Director, Customer Support

Harris Computer

Florida

Remote

USD 120,000 - 130,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Aumentum Technologies is seeking a Director of Customer Support to lead and evolve our global Support organization, focusing on customer excellence and operational performance. This role requires strategic thinking, strong people leadership, and a commitment to leveraging AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and service quality.

You will partner across Product, Development, and Sales to enhance the customer journey, manage escalations, and drive value from maintenance agreements.

Qualifications

Proven leadership in a software org (customer support or success).
Strong customer-facing, communication, and relationship-management skills.
Experience with AI-powered support technologies and automation.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Customer Support organization with clear goals and metrics.
Coach and develop Support managers and teams, fostering accountability and collaboration.
Ensure customers receive high-quality support and value from maintenance and support agreements.
Serve as senior escalation point for complex/high-impact issues and drive resolution.
Monitor departmental goals, SLAs, and key performance indicators.
Drive process and tool improvements to enhance efficiency and service delivery.
Champion AI-enabled tools to improve productivity and ticket handling.
Strengthen customer relationships, retention, and referenceability, and explore incremental revenue opportunities.
Ensure support operations align with contractual commitments and governance.
Oversee use of ticketing systems and knowledge management across teams.
Collaborate with Product, Development, Professional Services, Sales, and Finance to improve end-to-end experience.
Represent Support during visits, user groups, conferences, and events with occasional travel.

Skills

Leadership

Customer support

SaaS

AI-enabled tools

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Tools

AI-enabled support tools

Knowledge management tools

Ticketing systems

Power BI

Copilot

Job description

Director of Customer Support
Aumentum - Remote

Aumentum Technologies is seeking an experienced Director of Customer Support to provide strategic and operational leadership for our Customer Support organization. This individual will be a highly engaged, customer-focused leader who can develop strong teams, drive accountability, improve operational performance, and continuously elevate the customer experience.

The Director will have overall responsibility for Support Services operations and service delivery for our existing customers. This role will lead Support initiatives and priorities, develop and mentor Support leaders, serve as a senior escalation point for customers, and partner across the organization to strengthen customer relationships, improve retention, and deliver measurable business results.

The ideal candidate will also bring experience with AI-enabled customer support tools, automation, and emerging technologies and understand how these capabilities can be used responsibly to improve analyst productivity, knowledge management, ticket handling, and the overall customer experience.

What Your Impact Will Be

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Customer Support organization, establishing priorities, goals, and performance expectations.
Lead, coach, and develop Support managers and team members while building a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer advocacy.
Ensure customers receive meaningful value from their annual maintenance and support agreements and consistently receive a high-quality support experience.
Serve as a senior point of escalation for complex or high-impact customer issues, driving appropriate ownership, communication, and resolution.
Establish, monitor, and communicate departmental goals, service levels, operational metrics, and other key performance indicators.
Drive continuous improvement of Support processes, workflows, tools, and operating practices to improve efficiency and service delivery.
Champion the adoption and effective use of AI-enabled support tools and automation to improve productivity, knowledge accessibility, ticket management, customer responsiveness, and service quality.
Identify opportunities to strengthen customer relationships, improve retention and referenceability, and support incremental revenue opportunities within the existing customer base.
Understand customer maintenance agreements and ensure Support operations and customer communications align with contractual commitments.
Oversee the effective use, governance, and ongoing improvement of the organization's customer support and ticket management systems.
Collaborate across Product, Development, Professional Services, Sales, Finance, and other business functions to address customer needs and improve the end-to-end customer experience.
Represent Customer Support during customer visits, user group meetings, customer conferences, and other business events, with occasional travel required.

What We Are Looking For

Proven leadership experience within a customer support, customer success, professional services, or related software organization.
A strong people leader with demonstrated experience developing managers, building high-performing teams, driving accountability, and leading organizational change.
Exceptional customer-facing, communication, relationship-management, and interpersonal skills.
A strong customer advocate who is passionate about delivering an excellent customer experience while balancing customer and business needs.
Experience managing complex customer escalations and communicating effectively with senior customer and internal stakeholders.
Strong operational and analytical skills with the ability to establish metrics, evaluate performance, identify trends, and translate data into action.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive initiatives through to measurable results.
Working knowledge of software applications, SaaS environments, technical support processes, and modern customer support technologies.
Experience with AI-powered customer support technologies, generative AI, automation, chatbots, knowledge management tools, or AI-assisted service workflows.
Demonstrated ability to identify practical opportunities to apply AI and automation while maintaining appropriate human oversight and a strong customer experience.
Strong judgment, integrity, accountability, and a collaborative leadership style.
Experience with local government, property tax, or public-sector software is a strong plus.