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Kinetic

Technical Support Team Lead

Kinetic

Team Lead providing technical leadership and people management in customer support organization. Managing Senior Support Analysts and 3rd Line Developers while ensuring technical excellence.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeMilton Keynes • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
JavaScriptjQuerySCSSSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage and develop Senior Support Analysts (3-4 people) and 3rd Line Developers (2 people)
  • Conduct regular 1-on-1s and provide ongoing coaching and feedback
  • Set clear goals and performance expectations aligned with team objectives
  • Manage performance issues and development plans as needed
  • Support career development and progression planning for direct reports
  • Participate in recruitment and hiring for senior technical roles
  • Foster a positive, collaborative team culture focused on technical excellence
  • Serve as final technical escalation point for the entire support organisation
  • Lead resolution of the most complex technical issues across all systems
  • Provide technical guidance to Senior Support Analysts and 3rd Line Developers
  • Make technical decisions on complex customer issues or system problems
  • Lead critical incident response and post-incident reviews
  • Ensure technical quality and consistency across the team's work
  • Stay current on platform changes, new features, and technical developments
  • Work closely with Customer Support Manager on team strategy and direction
  • Contribute to process improvements and operational excellence initiatives
  • Identify systemic issues and work with Product/Engineering on solutions
  • Provide technical input on roadmap prioritisation and customer impact
  • Represent Support in technical meetings with Product and Engineering
  • Analyse metrics and trends to identify improvement opportunities
  • Build strong relationships with Product, Engineering, and other technical teams
  • Advocate for customer needs in technical discussions and prioritisation
  • Collaborate on knowledge transfer and documentation with other departments
  • Participate in cross-functional projects and initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Advanced technical expertise across multiple domains and systems
  • 7+ years experience in technical support, development, or engineering roles
  • 2+ years people management or team leadership experience
  • Proven ability to manage and develop senior technical staff
  • Strong problem-solving and technical decision-making skills
  • Excellent communication skills for all audiences
  • Experience leading incident response and critical issue resolution
  • Strategic thinking and ability to balance tactical and strategic priorities
  • Collaborative approach to working across departments
  • Track record of driving process improvements and operational excellence
  • Strong expertise in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  • Proven ability to deliver accessible web pages that meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA.
  • Confident working across multiple browsers and devices with consistent results.
  • Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases, ideally SQL Server.
  • Competence in server side development using C Sharp or a similar object oriented language.
  • Understanding of secure development practices aligned with OWASP guidelines.
  • Experience with GIT based workflows and version control.
  • Familiarity with jQuery, SASS and other common front end tools and frameworks.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) - with extra days the longer you’re with us
  • Two paid wellbeing days each year, with a budget to enjoy some time out with someone important to you
  • Enhanced pension contributions to support your future
  • Two paid days a year to give back through volunteering, charity work, or sustainability projects with our Green Team
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for electric vehicles and cycle-to-work
  • 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme for confidential advice and support
  • A full annual health check to keep you at your best
  • A flexible benefits platform - from life assurance and learning opportunities to retail discounts and cinema tickets
  • A genuine people-first culture where your growth and wellbeing come first
  • Performance-related bonus scheme to reward your contribution
  • Regular socials - from team get-togethers to all-company celebrations, with each department owning a budget for their events
  • The opportunity to attend group conferences, away days and learning forums both in the UK and abroad - network with other talent

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Hard Skills & Tools
HTMLCSSJavaScriptSQLC SharpjQuerySASSGITWCAG 2.2 Level AAsecure development practices
Soft Skills
people managementteam leadershipproblem-solvingtechnical decision-makingcommunicationstrategic thinkingcollaborationprocess improvementcoachingfeedback