Manager I, Customer Support Engineering

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Hyderabad, Telangana, IND
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Logistics • Mobile • Software
The Role
Lead and build the L1 customer support engineering function for an enterprise SaaS platform. Own triage, severity and priority management, SLAs, escalations, first-contact resolution, ticket quality, knowledge resources, customer communications, support metrics, and tooling integrations. Establish a 24x7 support model through shift rotations and hiring, while recruiting, mentoring, and developing L1 engineers.
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Manager I, Customer Support Engineer
Location: Hyderabad, India
Employment Type: Full-Time; Salaried 
Compensation: Base Salary, Bonus, Medical
Job Description 
About Us
Innovapptive is a category-defining SaaS company building the world’s most advanced AI-powered Connected Worker Platform for the industrial sector. Headquartered in Houston, TX, and backed by Vista Equity Partners, Innovapptive is on a mission to reimagine how industrial work gets done — connecting frontline workers, back-office systems, and assets in real time to drive higher safety, reliability, and productivity.

Our platform is trusted by some of the world’s largest enterprises — including Shell, Hess, Cenovus Energy, W.R.Grace, Westlake Chemicals, UNICEF, Kimberly Clark, Scott Miracle Gro, and Newmont Mining to name a few, and across chemicals, energy, mining, and manufacturing industries. These enterprises have achieved tangible, hard-dollar results, such as:

  • Over $40 million in annual EBITDA savings at a single enterprise.
  • 10× frontline productivity improvements through mobile-first and AI-enabled workflows.
  • 15–20% maintenance cost reductions and significant uptime gains across plants and sites.

Innovapptive is recognized by leading industry analysts for its differentiated value creation model:

  • Named a Leader in the Frost & Sullivan Industrial Connected Worker Radar.
  • Featured by Gartner in “Connected Factory Worker” research and the Hype Cycle for Manufacturing Operations Strategy.
  • Cited by LNS Research for delivering 3–5× greater value than point solutions through unified OT–IT execution, AI/vision innovation, and field-proven ROI.

Our growth is backed by Tiger Global Management and Vista Equity Partners, one of the world’s premier software investors, known for scaling high-performance SaaS companies. Together, we are building the next-generation AI Powered Connected Worker Platform, combining cutting-edge technologies — SLM’s, Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Intelligent Orchestration — into a unified system that transforms plant operations globally.

Today, with over 300+ employees across the U.S., India, and ANZ, Innovapptive stands at a pivotal inflection point: with an ambition to scale to $100M ARR within the next 3-4 years by industrializing every aspect of our product, engineering, and customer delivery systems.

The Opportunity
Support enterprise customers in a 24x5 environment, with an opportunity to build and lead the L1 function from scratch, scaling to 24x7 support model.r.
What You Own
  • L1 function from scratch: triage, severity/priority, SLAs, escalation.
  • 24x7 model: shift rotations, staggered hires.
  • First-contact resolution: own queue, resolve or escalate with context.
  • Ticket quality: repro steps, env, logs, triage on every escalation.
  • Knowledge base: runbooks, FAQs, known issues.
  • Customer communication.
  • Metrics: resolution rate, MTTR, escalation rate, CSAT.
  • Tooling: Jira Service Desk, Sentry/Mixpanel integration.

What You Bring to the Team:

  • 11+ years technical support with 4+ year lead.
  • Enterprise SaaS support.
  • Troubleshooting: logs, reproduction, root cause isolation.
  • Process design: triage, SLA, escalation.
  • Customer communication: clear, professional, empathetic.
  • Team building: hire and mentor L1 engineers.

Nice to Have

  • SAP-integrated applications or Basis ops.
  • Mobile support (React Native, iOS, Android).
  • Sentry, Mixpanel observability.
  • Energy, manufacturing, utilities.
  • 24x7 rotation setup.

Tech Stack & Tools

  • Ticketing: Jira Service Desk
  • Monitoring: Sentry, Mixpanel, CloudWatch, Grafana
  • Products: mWorkOrder, mInventory, mRounds, iMaintenance
  • Backend: Node.js, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, AWS
  • Integration: SAP S/4HANA, Maximo

What We Offer

  • Competitive compensation and equity tied to measurable impact on AI accuracy and performance.
  • A platform to shape the semantic intelligence layer of a category-defining industrial SaaS company.
  • Access to cutting-edge AI, data, and observability toolchains for continuous learning and innovation.

Innovapptive does not accept and will not review unsolicited resumes from search firms.

Innovapptive is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.

Skills Required

  • 11+ years of technical support experience
  • 4+ years of team leadership experience
  • Experience supporting enterprise SaaS products
  • Experience troubleshooting logs, reproducing issues, and isolating root causes
  • Experience designing triage, SLA, and escalation processes
  • Clear, professional, and empathetic customer communication skills
  • Experience building teams, hiring, and mentoring L1 engineers
  • Experience with SAP-integrated applications or SAP Basis operations
  • Mobile support experience with React Native, iOS, or Android
  • Experience with Sentry and Mixpanel observability
  • Experience in energy, manufacturing, or utilities
  • Experience setting up 24x7 support rotations
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The Company
HQ: Houston, TX
269 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

At Innovapptive, our mission is to help improve the working life of front line worker. We are the only Connected Worker Platform that combines ERP (SAP, IBM Maximo) operational data with digital, visual, & step by step guided work instructions on mobile and smart glasses to empower front-line workers to get jobs done faster, better, cheaper & safer. By engineering a platform that fuels innovation & collaboration, we are transforming the experience of the industrial worker to bridge the skills gap and further helping our customers increase revenues & margins. Together, with our employees, customers and partners across the globe, we are growing economies of some of the world's largest brands. We recently closed our Series A Fund Raise of $16.3M with Tiger Global Management, a Global Marquee Fund with over $30 Billion of Assets Under Management (AUM). Tiger Global Management has a reputation of investing and building some of world's "Unicorn"​ brands such as Spotify, Netflix, Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Peloton, Harry's, Ola, Flipkart, Freshworks and many more! Come join an Incredible company that is on a mission to improve working life of front line workers by enriching the experience of every single field worker, back office and executives to help grow our customer's revenues and profitability!

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