Customer Support Manager

| Greater Boston Area | Hybrid
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About Drift

Drift is the new way businesses buy from businesses. With its quickly evolving set of tools and playbooks, Drift is the world’s leading conversational marketing platform, trusted by top enterprise businesses like Marketo, Okta, Outreach, Ellie Mae, and over 150,000 other businesses. Sales and marketing teams rely on Drift to connect now with the customers who are ready to buy now. Based in Boston, Drift was founded by serial marketing technology entrepreneurs David Cancel and Elias Torres and is backed by leading venture capitalists including CRV, General Catalyst, and Sequoia.

What's it like to work at Drift?

We help companies build better pipeline faster by connecting them now with the people who want to buy now. Drift is changing the way businesses buy from businesses by building software tools that make conversational commerce accessible to anyone. We want the world to revolve around the customer, and we lead by example.

About the role 

An outstanding opportunity to join one of the fastest growing technology companies in Boston to lead our Customer Advocate (CA) Team. The CA team is one of the most important groups in Drift as it is on the frontline providing support to our most important asset, our Customers. You will lead a group of 10 CA Advocates, coaching them delivering a best in class experience with our customers, advocating for the customer within Drift, developing the CA teams’ skillset and helping us refine our processes to deliver best-in-class support.

About what you’ll be doing on the team

In one month you’ll…

  • Attend training to learn the Drift story, how we work, and our goals for the future
  • Learn how Drift works and why our customers use it
  • Have 1:1 meetings with your direct manager and all your direct reports 
  • Shadow colleagues, learn best practices for what makes Drift Customers successful
  • Manage frontline team & remote team to ensure they are driving the Drift customer experience 
  • Document your learnings on our experience and identify areas of improvement 

By month 3 you’ll…

  • Continue to master your knowledge of the Drift product and leverage this to figure out how to enable ongoing learnings for the team
  • Own customer escalations and guide the team on how to de-escalate 
  • Coach and develop the team on the spot and through 1:1s using observations, feedback, and metrics
  • Provide a strong perspective on the Drift customer experience and bring it to life through feedback to the team, customer communication, and internal partnerships 
  • Be an active voice for the team advocating for what they need to do their jobs better 

By month 6 you’ll… 

  • Oversee training, on-boarding, and continued education for the customer advocacy team 
  • Enable team and help them execute on projects that synthesize customer interactions and internal Drift processes to improve the customer experience 
  • Identify and take on initiatives for team growth (both in terms of headcount as well as individual development) and customer experience 
  • Manage a team that is consistently hitting and exceeding the customer experience goals you have set forth for them
  • Work with your manager to identify a plan of continued growth

About you: 

You will be strongly customer centric and passionate about making a difference in your role. You will be a self-starter, self-motivated, able to think independently and at the same time want to continue to learn and develop your skill set. You will be a thinker and problem solver. You will be a team player, able to work across different departments and different management levels and focussed on solving customer issues and helping us solve business problems. You will be a leader and a teacher, passionate about developing a group of professionals in their skillset and career.

Specifically you will be:

  • Experience managing a growing support team. We want someone who has done it before and can use their experiences to help us build a world class department and team.
  • Have 5+ years of experience in a tech company, ideally with some start-up experience
  • A strong leader that values the idea of both metrics and the intangibles of the customer experience; you are both a strategic planner and can be hands on 
  • Passionate about technology and staying on top of ever changing industry trends
  • A team player across the Company. We are building a great Company and passionate about having people committed to making the Company successful. You are very comfortable asking for help and always ready to help others
  • Excited by change and can maintain order in a fast, fun and fascinating environment


Drift is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Drift is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected] 


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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
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    • DjangoFrameworks
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    • JIRAManagement

Location

Our Boston Conversation Space is right in the heart of the Back Bay - this is a place where Drifters can gather and work, connect, eat, teach, learn.

An Insider's view of Drift

How do you collaborate with other teams in the company?

I feel really lucky because I get to work with the Sales, Customer Success, Product, and Ops team on a regular basis. We say "One team, one dream" un-ironically and are always willing to hop into anything that benefits the customer.

Sara

Conversational Marketing Specialist

What makes someone successful on your team?

Our leadership principles are the core of who we are and how we operate every day. Bringing these in to your actions, decisions, and how you deliver results is the surest way to be successful here. Walk the talk. Focus on the customer. Deliver results every single day.

Brit

Director of Learning and Development

What are Drift Perks + Benefits

Drift Benefits Overview

At Drift, we value and are committed to each and every employee. Our goal is to provide an enriching environment where employees are engaged and are proud to be part of the Drift family. We continue to promote a culture of health and wellness, establishing a work environment that promotes a healthy lifestyle, decreases the risk of illness, and enhances your quality of life.

In addition to premium health, dental, and vision plans, we also offer generous PTO, parental leave, 401K matching, wellness perks and discounts, snacks and coffee every day, the Drift book club (one free book of your choosing a month!), a subscription to Headspace, and valuable discussions and trainings through our Employee Resource Groups.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Quarterly engagement surveys
Hybrid work model
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Diversity employee resource groups
At Drift we have eight different Employee Resource Groups for people of similar backgrounds or interests to promote inclusion.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
We have a recruiter devoted to diversity sourcing to help us reach our diversity related hiring goals.
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Every other week Inner City Weightlifting comes to the office to teach a fitness class to Drift employees.
Mental health benefits
We offer all employees a free subscription to the Headspace meditation app, employee-led yoga and meditation breaks, and have an Employee Resource Group that focuses on mental well-being
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
We have unlimited vacation time, which includes sick days, paid holidays, etc.
Paid volunteer time
Sabbatical
After working at Drift for three years, all Drift employees are eligible for a month-long sabbatical.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Our Conversation Spaces are all fully stocked with snacks and drinks for the employees who decide to utilize the spaces.
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Recreational clubs
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
We offer a home office stipend to all employees, as well as a $100 credit each month towards internet, office supplies, etc.
Mother's room
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Customized development tracks
Personal development training

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