Customer Service Global Support Team Leader, Afterpay

Join a movement in which everyone can win. We started a movement in which everyone can win - shoppers, retailers, society and every person on our team. To play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe.
Founded five years ago in Sydney, Australia, Afterpay has over 11 million active customers globally and more than 64,000 of the world's best retailers around the world including Anthropologie, Revolve, DSW, GOAT, Finish Line, Levi's, Mac Cosmetics, Ray-Ban and many others. Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins.
Afterpay is completely free for customers who pay on time - helping people spend responsibly without incurring interest, fees or extended debt. Afterpay empowers customers to access the things they want and need, while still allowing them to maintain financial wellness and control, by splitting payments in four, for both online and in-store purchases. Afterpay is deeply committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers. We are focused on supporting our community of shoppers.
We trust in the next generation and share a vision of a more accessible and sustainable world in which people are rewarded for doing the right thing.
The Role
This role sits within our Afterpay Customer Service team and will play a key role in ensuring we meet our Service Delivery obligations specific to a number of speciality global processes across a number of different aspects of Customer Service Support (such as Social Media, Payment Investigations and Remediation activity when required).
We are passionate about delivering an effortless customer experience measured through fast and easy resolution. This role leads a team focused on solving customer problems every day. As a CS Global Support Team Leader you will have accountability for the performance of a local team alongside a 24*7 offshore team (Partner based).
Given the constantly evolving nature of our business and operation; the scope of processes cared for within the Global Support team will likely evolve over time.
Primary reporting line: Customer Service Operations Manager
You Will

• Responsible for the service delivery (measured through Time to Resolve, Average Speed to Answer, QA and Productivity goals) of key Customer Service (CS) speciality processes; primarily focused on Social Media servicing channels and Payment Investigations service contacts.
• Play a key role in identifying internal tech incidents impacting customers / service delivery and partnering with Global CS leaders and the wider Operations community to build and implement remediation plans as required from Tech incidents. Liaise with other functions as needed to solve issues from time to time (Product, Marketing, Legal and Compliance)
• Run the Global Support Team; participate and lead daily, weekly and monthly operating rhythms that drive our CS engine; such as daily huddles, team meetings and weekly, fortnightly and monthly process performance reviews both internally and with Partner teams as required
• Coach, performance manage and support the development as per guidelines for direct reports and work in consultation with Partner TLs / Managers to ensure Parter team members performance meets expectations
• Prepare weekly/monthly Operations reports and lead partner performance reviews as needed

You Have

• Team leadership in a contact centre environment
• Self-starter with a positive forward thinking / " can do" attitude who is results focused and a real performance driver
• As a 'hands on' coach you are prepared to roll your sleeves up and support the team - coaching experience is crucial to this role
• Proven experience working in a team environment; preferably remote teams in multiple locations including outsource partners
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in front line customer service; understand the importance and balance of speed, quality and cost in managing service

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Block is a globally distributed company and this role will require working with other employees in multiple time zones. You may be required to perform work outside of normal business as part of this role
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