The Role
Leads customer support operations, agents, staffing, quality assurance, Zendesk administration, reporting, automation, and AI-enabled workflows. Oversees escalations, knowledge management, chargeback disputes, vendors, and service performance. Partners with Product and Engineering to resolve recurring issues, improve operational efficiency, strengthen subscriber satisfaction, and maintain service standards during high-volume periods and incidents.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Daily Wire is looking for a customer support leader to oversee support operations and deliver a high-quality subscriber experience. In this role, you’ll lead team performance and service delivery while directly managing Zendesk, reporting, automation, and AI-enabled support tools. You’ll drive improvements that help agents work more effectively, reduce recurring customer issues, and strengthen subscriber satisfaction while keeping support operations aligned with company priorities
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop customer support agents, overseeing hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development in partnership with leadership and HR.
- Manage staffing, scheduling, and capacity planning to meet service standards across support channels, including during launches, incidents, and periods of increased demand.
- Directly administer Zendesk, including routing, triggers, automations, macros, integrations, and reporting, while improving workflows and troubleshooting operational issues.
- Build, maintain, and optimize AI-enabled support tools and automated workflows to improve response accuracy, resolution efficiency, and appropriate escalation to agents.
- Oversee quality assurance, agent training, and support documentation, maintaining accurate internal resources and customer-facing knowledge base content.
- Track and report on customer satisfaction, service levels, agent productivity, and automation performance, using insights to address root causes and drive continuous improvement.
- Manage complex customer escalations and partner with Product and Engineering to resolve recurring issues, coordinate service disruption communications, and improve the subscriber experience.
- Oversee chargeback disputes and support vendor relationships, ensuring timely, accurate submissions and evaluating vendor performance, tool utilization, and costs.
Experience and Requirements
- 5–7 years of experience in customer support or support operations, including team leadership in a high-volume consumer subscription or eCommerce environment.
- Background in customer support, support operations, business operations, or a related field preferred.
- Deep, hands-on experience administering Zendesk, including configuration, triggers, automations, integrations, and custom reporting; Zendesk Support administrator certification preferred.
- Experience building and maintaining AI-enabled support tools and agentic workflows with measurable results in automated resolution and customer satisfaction.
- Strong working knowledge of workforce planning, quality assurance, and support performance metrics.
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop agents while managing support systems and daily operations.
- Strong reporting and analytical skills, with the ability to identify contact trends and translate findings into operational improvements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical issue documentation and customer communications.
- Ability to collaborate across departments and maintain productive relationships with internal teams and vendors.
- Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential customer and company information.
- Ability to prioritize competing demands and implement solutions in a fast-paced environment with limited resources.
- Familiarity with chargeback dispute processes and filing requirements preferred.
Skills Required
- 5-7 years of experience in customer support or support operations
- Team leadership experience in a high-volume consumer subscription or eCommerce environment
- Hands-on Zendesk administration experience, including configuration, triggers, automations, integrations, and custom reporting
- Experience building and maintaining AI-enabled support tools and agentic workflows
- Knowledge of workforce planning, quality assurance, and support performance metrics
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing support agents while managing systems and daily operations
- Strong reporting and analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to collaborate across departments and maintain relationships with internal teams and vendors
- Sound judgment when handling confidential customer and company information
- Ability to prioritize competing demands and implement solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Background in customer support, support operations, business operations, or a related field
- Zendesk Support administrator certification
- Familiarity with chargeback dispute processes and filing requirements
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The Company
What We Do
Not every company kicks off in a converted garage and expands into one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment - but then again, no other company is the Daily Wire. Built from the ground up by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, the Daily Wire started as a side gig and morphed into a political news and commentary powerhouse in just 7 short years. Now, the Daily Wire is producing entertainment content, investigative journalism, multiple chart-topping podcasts, and - you guessed it - some fire memes. And we’re not stopping there. Our team is constantly moving, innovating and growing. We adapt to any and all obstacles with a team of creative geniuses that are all aligned in creating unparalleled content that provides a voice for facts and for freedom. We don't just echo whatever’s trending - we set trends. When you join the Daily Wire team, your finger isn’t just on the pulse. From the studios of CANDACE and The Ben Shapiro Show to the newsroom of some of America’s most influential writers, you are the pulse. And if that interests you, we’re all ears.
