Support Content Lead

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 in 2014, 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
The Support Content Lead sits within Block's Learning & Content Operations team and is dedicated to Afterpay. You will lead a team of content specialists and process creators responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality support documentation across Afterpay's full suite of products.
In this role, you'll set the strategy for Afterpay support content, coach and develop a team, and partner with stakeholders in Product, Compliance, Risk, Marketing, and frontline operations to ensure customers and advocates can quickly access accurate, actionable information. Your work will improve both self-service for customers and case-handling efficiency for support teams, directly shaping the Afterpay experience at global scale.
Work from anywhere: This role can be performed from any location in Australia.
You Will

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of writers and strategists, fostering growth, accountability, and high performance.
• Delegate and align work across the team, ensuring priorities and launch timelines are clear and met.
• Own the Afterpay content strategy in collaboration with product, compliance, and operations partners, aligning team resources to deliver on business priorities.
• Manage the content intake and ticketing system, driving improvements in automation, reporting, triage, and prioritization.
• Build guides, templates, onboarding materials, and scalable processes that increase team efficiency and consistency.
• Report on core metrics and KPIs (e.g., Help Center audits, content performance, contact rates) and provide insights and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
• Build strong partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders, especially frontline operations, to ensure content reflects real customer and advocate needs.
• Represent the value and impact of the Content team across Afterpay and Block, bringing visibility to successes and surfacing opportunities for continuous improvement.

You Have

• 4+ years of experience in content operations, technical writing, or knowledge management.
• 4+ years of formal or informal people management experience, including coaching and developing others.
• Strong experience creating and managing technical/product content, with examples of owning large-scale projects and delivering measurable improvements.
• Proven ability to translate complex, regulated, or technical concepts into clear and actionable resources.
• A data-driven mindset, with experience setting and reporting against KPIs and SLAs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to break down complex topics and build trusted partnerships.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and driving clarity for your team.
• Hands-on experience with tools like Salesforce, Zendesk, Contentful, Jira, Asana, Notion, or Confluence.

Even Better, You Have

• Direct experience with Afterpay products and workflows.
• Financial services or technology industry experience.
• Experience leading enterprise CMS transformations or scalable content strategy initiatives.
• Background in business process improvement, knowledge gap analysis, or regulatory compliance.

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Contentful (knowledge management)
• Salesforce & Zendesk (knowledge delivery and support tools)
• Jira & Asana (project and workflow management)
• Notion & Confluence (team documentation)
• Google Workspace (collaboration and drafting)

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to identity or other legally protected class. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page .
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.
Use of AI in Our Hiring Process
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Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.
Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) builds technology to increase access to the global economy. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we're helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.