Board Intelligence is a technology and advisory firm that supercharges boards with the science of board effectiveness. We build better businesses and benefit society.
As a Product Specialist in our first line support team, you will be the first point of contact for our clients, helping to diagnose and resolve their queries with confidence and care. Your purpose is to deliver exceptional, concierge style support that leaves every client with a positive and memorable experience.
You will also play an important role in guiding clients to get the most value from our platform, delivering training where needed and feeding insights back to the wider business. By working closely with colleagues across teams, you will help shape the future of our product and contribute to the growth of both our clients and Board Intelligence.
Acting as the first point of contact for clients during the evening 3pm – Midnight shift, diagnosing and resolving queries to agreed service levels and ensuring a clear understanding of the user’s needs
Using judgement to identify whether issues are product bugs, training needs, or require escalation, and providing accurate context for further investigation
Creating and delivering training resources, including attending client meetings with Account Management and Customer Success to support adoption
Supporting internal teams with user data analysis to identify trends, propose improvements and contribute to product adoption and efficiency
Providing a feedback loop to product and customer teams, representing the customer voice in product development and company priorities
Proactively contributing ideas to improve team processes and the client experience
Managing incoming tickets solo from 6pm – Midnight, ensuring smooth handovers to the night shift team and follow-up on day team escalations
Remaining alert to incoming calls, emails and internal requests, ensuring timely and effective responses
Asking intelligent questions to build context around issues while following security procedures
Escalating queries to Senior Product Specialist, Second Line Support, Engineering or Customer Success with clear notes on diagnosis and user context
Maintaining accurate records of all client interactions and keeping knowledge of product developments up to date
Building strong relationships with users at every touch point, including encouraging event attendance and referrals
Collaborating closely with colleagues across teams to deliver seamless support and share knowledge
Participating in the out of hours rota, covering evenings and weekends as required
Requirements
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain solutions clearly and confidently by phone and email
Proven experience in a client facing or support role
Ability to diagnose and resolve issues with sound judgement, escalating when appropriate and providing clear context to colleagues
Skilled at asking insightful questions to build understanding of complex issues while maintaining strict adherence to security protocols
A client centric mindset, able to build strong relationships, encourage product adoption and represent the voice of the customer internally
Experience creating and delivering training materials, with confidence to support client meetings alongside other teams
Experience using ticketing or customer support systems to maintain detailed records of client interactions and issue resolution
Strong organisational skills with an eye for detail when recording client interactions and analysing user data
Comfort working in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities while meeting agreed service levels
Proactive and curious, always looking for opportunities to improve processes, contribute ideas and share knowledge
A collaborative team player who brings a positive, solutions focused approach
Willingness to participate in an out of hours rota, including occasional evenings and weekends
Additional Helpful Expereince: Basic familiarity with JIRA (or similar) for logging and tracking customer issues, Exposure to Datadog (or basic log review and monitoring), PagerDuty (or other alert systems and incident response management), and/or BugSnag (error reporting)