Call Center and Infrastructure Software Support Manager
THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO US CITIZENS ONLY
ABOUT WIND RIVER
Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.
Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone.
The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.
YOUR ROLE
As a Call Center and Infrastructure Software Support Manager on our team, you’ll oversee our support operations, manage the call center team, handle licensing matters, and ensure the seamless functioning and improvement of our internal support websites and infrastructure that is used. Your proficiency in Salesforce administration, search engines, and insights into chatbot integration will play a pivotal role in providing exceptional support to our clients. The ideal candidate should possess a track record of optimizing customer interactions, strong leadership acumen, modernizing the support infrastructure and a proactive approach to problem-solving. In your daily job you will:
Recruit, select, hire, and train new call center, licensing, and operations personnel, ensuring their readiness addressing customer inquiries and concerns.
Effectively and efficiently run the call center and licensing team meeting all the performance goals.
Propose and implement plans to improve and optimize the support platforms and tools used by Wind River support team.
Collect and analyze call agents' data using the CRM provided by the company to prepare performance reports.
Evaluate individual performance reviews and overall team effectiveness, providing insights to upper management.
Assist the team in resolving challenging customer service issues, including review of SLA violations, escalations, and related tasks.
Monitor team performance and provide necessary tools for enhancement.
Evaluate team results and objectives to determine operational strategies.
Continuously monitor system performance, identifying and resolving operational problems as needed.
Present monthly and annual action plans and objectives to relevant stakeholders.
Ensure that tools and policies used by Customer Support Organization (CSO) are in compliance with required laws and regulations.
Involve in company-wide or Customer Support Organization (CSO) audits and furnish the evidence for the audits.
Engage with key teams and stakeholders to ensure business goals are met.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE
Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:
Proven experience in managing call center and software licensing operations.
About 5 year’s experience is desired.
Desirable, familiarity with Salesforce CRM, Agentforce and Coveo for optimizing customer interactions.
Understanding of chatbot technologies and their integration into customer service processes.
Ability to work effectively with a diverse group of individuals with varying levels of technological knowledge.
Basic knowledge of web development to facilitate internal support website maintenance.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to recruit, train, and manage a high-performing team.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills for data analysis and performance evaluation.
A proactive attitude towards addressing challenges and improving processes.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
BENEFITS
· Flexible home office! We offer the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule or 100% remote · Named Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row
· 100% Employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance*
· Flexible Time Off policy* + 12 observed Holidays
· 401K with company match
· Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) · Wellness Benefits through Unmind
COMPENSATION
This role is compensation range is between 102K to 153K plus annual incentive plan bonus. Compensation is determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. Employees in this role are also eligible for the following benefits in accordance with the terms of the Company's plans: health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flex time off, eligibility to enroll in 401k, and 12 paid holidays
APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE:
Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Wind River, we strictly adhere to all applicable data privacy laws. Please review Wind River's Applicant Privacy Notice, which can be found here.
“Wind River is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law”
SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS
Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regard to their citizenship in order to perform fundamental job duties, as per applicable law. In particular, candidates with certain citizenship may not be able to perform such fundamental job duties. Currently, this includes citizens of the following countries: Belarus; Burma; China; Cuba; Iran; North Korea; Syria; Venezuela; Afghanistan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Cyprus; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Libya; Russia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Zimbabwe. The security clearance process may take a significant amount of time to complete, and any offer of employment will be contingent on the candidate's legal ability to perform the fundamental job duties. Wind River is committed to meeting its obligations to candidates under applicable human rights law and privacy law in this regard.
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