Remote Customer Support Executive

The Alliance; Henfield; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 34 days

Private medical insurance

Life insurance (4x salary)

On-demand therapy

Gym membership subsidy

Cycle to work

Flexible working hours

ThanksBen allowance

L&D budget

Job summary

The Alliance is seeking a detail-driven Customer Support Executive to join our vibrant Customer Success team. You will be the primary contact for members, handling emails and tickets, while helping to optimize our AI support agent and collaborate with product, education and success teams to resolve issues quickly.

You bring excellent written communication, experience with Intercom or Zendesk, and a proactive, problem-solving mindset.

Qualifications

• Have excellent written communication skills and a calm, customer-first approach.
• Have experience with Intercom, Zendesk or similar support platforms (ideally including experience working with AI agents).
• Are forward-thinking, detail-oriented and take pride in getting the small things right.
• Know when to elevate, and when to troubleshoot.
• Strong communicator - from our customers to your colleagues, you ll be working very closely with lots of people.
• Team player - success doesn t happen in a vacuum, we need everyone in the org to be rallied around the same goals and helping each other out to achieve them.
• Creative problem-solver - we know that processes can always be improved. We re looking for someone who can think on their feet, solve problems, and identify opportunities.
• Tech-savvy - we lean on lots of different apps and while we ll obviously onboard you on each, we re looking for a quick learner who can show us a thing or two.
• We re especially interested in your experience with Customer Support AI and Knowledge Database management.

Responsibilities

• Be the first line of contact for our members via email and our ticketing system, providing timely, friendly, and helpful responses every day.
• Spot the difference between a quick fix and something that needs a deeper dive, escalating where appropriate to keep things moving smoothly.
• Keep a clear head and a clean inbox, staying organised across multiple tickets, deadlines, and internal priorities.
• Support the ongoing maintenance, development, and continuous improvement of our AI agent, helping to refine its responses, identify opportunities for improvement, and ensure it continues to deliver a great experience for our members when we are around.
• Work closely with Customer Success, Education, Product and other departments to resolve member issues quickly and efficiently.
• Contribute to FAQs, support documentation, and internal feedback loops to make us even better, every day.
• Use Intercom to manage tickets and feed back customer experience improvements to the wider team.

Skills

Excellent written communication

Intercom

Zendesk

AI agents

Detail-oriented

Troubleshooting

Strong communicator

Team player

Creative problem-solver

Tools

Intercom

Zendesk

Job description

point of contact across our support channels, elevating the overall member experience by resolving queries and ensuring our users maximize the value of our platform. Beyond day-to-day support, you will spearhead forward-looking initiatives designed to preemptively address customer needs, such as optimizing our AI support agent, analyzing key pain points, and building expertise in customer operations within a fast-growing, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Customer Support Champion: Be the first line of contact for our members via email and our ticketing system, providing timely, friendly, and helpful responses every day.
• Escalation Pro: Spot the difference between a quick fix and something that needs a deeper dive, escalating where appropriate to keep things moving smoothly.
• Priority Pro: Keep a clear head and a clean inbox, staying organised across multiple tickets, deadlines, and internal priorities.
• AI Agent Champion: Support the ongoing maintenance, development, and continuous improvement of our AI agent, helping to refine its responses, identify opportunities for improvement, and ensure it continues to deliver a great experience for our members when we are around.
• Internal Collaborator: Work closely with Customer Success, Education, Product and other departments to resolve member issues quickly and efficiently.
• Process Improver: Contribute to FAQs, support documentation, and internal feedback loops to make us even better, every day.
• Platform Power User: Use Intercom to manage tickets and feed back customer experience improvements to the wider team.

Compensation and Location

Compensation: £32,000-34,000 base Salary (depending on experience)

Location: this role can be Remote from wherever in the UK or hybrid in our London office.

Skills & Experience

• Have excellent written communication skills and a calm, customer-first approach.
• Have experience with Intercom, Zendesk or similar support platforms (ideally including experience working with AI agents).
• Are forward-thinking, detail-oriented and take pride in getting the small things right.
• Know when to elevate, and when to troubleshoot.
• Strong communicator - from our customers to your colleagues, you ll be working very closely with lots of people.
• Team player - success doesn t happen in a vacuum, we need everyone in the org to be rallied around the same goals and helping each other out to achieve them.
• Creative problem-solver - we know that processes can always be improved. We re looking for someone who can think on their feet, solve problems, and identify opportunities.
• Tech-savvy - we lean on lots of different apps and while we ll obviously onboard you on each, we re looking for a quick learner who can show us a thing or two.
• We re especially interested in your experience with Customer Support AI and Knowledge Database management.

Benefits

• Time Off: 34 days' annual leave, including UK Bank holidays. Your birthday is off every year.
• Health & Wellbeing: Enhanced family policies. Private Medical Insurance. Life Insurance (4x salary). On-demand therapy, coaching, and mental fitness support through Oliva. Heavily subsidised gym membership via Wellness Hub.
• Cycle to Work and Workplace Nursery schemes.
• Flexibility: Flexible working hours, allowing you to work when you are most productive.
• Monthly allowance via ThanksBen (£600 annually in year one, increasing with tenure).
• Learning & Development: Personal L&D budget (£500 annually in year one, increasing with tenure). Four paid Learning & Development or Volunteer Days each year. Team training and development opportunities.
• Equipment & Culture: New tech setup including laptop, screen, mouse, and keyboard. Company social events. A collaborative, ambitious, and supportive working environment.

About The Alliance

When it comes to building world-class professional communities, The Alliance is leading the way. From Product Marketing and Sales Enablement to Product-Led Growth, AI, Customer Success, and CMOs, we’ re home to some of the most engaged and influential communities in the industry. With 160,000+ professionals across our communities and a constant stream of content, courses, events, and memberships, we help our members learn, connect, and grow. Our executive events are a key part of that mission bringing together senior leaders to share insights, tackle industry challenges, and build meaningful relationships. Every year, we engage attendees, speakers, partners, and members from some of the world ’ s leading organisations and fastest-growing start-ups, including TikTok, Microsoft, Peloton, and Uber.

The Role

We are looking out for a detail-driven, proactive Customer Support Executive to join our vibrant Customer Success team. In this role, you will serve as the primary.

Community & Inclusion

We are committed to creating a workplace that is free from discrimination and bias, where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed and contribute. We know our work here is never done, and we continue to strive for a more inclusive environment every day. If you ’ re worried you don ’ t meet every requirement listed, don ’ t let that stop you from applying. Unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are essential to our ability to innovate and grow, so if you think you ’ d be a great fit, we ’ d love to hear from you. We are The Alliance in more ways than one.