Director Technical Support

Designation : Director of global technical support

Location : Remote - India

Shift : EMEA / US Shift ( Rotational )

Experience : 12 + years , Relevant to leadership - 5 years

about product operations

The Product Operations team plays a pivotal role in driving success by providing comprehensive business insights, expert translations, precise technical writing, and impactful training solutions. We bridge the gap between complex technical information and actionable strategies, ensuring seamless communication across global teams. By delivering data-driven insights, translating technical content into accessible formats, and equipping teams with the knowledge they need, we empower our organization to operate efficiently and effectively in a dynamic, global environment

purpose of the job

The Global Technical Support team mission is to uphold high quality participant and customer experience of Randstad RiseSmart products and services. We aim to deliver timely, accurate, and professional technical support to all Randstad RiseSmart customers. We collaborate cross-functionally to document and communicate issues so we can improve and measure the continued success of our products.

● Lead global technical support teams, ensuring exceptional customer experiences

● Partner with product, engineering, and senior leadership to align support strategies with business goals

● Drive process improvements and scalable solutions to enhance efficiency

● Proactively identify and resolve technical challenges, implementing enterprise-wide enhancements

● Establish and monitor KPIs to measure and improve team performance

● Balance immediate operational needs with long-term growth and innovation

● strategic leadership and management of a function

● setting and managing budget

● responsible for achieving the goals through effective management of the team

Global Technical Support Metrics

● Agent and Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Scores

● Cross-Department Communication Improvement Plan (Tier1&2 Support, Product Management and Product Advisory, & Tier-3/Dev team)

● Monthly & Quarterly Monitoring & Support for Ticket Volume, Error, Tag & Release Metrics

● Improve and maintain resolution time (Mean Time to Resolution, MTTR)

● Monitor & Track Agent productivity (ticket/issue counts, resolution rates, and SLA adherence

● Employee Engagement & Retention

● Cost Efficiency & Operational Improvements

● Knowledge Base Usage & Effectiveness

key stakeholders

● Global Operations, Sales, and Enterprise Teams - including but limited to Product Managerment; Engineering; Engagement/Operations; Accounting and Global IT

● All external customers and clients who are impacted with RandstadRiseSmart contracts

job requirements education, experience & knowledge

● University/Post Graduate degree or equivalent professional & intellectual ability

● excellent Microsoft Office/google for business applications skills

● wide and deep experience providing expert competence

● significant professional experience

● experience in managing and motivating teams

● solid experience of people management and leadership in a results-driven environment

● experience of planning and managing resources to deliver predetermined objectives

● experience of interpreting strategy and policy in order to set and deliver objectives within medium to long time frames

● experience working in a complex matrix, across multiple geographies

● proven experience of developing relationships working at a strategic and operational level

● The ideal candidate is an experienced, results-driven leader with a deep understanding of global technical support operations. Strong coaching, mentoring, and collaboration skills are essential to navigate challenges and ensure customer satisfaction.

The role requires flexibility across multiple global time zones to support diverse teams.

● Leadership & Experience: 5+ years leading global technical support teams, driving large-scale initiatives, and aligning operations with business goals; excellent people management skills

● University/Post Graduate degree or equivalent professional & intellectual ability

● excellent Microsoft Office/google for business applications skills

● proven experience of developing relationships working at a strategic and operational level

● Customer & Stakeholder Focus: 3+ years in technical support leadership, ensuring customer success, meeting SLAs, and delivering high-quality service.

● Technical & Industry Knowledge: Proficiency in Zendesk, ServiceNow, and Jira; passion for innovation and process evolution to stay ahead of industry trends.

● Global & Remote Operations: Ability to manage complex, distributed teams across global time zones

● Problem-Solving & Strategy: fostering collaboration while ensuring service excellence; Strong analytical mindset, ability to interpret strategy and policy to align with business objectives; Proactively help remove roadblocks; implement process improvements, and drive continuous growth in Support while keeping up team moral and motivation

● Communication & Adaptability: Exceptional verbal/written skills, ability to simplify technical concepts for stakeholders, and flexibility to multitask in a fast-paced environment, including flexibility with full-time schedule, including shift assignments on weekends and evenings to support global time zones

competencies

Randstad Enterprise Key competencies - focuses on assessing, measuring and improving performance - shows drive and determination to meet short- and long-term goals - calculates return on investment - customer focused - uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to act independently while guiding and training others to take action to increase quality - acts independently to apply comprehensive understanding of the business environment and objectives developing solutions while providing guidance and training others

Job specific competencies - builds a high performing team by ensuring that the team is focused, motivated and inspired to achieve team objectives - specifically creates positive team culture and inspires commitment - thinks through issues by seeing the pattern or big picture, brings facts and ideas together, and develops innovative or creative insights - acts independently using comprehensive knowledge and/or skills to conduct research and analyse data while guiding and training others on how to develop a comprehensive understanding of e.g. customer and market conditions