Global Customer Support Lead

Enboarder; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global HR tech scale-up is seeking an experienced Global Customer Support Manager to lead support operations and enhance service experiences for clients and candidates. This critical role involves managing a global customer support team, driving proactive improvements using data and automation, and supporting revenue growth. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills and a proven background in technology-driven customer support.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a customer support leadership role, ideally within a tech-enabled service business.
• Demonstrated success in managing high-performing global support teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and scale a high-performing global customer support team across multiple time zones.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for support operations.
• Identify opportunities for automation using tools such as chatbots and ticketing systems.

Skills

Customer support leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Understanding of support technologies

Tools

Hubspot

Zendesk

Intercom

Job description

Company Description

Company Description

Veremark is a global HR tech scale-up on a mission to help the world trust faster.

We started with background and reference checking, pioneering an entirely new approach through Verepass – a blockchain solution which facilitates instant verification by enabling candidates to own, manage, and share their securely-held and verified career credentials.

We launched our second product in 2024 – a Whistleblowing platform with end-to-end encryption enabling employees to report issues safely and anonymously.

Recognised as one of the fastest-growing UK and European startups, Veremark has earned a place in Deloitte Fast 50 / 500, Sifted 100, Future Fifty 2.0, FT1000, and TECH5 – testament to our innovative approach and rapid growth journey.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Global Customer Support Manager to lead our support operations and elevate our service experience for both clients and candidates. This role is central to ensuring that every inbound interaction is resolved efficiently, while also driving proactive improvements through data, insights, automation, and content. You will play a key role in improving retention and growth, especially within our non-account managed client base.

Key responsibilities include:

Customer Support Leadership

• Lead, manage, and scale a high-performing global customer support team across multiple time zones.
• Oversee all client and candidate inbound queries across multiple channels (e.g., email, live chat, helpdesk). Determine the allocation of resources across each.
• Ensure high standards of responsiveness, professionalism, and customer satisfaction in every interaction.

Performance Measurement & Optimisation

• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) including response time, resolution time, CSAT, and first contact resolution.
• Use real-time dashboards and periodic reports to monitor performance and make data-driven decisions.
• Conduct regular team reviews and coaching sessions to drive continuous improvement.

Insights & Content Development

• Identify recurring themes and trends from customer interactions.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Knowledge Management teams to develop
• FAQs, help center articles, automated responses, and onboarding materials to pre-empt and reduce support volumes.
• Build and maintain a living content library that empowers users to self-serve.

Process Innovation & Automation

• Identify opportunities for automation using tools such as chatbots, AI-driven ticketing systems, and workflow automation platforms.
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to implement scalable support solutions.
• Optimise internal workflows to improve agent productivity and operational efficiency.

Revenue Growth Support

• Support the growth of the non-account managed client revenue base by delivering an outstanding support experience that drives retention and upsell opportunities.
• Partner with Marketing and Sales to identify support-led customer engagement tactics (e.g., onboarding support, feature education).
• Implement feedback loops that inform product and service improvements for long-tail clients.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Proven experience in a customer support leadership role, ideally within a tech-enabled service business.
• Demonstrated success in managing high-performing global support teams.
• Deep understanding of support technologies, ticketing systems, and customer communication tools (e.g., Hubspot, Zendesk, Intercom, Freshdesk).
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable with data analysis and performance reporting.
• Proven experience building and managing support content and self-service knowledge bases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Passionate about delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Preferred:

• Experience in background screening, HRTech, or B2B SaaS industries.
• Familiarity with customer success strategies for long-tail or non-managed accounts.
• Knowledge of automation tools and AI integration in customer support.

Additional Information

We are a global scale-up with ~200 people spread across the world. We value Trust, Integrity, Data and Experience in everything we do – from the way we collaborate to the products we create.

Having been ranked in Deloitte Fast 50 UK / Fast 500 EMEA, Sifted 100, Future Fifty 2.0, FT1000, and TECH5, we’re looking for brilliant people, fast thinkers and passionate change-drivers to help shape the future of background screening and HR technology.