
VP, Customer Support
Appspace
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Own and elevate the end-to-end customer support experience, using data to inform continuous service improvements and strengthen customer loyalty.
- Champion a culture of proactive, empathetic, and relationship-focused support, ensuring all global interactions reflect Appspace's commitment to partnership.
- Act as a key stakeholder in the Customer Success organization, ensuring seamless handoffs and collaboration with Sales, Engineering, and Product teams.
- Drive the operationalization and maturity of our Intelligent Swarming model, ensuring fast, effective, and unified global problem resolution across multiple product lines (post-M&A integration).
- Leverage TSIA and other leading industry best practices to define, measure, and optimize support KPIs, including Time-to-Resolution, Deflection Rate, and Customer Effort Score (CES).
- Lead strategic initiatives to significantly reduce ticket deflection by optimizing self-service channels, knowledge management, and community engagement.
- Provide inspiring and decisive leadership for a globally distributed team of support professionals.
- Successfully navigate and lead the blending of support teams and processes following mergers and acquisitions, creating a single, cohesive, and high-performing global unit.
- Foster a Positive Team Influence, promoting continuous learning, career development, and a highly engaged work environment that attracts and retains top talent.
Requirements
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience leading large-scale, global (multi-region) technical support organizations within a B2B SaaS environment.
- Proven track record of successfully blending teams, products, and processes through M&A activity.
- Demonstrable experience implementing and maturing modern support models (e.g., Intelligent Swarming, TSIA methodology).
- Deep expertise with required support tools and architecture:
- Expert user/administrator of CRM/Ticketing systems: Salesforce Service Cloud, ZenDesk, and/or ServiceNow.
- Workflow & Tracking: JIRA or similar development tracking system.
- Support Analytics/Insights: SupportLogic or similar AI/ML-driven support analysis tool.
- Technical Acumen: Strong working knowledge of General Cloud Architecture (Google/AWS/Azure) and Infrastructure principles
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Bonuses
- Stock options
- Equipment allowances
- Wellness programs
- Competitive salaries
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Intelligent Swarmingsupport KPIsTime-to-ResolutionDeflection RateCustomer Effort ScoreB2B SaaScloud architectureAI-driven support analysisCRM systemsticketing systems
Soft Skills
leadershipempathyrelationship managementteam influencecontinuous learningcareer developmentengagementcollaborationstrategic initiativeproblem resolution