Product Support Specialist

Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire a Product Support Specialist to join the Customer Support team.

Why join Sprout’s Customer Support team?

As a member of Sprout’s Customer Support team, your impact is multifaceted. Not only are you the face of Sprout to customers in need of solutions—you’re also an integral internal resource. As product experts, our team is incredibly skilled and knowledgeable about our entire platform, creating a ton of opportunities for us to partner with teams like Sales & Success, Product and Engineering for training, coaching and feedback. One of the most unique and exciting aspects of our support team is that we don’t have customer assignments or individual workloads—it’s a group workload. We consider ourselves a community and function as such, supporting one another from day one to reach our goals and grow in our career. Speaking of growth, Customer Support is also a great way to enter into tech. We coach folks on a wide array of skills that set them up for success in all parts of our business. 

What you’ll do

• Guide our customers - you will help manage incoming customer requests through a combination of email and chat. You will also handle screen share requests when more in-depth technical troubleshooting is necessary.
• Own your output - you will consistently meet both the quantitative and qualitative expectations of the role, including Customer Satisfaction ratings, Quality Control reviews, response and resolution times.
• Become a product expert - you will receive an in-depth onboarding in order to understand the ins and outs of Sprout Social and how to best support our customers

What you’ll bring

Sprout Social is looking for candidates who are eager to develop their professional and technical experiences, and are ready to take their skills, experience and customer support career to the next level. Ideally, you are a top performer with excellent people skills, with the desire to dive deep into new technology and have a knack for problem-solving.

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

• 2+ years of customer-facing support experience in a fast-paced environment (SaaS industry experience a plus)
• Willing to work an 8.5 hour US business day shift, ranging sometime between an 8am start and 6pm Central Time finish

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including chat support experience
• Natural problem solver with a high standard for quality and track record of resourcefulness
• Demonstrates composure, patience and initiative in their learning and development; open and receptive to feedback and coaching as it relates to their development

How you’ll grow

Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including:

• Completing Sprout Social’s new hire training & onboarding program alongside other new Sprout Social team members
• Further solidifying your training on Support-specific processes and tools along with how your role fits into our team and the organization
• Beginning to handle customer interactions via email and guided live chats
• Understanding department key success metrics and how to contribute towards those goals

Within 3 months, you’ll start hitting your stride by:

• Independently solving customer requests through live chat and email channels
• Contributing to team goals by focusing on CSAT ratings, QC reviews, response and resolution times
• Building a strong understanding of team processes in order to support positive customer experiences

Within 6 months, you’ll be making a clear impact through:

• Identifying opportunities for process improvements in your day-to-day work
• Improving internal documentation in order to streamline processes
• Having a solid understanding of the Sprout brand and our Support service voice
• Exhibiting growing knowledge of our product, processes and tools

Within 12 months, you’ll make this role your own by:

• Starting to build upon your skills and experience by learning advanced product areas
• Continuing to consistently exceed expectations in productivity and quality measures
• Increasing your independence and troubleshooting capabilities
• Beginning to build areas of professional expertise

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

Our Benefits Program

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program 
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program, employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for asp
• iring leaders
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members

Candidates for this remote work opportunity must be based in the Philippines. If you are based in another location within APAC, we aren’t able to hire in your location at this time; however, if you’d like to stay in touch with us in case that changes in the future, please apply and we’ll save your application for possible future consideration.

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