Customer Support Enablement Strategist (STE - 9-month Contract)

Hootsuite; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 71,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media management firm is looking for a Customer Support Enablement Strategist to enhance the effectiveness of its enablement strategy. The role involves collaboration with various teams to improve training and onboarding, and it allows for flexible work arrangements. Candidates should have significant experience in enablement or corporate education. The salary range for this position is CAD $71,500 – $100,100.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an enablement program management or learning & development role.
• Proven expertise in instructional design and customer support excellence.
• Demonstrated skill in determining effective teaching methods.
• Technical expertise in facilitation and classroom management.
• Data analysis skills to determine learning metrics.

Responsibilities

• Drive best practices across the Customer Support Enablement Team.
• Develop and facilitate product launch enablement programs.
• Support senior leaders to project manage enablement initiatives.
• Prepare and analyze reports on learning metrics.

Skills

Enablement program management

Communication

Customer focus

Data analysis

Process management

Problem solving

Job description

We’re looking for a Customer Support Enablement Strategist to maximize the effectiveness of Hootsuite’s Global Customer Support Enablement Strategy. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate closely with leaders and individual contributors, guiding their ongoing learning, enablement, and customer support readiness. Reporting to the Director, Customer Support Enablement, you will play a key role in shaping and optimizing enablement initiatives in order to meet the needs of the business. This role will enable our teams to achieve their goals in the ever-evolving landscape of our Customer Support Organization. In line with Hootsuite's distributed workforce strategy, our flexible work arrangement allows for remote work or a hybrid model. This role is open to applicants located in Canada or Mexico City. In this role, you will report to the Director, Customer Support Enablement.Please note: This is a 9-month contract.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Drive best practices across the entire Customer Support Enablement Team, forcontent creation, maintenance, and delivery to ensure relevant and up to date contentis scaled efficiently. Generate buy-in from the Customer Support Enablement teamand broader Support team for implementation and adoption.
• Partner with the Customer Support Enablement team, design, develop, and facilitateengaging and effective content for Customer Support across multiple geographiclocations in various mediums.
• Be the primary point of contact for the internal micro-learning tool, Axonify forenablement programs and reinforcement. Partner with the management team toleverage for any training requirements. Assign and resolve any system or user issues,identify root causes, and create processes to address repeat issues. Support large,complex configurations through testing, scenario review and documentation.
• Develop and facilitate product launch enablement programs for our Support teams,partnering with Product, Marketing, Revenue Enablement, and the ProgramManagement Office to translate GTM launches into easy-to-comprehend, relevant,and actionable insights for our customer-facing teams.
• Act as an advocate for continuous improvement in enablement strategies, stayinginformed about industry trends and best practices to enhance the effectiveness oflearning initiatives within the Global Support team.
• Support senior leaders to project manage enablement-specific initiatives; collaboratewith stakeholders to implement and document requirements for the defined supportprograms.
• Develop and implement scalable, rigorous learning assessments to reliably and fairlymeasure comprehension to inform program design and targeted learning outcomes.
• Prepare and analyze initial reports on learning metrics that assess impact ofprogramming. Identify areas for follow-up and present to Customer SupportLeadership.
• Share expertise, support, and mentorship across the team as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Significant experience in an enablement program management, learning & development, or corporate education role. Experience working in an operational support environment and/or SaaS environment is preferred
• Proven expertise in instructional design, adult learning principles and techniques, communication and collaboration with subject matter experts and stakeholders, with a focus on customer support excellence in the areas of training, internal processes, product releases, new hire onboarding, employee upskilling, and workflow design.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying a desired outcome and determining the most effective way to teach behaviours and skills to achieve that outcome
• Technical expertise in facilitation and classroom management
• Data analysis skills to determine learning metrics to measure outcomes and assess effectiveness
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Customer Focus: demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers meet their needs
• Process/Project Management: skilled at figuring out and managing the processes and timelines necessary to get work accomplished
• Priority Setting: focuses time/energy on the most important issues/opportunities. Clearly understand how to assess the importance of tasks and decisions
• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems
• Commitment to Results: consistently achieves results, demonstrating high performance, and challenging self and others to deliver results
• Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects
• Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual need

WHO YOU ARE:

• Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community.
• Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better.
• Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity.
• Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others.

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Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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Canada Pay Range For This Role $71,500 — $100,100 CAD