The TripActions support team is seeking a Manager of Travel Experience to join our growing team. This role provides leadership and operational oversight of Travel Experience teams responding to customers 24x7.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide leadership to Travel Experience Team members.
• Conduct regular (3x a month) 1:1 meetings and formal reviews with team members to monitor progress, set expectations, and coach and develop employee skills including the creation and tracking of career maps.
• Provide performance feedback continually to encourage desired behaviors in line with corporate goals.
• Manage escalations that occur and own customer issues through to completion
• Develop processes to ensure recovery from the most common service issues.
• Share best practices with team members to enhance the quality and efficiency of Customer Support and contribute to the Knowledge Base.
• Monitor Call Queues (ACD) and SLA's to ensure appropriate adherence and achievement of goals - report on weekly and monthly performance of the operation and, specifically, your team.
• When problems arise, perform root cause analysis to develop permanent corrective actions to improve process where needed
• Knowledge of, and familiarity with, CRM applications (e.g. Salesforce, ZenDesk, HelpScout, etc)
• Knowledge of, and familiarity with, cloud-based help desk applications (e.g. Five9, Freshdesk, Aspect, PureCloud, etc)
• Screen for and interview new hires as we scale our support organization
• Provide input for the New Hire Training Program and ensure effective execution for modules delivered by Support.

What We’re Looking For:

• 2-3 years contact center / support experience at the manager level
• 5+ years progressive leadership experience in a contact center / support environment (Agent -> Lead -> Supervisor, for example)
• Customer-Centric:  The customer is at the forefront of everything we do -- you must live and breathe customer support and promote high customer engagement through all interactions
• Ability to build relationships and motivate people and teams
• Proven mentor and motivator with a clear understanding of the support requirements, customer base, and challenges facing a fast-growing company.
• Excellent organizational skills & interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team.
• Business analytics, should be able to provide a data driven approach for operational challenges and strategies.
• Flexibility to work non-traditional shifts (early mornings, late evenings and weekends), as we scale our support organization
• College degree preferred