
Technical Support Supervisor
Symbotic
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $87,000 - $119,900 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead and develop the Technical Support team through a comprehensive performance framework that combines data-driven KPI tracking (e.g., MTTR, CSAT, ticket quality), qualitative ticket audits, and targeted coaching to drive continuous improvement and consistent delivery against departmental SLAs and service commitments.
- Guide customer conversations to assess downtime holistically, reinforcing that system availability depends not only on support response, but also on effective training, engagement, and site operating practices.
- Identify and drive opportunities to shift from reactive issue resolution to proactive prevention through improved processes, monitoring, and enablement.
- Own change management for the Technical Support organization, including integrating new support functions and leading the implementation of a new CRM system; proactively manage communication, training, adoption, and performance impacts to ensure smooth transitions and sustained operational excellence.
- Lead daily shift operations to ensure appropriate coverage, queue velocity, and adherence to established SLAs.
- Serve as Duty Manager for high-priority incidents, owning incident communication cadence, resource mobilization, escalation paths, and cross-functional coordination.
- Prioritize active and potential issues based on customer impact and contractual SLAs; establish and manage escalation bridges, including determining when and how to escalate.
- Provide clear, concise executive-level summaries to internal and external stakeholders, setting expectations around next steps, timelines, and resolution ETAs.
- Act as the high-stakes customer relationship owner during escalations and critical events, maintaining proactive, transparent communication and a strong understanding of customer business impact to guide prioritization and decision-making.
- Ensure effective use of support tools to capture activity, productivity, efficiency, and quality across the team.
- Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Engineering, Commissioning, QA, Sales, and other Symbotic teams to drive issue resolution and long-term operational improvements.
- Partner with engineering and tooling teams to drive automation and tooling enhancements that reduce manual effort and improve service efficiency.
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives related to escalated issues, customer migrations, product testing, implementations, and follow-up training.
- Own post-incident reviews, root cause analysis, and KPI trend analysis; translate insights into process improvements, updated documentation, and team-wide enablement.
- Drive operational maturity by identifying recurring themes, addressing systemic issues, and contributing to forward-looking planning that shifts the organization from reactive execution to proactive service delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent technical experience considered.
- Minimum of 1 year of people management or team leadership experience preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years supporting customers in a complex, fast-paced technical environment.
- Experience operating in a 24/7 support environment with a strong focus on customer success.
- Comfortable with control center software, dashboards, trend reports, and presenting findings to stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of Linux, Windows, PLCs, network troubleshooting, and mechanical/electrical drawings.
- Demonstrated ability to remain calm under pressure while managing multiple high-priority issues.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate customer feedback into actionable improvements.
- Strong partnership skills with the ability to act as a trusted advisor to customers.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- 401K
- PTO
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
KPI trackingMTTRCSATticket qualityLinuxWindowsPLCsnetwork troubleshootingmechanical drawingselectrical drawings
Soft Skills
people managementteam leadershipcustomer successcalm under pressurepartnership skillstrusted advisorcommunicationcoachingproblem-solvingproactive mindset