About the Role
We’re looking for a Technical Support Operations Lead to own the day-to-day operation of a WordPress support queue. This is a highly accountable, client-facing role: you will run triage, drive clarity, reduce back-and-forth, and ensure tickets move from intake → diagnosis → resolution → verification with consistent standards.
This role is not “ticket forwarding.” You must be able to personally resolve a meaningful portion of issues (especially WordPress/WooCommerce, plugin conflicts, front-end breakage, form/email deliverability, caching behavior), and write excellent English client communication that sets expectations and keeps accounts calm and informed.
Contract type: PJ (contractor)
Location: Remote (Brazil)
Comp: R$ 8,000 - 10,000 (based on experience, availability, etc)
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What Success Looks Like (Outcomes You Own)
Within 30–60 days, we expect you to:
- Create a queue where every ticket has a clear next action, owner, and ETA window.
- Reduce client “check-in” messages by delivering proactive, structured updates.
- Improve ticket quality at intake (fewer missing details, fewer re-open loops).
- Increase throughput by ensuring developers receive clean, reproducible briefs.
- Establish a consistent verification standard (“done” means confirmed, not assumed).
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Key Responsibilities
1) Triage & Queue Control (Daily)
- Own intake, prioritization, and routing (L1/L2/vendor/hosting).
- Maintain a clean status system (e.g., Needs Info / Reproducing / In Progress / Blocked / Ready for Review / Done).
- Prevent “stale” tickets by enforcing next steps, deadlines, and escalation triggers.
- Identify patterns (recurring plugin/caching issues, frequent client misunderstandings) and eliminate them via process.
2) Client Communication (English, Proactive)
- Write clear, concise updates that reduce anxiety and avoid ambiguity.
- Ask high-leverage questions that unblock work quickly (environment, steps to reproduce, screenshots, recordings, credentials).
- Set expectations on scope, constraints, risks, and timelines without overpromising.
- Package approvals for deployment (what changed, why, how to verify).
3) Technical Diagnosis & Resolution (Hands-on)
- Independently troubleshoot and resolve common issues across:
- WordPress + theme/plugin conflicts
- WooCommerce (notifications, checkout, templates, basic flows)
- Elementor / WPBakery / Gutenberg front-end issues
- Forms (Gravity Forms / CF7), email deliverability basics
- Performance/caching behavior (page cache vs dynamic content constraints)
- Security-related operational tasks (basic WAF/lockdown workflows, escalation to hosting/security tools)
- Produce concise root-cause summaries and next-step plans.
4) Reproduction, QA & “Definition of Done”
- Standardize reproduction requests (device, browser, resolution, URL, steps, expected vs actual).
- Request Jam.dev / screen recordings when needed; verify after fixes.
- Ensure changes are tested across the key breakpoints/devices relevant to the issue.
- Close the loop: confirmation + documentation + prevention (when applicable).
5) Operational Excellence (SOPs, Metrics, Continuous Improvement)
- Build and maintain lightweight SOPs, macros, and checklists for recurring requests.
- Track and improve metrics: backlog age, time-to-first-response, cycle time, reopen rate, “waiting on client,” etc.
- Recommend process changes that reduce founder involvement and improve predictability.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Strong English writing and speaking (client-facing with US customers).
- Proven ownership of a support queue (prior lead/coordinator role preferred).
- Strong WordPress troubleshooting ability (logs, plugin conflicts, theme overrides, front-end debugging).
- Solid familiarity with common stacks: WooCommerce, Elementor, Gravity Forms/CF7 (or similar).
- Ability to produce clean developer briefs (clear reproduction steps, context, constraints, acceptance criteria).
- High accountability: you do not wait to be asked—you surface risks, blockers, and next actions early.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with WP Engine or similar managed hosting environments.
- Familiarity with security tooling/workflows (WAF concepts, basic hardening, incident escalation).
- Experience working in agencies serving multiple client accounts concurrently.
- Comfort with basic HTML/CSS/JS debugging and browser dev tools.
Working Style & Time Overlap
- Remote, PJ.
- Must have reliable availability overlapping US business hours for client comms and coordination (exact window flexible).
- You will be expected to work with high responsiveness during agreed overlap hours.