemsAbility to attract, hire and retain high-performing support professionalsAbility to work on challenging priorities under tight timelines and delivery pressures. Analytical bent of mind to understand data and derive actionable insights Detailed Role & Responsibilities:We are a 24 hrs 7 days a week 365 days center and hence would need candidates who are open to work any shift based on business requirements including Saturday and/or Sunday.Lead a support team to achieve business objectives including the attainment of targets for customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, service levels, resolution time, and project deadlines. · Set team goals in alignment with Global Support objectives. Assist direct reports in the definition and attainment of individual goalsEnsure that direct reports have the resources, information, and processes necessary to deliver effective technical solutions to our customersEnsure the delivery of high-quality technical and soft-skills training for direct reportsDeliver performance reviews for all direct reports and provide regular feedback on performance in terms of agreed upon performance and employee development goalsEffectively represent the Support department on cross-organizational teams to deliver on organizational objectives.Handle workflows and schedules for direct reports and ensure adequate workload coverageDeliver regular reports that provide qualitative and quantitative descriptions of business performanceHandle key processes including FAQ analysis, case reviews, and customer feedback analysisDevelop and maintain Support procedures and policiesAdvocate for customers and define ways to continually contribute to the customer experienceServe as a manager, mentor, knowledge resource, and escalation point for support agents; Build credibility and trust within the support groupDevelop and facilitate the professional growth and development of team membersEmpower and install confidence in team members to enable them growFlexibility to work in staggered shifts, where weekly-offs are not Saturday and Sunday but two consecutive days from the other five weekdaysWork as Duty Manager on rotation or as per business needs handling customer concerns and priority issuesTake up and deliver on any other responsibilities as assigned from time to time by reporting manager/support management AccommodationsIf you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.Posting StatementAt Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. 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