Manager, Product Support - Swing Shift

Relativity; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 93,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Product Support Manager for the Swing Shift. This role involves managing a technical support team, ensuring high-quality service, and collaborating with various departments. The position requires strong technical skills and experience in support management. The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-oriented, and focused on meeting department goals. This position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• At least three years of experience leading a technical support team.
• Strong technical background with SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Oversee team response to customer incidents and requests.
• Monitor and report on support performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address technical issues.

Skills

Technical Support Management

Communication

Client-Focused

Education

Technical Support Experience

Tools

Salesforce

Jira

Job description

Posting Type

Remote/Hybrid

Job Overview

As a Product Support Manager for the Swing Shift, you will be responsible for providing Technical, Policy, and Procedure guidance to your teams. The Support Manager should have intimate knowledge of all Product Support processes and procedures. You will be tasked with developing strategies, managing team operations, and collaborating with other departments. The Support Manager will monitor team ticket queues, ensuring timely assignment and resolution, balancing workloads, and managing staffing adjustments due to PTO and training. The Support Manager should be organized, detail-oriented, and focused on meeting department goals and metrics. You will also inform your Manager of personnel, performance, client perception, and project status issues and work closely with Global teams to ensure consistent, high-quality service. The Support Manager is responsible for the professional development of their reports.

The Swing Shift working hours are a fixed 9-hour Sunday-Thursday shift from 11am-8pm Central US Time*, and this shift offers a compensation differential. *The expectation is that you will be able to work an 8/9-hour Monday through Friday shift from 8am-5pm CST for the first 1-2 months of Support onboarding.

Job Description and Requirements

Role Responsibilities:

• Oversee team response to customer incidents and requests on a daily basis, ensuring tickets are managed and processed in alignment with established policies and procedures.
• Monitor and report on support performance, ensuring timely updates to tickets and that service level objectives are met.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product and Engineering, to address technical issues and improve the product based on customer feedback.
• Proactively monitor staff availability to ensure service levels are met as they provide complex responsive support to clients during normal business hours when scheduled for early and late shifts and as identified for on-call or as requested by management; early/late shifts. Minimal On-call shifts are required.
• Manage and develop the support team, coaching team members to expand their technical skill sets and ensure alignment with department goals.
• Provide direction and apply company policies to broader team(s) or sub-department, ensuring adherence to procedures and standards.
• Track team progress on daily tasks and projects, ensuring timely completion with attention to quality and customer satisfaction.
• Act as a point of contact for complex, escalated support issues, offering guidance and resolution to both internal teams and customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing technical support teams and collaborating with Product and Engineering departments to resolve product issues.
• Strong technical background, with a deep understanding of SaaS products and technical troubleshooting.
• Experience working with support tools (e.g., Salesforce, Jira) and managing ticket queues in a high-volume environment.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring teams, with a focus on developing both technical and product knowledge.
• Client-focused with the ability to understand and meet customer expectations.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience with Relativity is a plus, but not necessary.
• eDiscovery knowledge and industry experience are a plus, but not necessary.
• Experience with ITIL standards and best practices is a plus.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least three years of experience leading or managing a team or department in a technical support environment.

Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.

This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.

The expected salary range for this role is between following values:

$93,000 and $140,000

The final offered salary will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position.