Technical Operations Lead

Sell what you love. For us and millions of users across the globe, that’s Spotify. Join the Sales team and you’ll build the relationships that help grow our business in existing markets and beyond. We don’t just sell creative solutions to our clients and partners, we help to shape them; using our expert knowledge of ad products, sales channels and the industry to impact the way the world experiences music and podcasts. 

We are looking for a Technical Support Operations Lead to partner closely with our vendor Technical Support teams. These teams support advertisers, sales partners, and internal stakeholders by resolving bugs, incidents, and platform issues. In this role, you’ll handle escalations, support day-to-day operations, and help build a high-quality technical support function. You’ll act as a bridge between customers and engineering, helping resolve issues efficiently and improving the overall support experience.

Lead the day-to-day operations of vendor Technical Support teams, ensuring timely and accurate resolution of technical issues across advertiser and internal requests

Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues, troubleshooting and resolving problems before escalating to Engineering where possible

Partner with Product and Engineering to prioritize and resolve bugs, and support the incident management process with clear and actionable information

Build and improve escalation workflows and processes to ensure efficient communication between support, product, and engineering teams

Identify recurring issues and root causes, and advocate for long-term fixes that improve platform stability and reliability

Own and maintain the technical knowledge base, troubleshooting guides, and escalation documentation to ensure clarity and usability

Identify skill gaps within the support team and support onboarding and ongoing learning programs in partnership with vendor training teams

Review support cases to identify trends, improve quality, and enhance support effectiveness

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Product Marketing, Sales Systems, and other teams on launches, known issues, and improvements

You have 5+ years of experience in technical support operations, solutions engineering, technical program management, or a similar role

You have experience working with global vendor support teams across multiple time zones

You bring strong technical knowledge, including familiarity with ad serving, pixels, conversion tracking, APIs, debugging tools, and web technologies such as HTML and JavaScript

You can interpret technical documentation, bug reports, and engineering tickets, and translate them into clear guidance for a range of audiences

You take a proactive approach to identifying patterns, solving problems, and improving processes

You are detail-oriented and organized, with a focus on maintaining high-quality documentation and workflows

You communicate clearly and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams