Head of Customer Support

Causal; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Remote work up to 90 days a year

Professional development budget

Structured feedback process

Paid volunteer days

Health and wellbeing support

Paid vacation days

Health and sports support benefit

Pension support

Corporate discounts platform

Job summary

Lucanet is seeking a Head of Customer Support to transform the function into an AI-first, automation-driven team that scales with fast, accurate customer care. You will own the vision, roadmap and results across tNPS, SLA adherence and incident management.

You will build an international Support team across time zones and languages, collaborating with Product, Engineering and Partner Success to drive customer value and governance.

Qualifications

• Led a customer-facing operations team of 20+ people in B2B software.
• Rolled out AI, chatbot, or automation tools in a customer-facing function with measurable results.
• Led organizational change balancing automation with a personal customer experience.
• Built or ran customer-facing operations across multiple time zones and languages.
• Owned SLAs and Support metrics, and worked with Product/Engineering/CS to turn insights into action.

Responsibilities

• Lead the shift to an AI-first Support function, balancing automation with personal service and making change stick.
• Roll out chatbots, automation and self-service to cut resolution times and raise deflection rates, backed by a knowledge management framework.
• Build, coach and develop a high-performing Support team across multiple time zones and languages.
• Own Support metrics (tNPS, first contact resolution, deflection rate, response and resolution times), SLA adherence and incident management.
• Set up on-call rotations and holiday coverage for incident response and customer communication.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Partner Success and customer-facing teams on complex issues, roadmap input and handovers.
• Manage the Support budget, staffing and quality governance, and represent the voice of the customer across Lucanet.

Skills

Leadership

AI/Automation

Change management

Multi-timezone operations

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Chatbots

Automation tools

Knowledge management systems

Job description

The role and the team

As a Head of Customer Support (all genders), you'll turn our Support function into an AI-first, automation-driven team that gives customers fast, accurate and caring help at scale. You'll own the vision, the roadmap and the results, from tNPS to SLA adherence.

You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, Customer Success and other teams of the Customer Excellence division, as well as with our partner ecosystem. You'll build an international Support team that covers multiple time zones and languages for our growing global customer base. We look for people who keep growing, take real ownership, and lift the people around them.

What you'll do

• Lead the shift to an AI-first Support function, balancing automation with personal service and making change stick.
• Roll out chatbots, automation and self-service to cut resolution times and raise deflection rates, backed by a knowledge management framework.
• Build, coach and develop a high-performing Support team across multiple time zones and languages.
• Own Support metrics (tNPS, first contact resolution, deflection rate, response and resolution times), SLA adherence and customer-facing incident management.
• Set up on-call rotations and holiday coverage for incident response and customer communication.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Partner Success and customer-facing teams on complex issues, roadmap input and partner handovers.
• Manage the Support budget, staffing and quality governance, and represent the voice of the customer across Lucanet.
• Report into the Customer Excellence leadership team.

What you bring

You have:

• Led a customer-facing operations team of 20+ people, including managers, through a scaling phase in B2B software, coaching and developing people along the way.
• Rolled out AI, chatbot or automation tools in a customer-facing function, with measurable results such as higher deflection or faster resolution.
• Led organizational change that balanced automation with a personal customer experience.
• Built or run customer-facing operations across multiple time zones and languages.
• Owned SLAs and Support metrics, and worked with Product, Engineering and Customer Success to turn customer insights into action.

It's a plus if you also have:

• Experience with ITIL or structured incident management.
• Experience with workforce management and capacity planning in Support.
• Experience working with partner or reseller ecosystems in Support.

Perks at work

• Flexible and hybrid working: our Lucaflex model lets you plan your working hours and location according to your needs and professional responsibilities.
• Remote work from another country: work up to 90 days a year outside your home country, supported by our partner Workflex.
• Professional development budget: get dedicated time, resources and budget to build the skills for your career path.
• Structured feedback process: Lucanet Engage supports your personal and professional development through regular dialogue.
• Paid volunteer days: take the time to volunteer, alone or with your team, for causes you care about.
• Health and wellbeing support: access company wellbeing programs, sport subsidies and mental health support through external partners.
• Paid vacation days: take 30 days a year to rest, travel and recharge.
• Health and sports support benefit: get support for your health and sports activities.
• Pension support: build your retirement savings with employer pension contributions.
• Corporate discounts platform: get exclusive discounts across travel, retail, technology, and more.

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About Lucanet

Lucanet is the CFO solution platform for modern finance and tax teams, automating processes from consolidation and financial planning to tax compliance, ESG reporting, and cash management. More than 6,000 companies worldwide rely on our easy-to-use, out-of-the-box SaaS platform. We're PE-backed and growing across global markets.

Behind the platform is a global team of 900+ people who care about doing the work well. We challenge each other to move fast without cutting corners and build solutions that change how finance and tax leaders operate. If you want your work to have real reach, and your growth is important to you, Lucanet is the right place for you.

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