Director, Customer Support - Global Payroll job at Rippling in San Francisco, CA

Title: Director, Customer Support (Global Payroll) Location: Austin United States Job Description: About Rippling Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365-all within 90 seconds. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world's top investors-including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock-and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses. About the role Customer Support is a major differentiator for Rippling - you can tell based on the review sites and our public support status page. We are looking for an experienced support leader to join our team and take on direct responsibility of an emerging area for our business - our non-US payroll product and the related international support experience. You will own the customer experience in your product area(s) by planning for and building a team, analyzing KPIs and implementing process improvements to drive team performance, coaching and developing a team of managers, and liaising directly with Product and Engineering counterparts - all with the added complexity of doing this for non-US countries (i.e. Canada, UK, Australia). What you will do Scale a 40 person team up to 70, with a global footprint Develop and implement a hiring strategy and design the onboarding program for new joiners with regional payroll expertise Identify sticking points and implement scalable solutions (training, processes, etc) to achieve higher performance levels Own team performance and KPIs and drive improvements with data-driven experimentation Be the subject matter expert for support practices and a resource to cross functional teams Collaborate with support leadership to refine and adapt operating processes and procedures Deliver product feedback to Product / Engineering counterparts to reduce the inbound contact rate or resolution time on support interactions Communicate effectively with executive leadership on projects, priorities, and goals What you will need You have 12+ years of professional experience leading a Support team within a fast-paced environment, startup, or SaaS organization Deep understanding of systems and operations with B2B products - specifically in HR and Payroll but other more technical product areas may be sufficient. Comfortable working in a hybrid office environment (3 days minimum) if located within commutable proximity of our offices Experience directly hiring and managing a distributed team with a proven track record of success in scaling Support teams and maintaining SLAs Experience designing and overseeing training, QA, and metric management programs at scale Excellent analytical thinker who can deliver actionable recommendations; analyze various communication channels and develop metrics to track success Lead by example with a learning mindset, people-first attitude, and strong sense of responsibility for your domain Self-motivated, detail-attentive, action-driven with the ability to take initiative, execute, and follow-through Extensive experience with Salesforce Service Cloud Additional Information Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. About the team We are building a world-class support team - committed to helping customers realize the full potential of Rippling - while also adapting to a growing customer base and product ecosystem. Our Customer Support organization is roughly 1000 members, while our Customer Experience organization stretches over 2000+ employees! We often collaborate closely with our R&D partners to continuously improve our products and services and to ensure our clients receive a stellar end-to-end Rippling experience. Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippl Apply To This Job