Lighting Solutions Team Lead

Blue Signal Search; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-sponsored medical coverage

Bonus opportunity

401(k) with company match

Dental and vision plan options

Job summary

Blue Signal Search is seeking a hands-on team leader to manage a technical support team for a premium residential lighting organization in Houston, Texas. This role demands strong technical lighting knowledge and proven leadership abilities to ensure service quality for customers and trade partners.

The ideal candidate will guide a small team, tackle product-related inquiries, and uphold professionalism in a luxury-focused environment. The position offers medical coverage, bonus opportunities, and a stable onsite schedule.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated understanding of residential lighting technologies.
• Experience in technical support or a related customer-facing role.
• Strong coaching ability and lead-from-the-front management style.

Responsibilities

• Lead a technical support team while actively involved in support tasks.
• Handle escalated product and application questions.
• Ensure service quality across call, email, and chat support.

Skills

Technical lighting knowledge

Leadership experience

CRM or ERP experience

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Schedule: Onsite, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

A premium residential lighting organization is looking for a hands-on team leader to help shape a best-in-class support experience for customers and trade partners. This role is ideal for someone who brings strong technical lighting knowledge, confidence leading people, and the polish expected in a luxury-focused environment. You will guide a small support team, step into challenging product questions, and help ensure service quality across a fast-moving support function.

What This Role Offers

• Opportunity to lead a visible technical support function in a design-driven product business
• Stable onsite schedule with strong cross-functional collaboration
• Bonus opportunity
• Company-sponsored medical coverage, with most employee premium costs covered
• Dental and vision plan options
• 401(k) with company match
• Additional benefits details shared during the interview process

What You Will Do

• Provide day-to-day leadership for a technical support team while staying actively involved in live support work
• Coach and support direct reports, with prior experience leading a small team strongly preferred
• Act as the main point of escalation for advanced product and application questions
• Resolve issues involving installation, assembly, product specifications, and general troubleshooting
• Support a broad customer audience, including homeowners, designers, builders, architects, and related partners
• Partner closely with customer service and internal stakeholders to drive timely, accurate issue resolution
• Coordinate with vendors when outside input is needed to address product-related concerns
• Help maintain service standards across daily call, email, and chat volume
• Track support activity through CRM and ERP platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 or similar systems
• Reinforce a service approach that reflects professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail

What You Bring

• A background in home lighting products is required.
• Candidates must demonstrate a strong understanding of residential lighting technologies and applications.
• Prior experience in technical support, product support, or a related customer-facing function
• Leadership experience preferred, ideally with direct people management responsibility
• Strong coaching ability and a lead-from-the-front management style
• Experience handling escalated issues with professionalism and sound judgment
• Comfort communicating across phone, email, and chat channels
• CRM or ERP & Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience required.
• Excellent communication skills, strong presentation, and customer-facing professionalism
• Delivers a customer experience that reflects the standards of a high-end brand.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Hands-on leader who enjoys balancing team oversight with direct support activity
• Strong technical problem solver with a calm, credible presence
• Effective partner to both internal teams and external customers
• Organized and dependable, with the ability to manage shifting priorities

About Blue Signal:

Blue Signal is an award-winning, executive search firm specializing in various specialties. Our recruiters have a proven track record of placing top-tier talent across industry verticals, with deep expertise in numerous professional services. Learn more at bit.ly/46Gs4yS