Customer Experience (CX) Manager

Creative People

  • New York City, New York
  • 2 days ago
  • Remote

    Highlights

    Enzyme blend shown to break down FODMAPs, the fermentable carbs in garlic, onion, wheat, and beans that trigger bloating, gas, and digestive discomfort for the 1 in 7 adults with IBS. Has authored SOPs, built automations, launched retention initiatives, or optimized subscription flows that moved a key metric.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNew York City, New York (
    Remote
    )

    Description

    Role overview

    • Location: Remote (US time zones)
    • Hours: 9-6pm, M-F with a lunch break
    • Reports to: Founders
    • Regular ticket support on Mondays (peak volume day)
    • Daily review of AI tickets and feedback for GorgiasAI until performance is proven

    Who we are

    • Clinically backed digestive health DTC brand
    • Enzyme blend shown to break down FODMAPs, the fermentable carbs in garlic, onion, wheat, and beans that trigger bloating, gas, and digestive discomfort for the 1 in 7 adults with IBS
    • Think Lactaid, but for dozens more trigger foods
    • Patent-pending formulation backed by peer-reviewed clinical data, with an evidence base that compounds every year

    The role

    • Operator-builder of our customer experience
    • Own the day-to-day support operation
    • Manage the Customer Care Coordinator
    • Primary owner of our AI support agent
    • Voice of the customer across the business, surfacing patterns from tickets, reviews, and the CX team’s day-to-day

    What you’ll do

    • Manage the CX team
    • Initially manage 1 CX rep, potentially onboard a BPO partner as we scale
    • Set expectations, coach, and build a culture rooted in empathy and accountability
    • Run QA and calibration for consistent, top-notch service across every ticket
    • Own the AI support infrastructure
    • Review AI-generated responses for accuracy, tone, and policy compliance
    • Identify gaps, write and update guidance rules in the Help Desk, and improve AI performance across all channels
    • Maintain the knowledge base
    • Keep the help center (single source of truth for customers) accurate, organized, and routinely audited
    • Manage internal-only FAQs and macros
    • Own the CX tech stack
    • Day-to-day ownership of Gorgias, Shopify, Skio (subscription billing), and Trustpilot
    • Ensure clean data flows, unbroken workflows, and the right apps and automations in place
    • Maintain SOPs
    • Author key SOPs and ensure full-team adoption
    • Own CX reporting and benchmarks
    • Define and maintain SLAs across Response & Resolution times, CSAT, and NPS
    • Monitor cancellation save rates, winback success, refund reasons, and qualitative themes
    • Handle escalated tickets
    • Primary contact for frustrated customers, adverse reactions, edge cases, and anything requiring a nuanced touch
    • Be the voice of the customer
    • Surface patterns from tickets, reviews, DMs, and the Care team’s work
    • Partner with other teams to close the loop between customer feedback and action
    • Own the CX-Ops partnership
    • Document customer feedback on shipping, delivery times, and international orders
    • Surface top logistics pain points, propose solutions, and work with Ops to implement fixes

    Who you are

    • Experience
    • 4+ years in customer support, with 1-2+ years in a lead or managerial role
    • Knows how to coach, give feedback, and hold a high quality bar
    • E-commerce or DTC background, ideally subscription-based
    • Bonus: health/wellness or adjacent (fitness, beauty, skincare, nutrition, femtech)
    • Proactive
    • Doesn’t wait to be told something is broken; flags it, proposes a solution, and fixes it
    • Technical
    • Fluent in Shopify (products, orders, discounts, Flows, subscriptions, apps)
    • Experience in a modern helpdesk like Gorgias, Zendesk, or Intercom
    • Understands APIs; willing to write (or learn) SQL to find answers
    • Systems builder
    • Has authored SOPs, built automations, launched retention initiatives, or optimized subscription flows that moved a key metric
    • Fluent in CX metrics
    • First Response Time, Time to Resolution, First Contact Resolution, CSAT, NPS: knows how to implement, report on, and benchmark each
    • Analytical and operationally minded; can read and build dashboards
    • AI-forward
    • Has worked with AI support tools (chatbots, auto-responders, AI agents) and knows when AI helps vs. when a human is needed
    • Uses tools like Claude or ChatGPT day-to-day
    • Strong written communicator
    • Clear feedback and SOPs, warm email copy, concise communication

    Compensation & benefits

    • Compensation: $80k-100k
    • Education stipend for professional development
    • Unlimited/flexible PTO
    • Free product for you and your loved ones

    What we believe

    • We hire the best and expect a lot, of ourselves and of each other
    • The standard is high because the work matters, and because a small team of excellent people fully aligned on a meaningful mission can do a lot
    • You will be trusted, have impact, be empowered, and be expected to deliver
    • If this energizes you, apply and tell us what you’d do in your first 30 day


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