Accela

Customer Support Manager

Accela

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $110,000 - $120,000 per year

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About the role

  • Lead and develop people: Build a high-performing team through coaching, mentoring, and career development. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Oversee daily operations, including queue management, case assignment, service quality, and global coverage.
  • Own team KPIs and reporting, including SLA attainment, backlog health, fix timeframes, CSAT, and escalation trends. Provide regular executive updates.
  • Use CRM and support analytics to identify patterns, prioritize work, and drive proactive actions that prevent escalations.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for major customer escalations. Lead resolution efforts with clarity, urgency, and professionalism.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action reviews to close gaps in process, training, and product.
  • Optimize policies and processes to remove friction and improve efficiency.
  • Strengthen self-service resources and partner on enhancements that reduce customer effort.
  • Evaluate and adopt new technologies that advance the support operating model, including automation and AI-assisted capabilities.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to protect and improve the customer experience.
  • Support workforce management for forecasting, scheduling, and capacity planning.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
  • 5–7 years in technical or customer support, with at least 3–5 years in a people leadership role (manager or team lead).
  • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop high-performing teams in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong command of support operations, including SLA management, escalation handling, and customer communications.
  • Experience with CRM and support platforms such as Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk, or ServiceNow.
  • Demonstrated strength in analytics and reporting to drive decisions and improvements.
  • Excellent communication skills with executive presence and the ability to align stakeholders.
Benefits
  • flexible time off
  • comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • family planning benefits
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • health savings account with company contributions
  • flexible spending account
  • life, accident, and disability coverage
  • business travel insurance
  • employee assistance programs
  • other well-being benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
SLA managementcase assignmentroot cause analysiscorrective actionpreventive actionanalyticsreportingcapacity planningqueue managementcustomer communications
Soft Skills
coachingmentoringteam leadershipcollaborationaccountabilitycontinuous improvementcommunicationexecutive presencestakeholder alignmentproblem-solving