Customer Support Team Lead

Remote Worker LTD.; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Clipboard is a fully remote company hiring for a Worker Operations Team Lead. You will coach a 200+ member support team handling 400,000+ active professionals on our marketplace, driving quality, training, and performance improvements.

The role requires coaching and people management experience, with hands-on problem-solving and deep knowledge of support tools like Zendesk, Metabase, and Amazon Connect. Remote, EST/PST overlap, weekend shifts may be required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of coaching experience with structured feedback and development planning.
• 2+ years of people management experience leading customer support teams.
• 2+ years of customer support experience with strong service focus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor agent performance, aiming for quality metrics above 90%.
• Provide frequent coaching using QA feedback, metrics, surveys, and tickets.
• Handle occasional escalated customer issues when needed.
• Ensure agents meet schedule adherence and productivity targets.
• Maintain coaching logs and provide written feedback regularly.
• Navigate Zendesk, Metabase, and Amazon Connect effectively.
• Listen to team feedback and resolve challenges or conflicts.
• Initiate steps for low performers and document outcomes.
• Delegate tasks to high-potential members to foster learning.
• Lead team building activities to boost motivation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve processes and tools.

Skills

Coaching

People management

Customer support

Team leadership

Tools

Zendesk

Metabase

Amazon Connect

Job description

About Clipboard

Our mission is to uplift as many communities as possible. We do this through our app-based marketplace that connects healthcare professionals with the workplaces that need amazing workers. This enables hundreds of thousands of people to achieve financial stability for themselves and their families while providing essential care to millions of people across the U.S.

Founded in 2016, we are a remote-first team of over 1,000 people building a top Y-Combinator company and have been profitable since 2022. We’re the leader in Long-Term Care staffing and are rapidly expanding into Home Health, Hospitals, and more, meaning we have more work to do than people to do it, and are growing our team to support millions more people and their communities.

About the Role:

Worker Operations is the team that owns end-to-end operations and support for the supply-side (the workers) of our marketplace. We are over 200 team members who serve the 400,000+ (and growing) active professionals on our marketplace. As a Worker Operations Team Lead your primary role is to be an exceptional coach for your team.

Your responsibility is to provide agents with constructive feedback, identify the root causes of performance issues, and train them to address and correct those problems. You maintain high standards for your team and aren’t afraid to say, "This needs improvement, and here's why." You ensure that the customer experience remains the focal point of every discussion, set SMART goals for performance improvement, and deliver feedback that aligns with our standards. You’re also hands-on, willing to dive into customer issues directly, and you become a product expert so that you can coach your agents effectively.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Closely monitoring agent performance, primarily in terms of quality, productivity, and attendance metrics, with a primary goal of maintaining quality assurance scores above 90%

• Providing frequent coaching to agents based QA feedback, metrics, customer survey responses, and your own ticket observations

• Occasionally handling angry customer escalations

• Ensure schedule adherence by agents and desired productivity levels

• Maintaining coaching logs and providing regular written feedback to agents

• Comfortably navigate our support environment, which includes tools such as Zendesk, Metabase, and Amazon Connect

• Listen to team members’ feedback and resolve any challenges or conflicts

• Initiate consequence management steps in the case of low-performing team members

• Delegate tasks to high potential team members to build a culture of learning and development in the team

• Suggest and lead team building activities for team motivation

Experience

• 2+ years of coaching experience – Demonstrated success coaching individuals through structured feedback, development planning, and performance improvement.

• 2+ years of people management experience – Experience leading customer support teams, driving performance, engagement, and accountability.

• 2+ years of customer support experience – Strong foundation in delivering exceptional customer service and resolving complex customer issues.

What Success Looks Like in Worker Operations

• Customer obsessed – Puts workers at the centre of every decision and consistently delivers a world-class experience.

• Data-driven problem solver – Uses data, trends, and root cause analysis to identify issues and deliver sustainable improvements.

• Thrives in ambiguity – Adapts quickly to changing priorities, products, and processes while maintaining high performance.

• Communicates with clarity – Shares information proactively, aligns stakeholders, and provides clear, actionable feedback.

• Bias for action – Takes ownership, moves with urgency, and focuses on delivering outcomes over perfection.

• Continuously learns – Quickly develops expertise in new tools, products, and processes, applying that knowledge to improve both personal and team performance.

• Raises the talent bar – Invests in coaching, challenges others to improve, and builds a culture of accountability and excellence.

• Resilient under pressure – Maintains sound judgement and consistent execution during periods of high volume, incidents, and operational change.

System Requirements

• Minimum 15Mbps wired internet connection

• Minimum i5 processor or equivalent

• Minimum 12GB Ram

• Quiet working environment

• Steady power and internet connection

Hiring Process

• Application Review

• Case Study

• First Round Interview/Case Discussion

• Interview with Head of Worker Support

This is a fully remote position. Team members are expected to maintain overlapping working hours with both EST and PST time zones and must be available for weekend shifts as needed.