Supervisor, Starlink Enterprise Customer Support

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company as a Supervisor for Starlink Enterprise Customer Support, where you will lead a dedicated team to deliver exceptional service to business and government customers. This role emphasizes operational excellence, personnel development, and strategic problem-solving, ensuring that customer issues are resolved swiftly and effectively. With a focus on collaboration across various internal teams, you'll drive improvements in customer experiences and operational efficiency. If you're a proactive leader with a passion for customer service and technical support, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a groundbreaking industry.

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Vacation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Holidays

Various Discounts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in B2B customer service.
• 2+ years managing synchronous customer support operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead support associates to resolve customer issues effectively.
• Monitor operations and ensure quality customer interactions.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Project Management

Technical Aptitude

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

4+ years of professional experience

Tools

Advanced Excel

SQL

Reporting/Visualization Platforms

Job description

SUPERVISOR, STARLINK ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Starlink, our revolutionary satellite constellation, will deliver low-latency broadband internet worldwide. As a member of the Starlink customer support team, you will lead the team that interfaces directly with Starlink Enterprise Business and Government customers, ensuring they have an exceptional overall experience.

Your primary responsibility will be to lead a shift of support associates responsible for rapidly resolving customer issues. You will have responsibility for hiring, personnel development, and developing a culture of operational rigor where our Enterprise customers come first. You will partner with other internal teams to surface and resolve the root cause of issues impacting our customers and will be a critical voice in the development of program strategy. We're looking for excellent problem solvers who succeed wearing many hats (supervisor, trainer, rep, data analyst, designer), move quickly and proactively, are strong communicators, and fiercely advocate within the Starlink organization on behalf of our customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead an hourly workforce of support associates by assessing employee performance, managing the quality of customer interactions, providing positive/constructive feedback, facilitating conflict resolution, and addressing repeat issues with corrective actions, performance improvement plans, or through disciplinary means
• Manage a workforce that is located in three physical sites in Texas, California, and Washington
• Lead by setting an example, taking feedback from all levels of the organization, and motivating your organization to achieve the highest level of results
• Monitor and improve operations, ensuring a safe work environment
• Ensure business practices are being followed to not only guarantee the processing of customer interactions in a quality manner but also meet those needs outlined in ISO 9001 and regional-specific requirements
• Utilize quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the root cause of new and trending issues
• Develop triage methods and troubleshooting playbooks that improve resolution speed and first-touch resolution
• Lead cost-saving opportunities, identifying internal/external cost reductions and optimization opportunities
• Collaborate with internal teams (engineering, reliability, production, finance, design, communications, sales, etc.) to design simple and effective support interventions that improve our customers' experience
• Partner and create training programs, along with coaching tools, that enable our support associates to be knowledgeable, nimble, technically capable, and excellent communicators
• Create, review, and maintain an internal knowledge base and customer-facing help center
• Collaborate with internal tooling development teams to identify capabilities that increase support associate performance and productivity
• Develop reporting and analytics that measure end-customer and internal team successes
• Actively monitor and grow the workforce, ensuring team members are challenged and performing at the expected standards
• Monitor and approve employee time-keeping records

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of professional experience in Business-2-Business (B2B) customer service, technical support, account management or customer success function in lieu of a degree
• 2+ years of people management experience in synchronous (phone/chat/instant messaging) customer support operations with teams of 25+ hourly employees
• Experience leading direct reports located in remote physical sites and working 24/7 coverage patterns

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience managing a team as either a front-line supervisor or shift lead
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, science, engineering, or similar technical discipline
• Completion of a leadership or rotational development program
• Experience in training, learning and development, analytics, service design, vendor management, or content management roles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Talking with others comes naturally, you derive satisfaction from resolving their issues, and you can distill complex concepts into the simplest explanations. You internalize customer concerns, solve them, and keep it positive
• Strong attention to detail, project management, and organizational skills. You take pride in your craft
• Technical aptitude - experience with networking, hardware troubleshooting, software development, etc.
• Experience working with software and staffing vendors
• Lean/6-Sigma experience (Green/Black Belt certifications)
• Experience with reporting tools (Advanced Excel, SQL, dashboarding/reporting/visualization platforms)
• Written/verbal business fluency in multiple languages is a plus

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willingness to work extended hours and non-scheduled days when needed to meet critical deadlines
• This is NOT a remote position and would require relocation if not local to the Bastrop, TX area. This role is fully onsite and remote/hybrid work will not be considered
• Must be available for one of the following on-site shifts in Bastrop, TX:
  • 1st Shift: Mon – Fri 05:00 - 15:30 CST
  • 2nd Shift: Mon – Fri 15:30 - 02:00 CST

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range: Supervisor, Starlink Customer Support: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.