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Technical Program Management Lead, Customer Support- San Jose

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Technical Program Management Lead, Customer Support- San Jose

San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

As the Technical Program Management Lead, you will manage a high performing team that develops and implements customer support platform requirements serving User and Creator needs. You will work cross-functionally with product managers, engineering, program managers, operations, data science, policy, and communications teams; to achieve operational excellence and enhance the product end experience. Your team will be responsible for enabling operational excellence through tooling and process, conducting user support analysis and evolving the support platform roadmap for improving the customer experience. You will establish tools and processes to effectively manage service enhancements while resolving high priority issues raised from various input channels. You will lead the monitoring of trends, patterns, find gaps and come up with solutions to address them. Based on your teams' findings, you will be using data and problem statements to influence other teams to make necessary improvements in customer support services and processes.You are passionate about the user and creator support experience and switch readily from thinking strategically about problem definition to managing tactical investigation and resolution decisions. Your background and professional expertise are grounded in areas related to technical program management in user safety or platform management, and you have demonstrated this through a track record of achievements in the support operations space. You also have strong experience bringing out the best in a team and fostering a collaborative working style in a fast paced environment.

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Responsibilities:
Build and lead a high-performing support enablement function, manage cross-team relations and optimize process & analysis procedures to deliver best-in-class safety and support services.
Self-identify gaps, problems, needs and come up with robust solutions.
Responsible for translating analyses into real business outcomes with specific and tailored performance drive actions to ensure business targets are achieved.
You'll collaborate with cross-functional partners (operations, product management, data analytics, engineering, policy) to identify, assess and resolve related issues in our products and processes.
Provide thought leadership to the Customer Support org and cross-functional stakeholders, partnering with Operations leads to converting raw data into actionable recommendations and strategies.
You'll manage the performance and goals of your team, develop the roadmap, and take responsibility for key metrics.
Support the development of measurement goals and benchmarks for the Customer Support organization, helping teams to connect the work they're doing to measurable goals and to inform planning.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
You have experience in technical management of platform or product operations in either Customer Service, Trust and Safety, or related areas such as management of social networking platforms.
You have 5+ years of experience in managing and leading teams from diverse backgrounds and skillsets, including objective setting and performance reviews.
You have excellent communication, influencing, and project management skills, with the ability to drive the simultaneous delivery of complex projects in collaboration with stakeholder teams;
You have the ability to work effectively under high pressure, strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with different teams and senior leadership stakeholders;
You have the ability to translate action steps into a systematic process;
You're passionate about helping the user and creator community;

Preferred Qualifications
Quantitative skills, data-driven mindset, SQL or Excel skills a plus;

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $106666 - $198444 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA, USA
Job ID: TikTok-7439882224625158408
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • HSA
    • Life Insurance
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Mentor Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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