The Head of Support will lead and scale the customer support function for a portfolio of AI-powered wellness and HealthTech products. This strategic leadership role combines operational excellence, team development, and customer experience management within a fast-growing subscription-based business. You will oversee the entire support journey, from initial customer inquiries to subscription renewals, helping improve retention, reduce refunds, and strengthen customer satisfaction. Leading a remote, multinational team, you will establish scalable processes, define performance standards, and introduce automation to improve efficiency and service quality. You will also transform customer support data into actionable insights that inform product development, marketing strategies, and the overall user experience. With ownership of support operations, technology, budgeting, and team growth, you will have a direct influence on customer loyalty and business performance. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced support leader who enjoys building high-performing teams, optimizing subscription experiences, and making a meaningful impact in digital wellness.
Customer Support Strategy and Operations: Own the overall customer support strategy and day-to-day operations across all products and communication channels, including email, in-app chat, and app store responses. Ensure a consistent, efficient, and customer-focused experience throughout the user lifecycle.
Team Leadership and Development: Lead, coach, and grow a remote, multinational customer support team. Oversee recruitment, onboarding, scheduling, performance reviews, and career development while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Performance Management and KPIs: Define, monitor, and optimize key support metrics, including first response time, resolution time, customer satisfaction (CSAT), ticket volume per user, refund rates, and chargeback rates. Provide regular performance reports and recommendations to leadership.
Process Development and Quality Assurance: Build and continuously improve support processes, including service-level agreements (SLAs), escalation procedures, response templates, quality assurance frameworks, knowledge bases, and internal documentation.
Subscription Management and Payment Issues: Oversee customer cases involving subscription cancellations, refunds, billing disputes, and chargebacks. Collaborate with finance teams and payment providers to resolve issues efficiently and reduce preventable revenue losses.
Customer Retention and Recovery: Develop and implement retention strategies within customer support, including save offers, win-back communication, and systematic tracking of cancellation reasons to identify opportunities to improve subscription retention.
Customer Insights and Cross-Functional Collaboration: Analyze support interactions to identify recurring customer concerns, product bugs, onboarding difficulties, and paywall issues. Share actionable insights with product and marketing teams to improve customer experience and business outcomes.
Support Technology and Automation: Select, implement, and optimize support platforms such as Zendesk, Front, Intercom, or equivalent tools. Introduce automation, AI-assisted responses, and workflow improvements to increase productivity while maintaining service quality.
Budget and Resource Planning: Manage the customer support department's budget, staffing levels, and resource allocation, ensuring the team can scale effectively as the user base and product portfolio expand.
Sensitive Case and Data Management: Ensure the responsible handling of sensitive customer topics, including health and alcohol-related concerns, while maintaining appropriate privacy and data protection practices.
Escalation Management: Remain hands-on when necessary by personally managing complex, high-priority, or escalated customer cases and ensuring appropriate resolutions.