ClickUp

Technology

Director,TechnicalSupport

$180–215k Chicago, Illinois, United States; Tel Aviv, Israel; United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Director, Technical Support at ClickUp. Skills: Technical support strategy, AI scaling, Customer satisfaction. Own end-to-end strategy. Execute technical support”

What You'll Achieve.

Measure resolution quality; Measure speed; Measure customer satisfaction; Measure team health; Reduce time-to-resolution; Increase first-contact resolution rates

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Technical problem-solving; Diagnose issues; Resolve issues; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years technical support leadership, Proven track record building global teams, Deep experience partnering with Product/Engineering, AI-native mindset with AI tools success, Technical acumen on product architecture/APIs, Data-driven leader using metrics, Excellent communication skills, Strategic thinker

Nice to Have

SaaS or platform companies experience

What You'll Do.

Own end-to-end strategy

Execute technical support

Mentor technical support

Scale technical support team

Drive KPIs for resolution quality

Drive KPIs for customer satisfaction

Drive KPIs for team health

Set bar for technical depth

Diagnose complex product issues

Resolve complex product issues

Serve as bridge between Support and Product/Engineering

Ensure customer pain points translate into product improvements

Collaborate with Engineering on bug triage

Collaborate with Engineering on escalation workflows

Collaborate with Engineering on incident response

Collaborate with Engineering on root cause analysis

Represent customer voice in product/engineering forums

Influence roadmap priorities with data-driven insights

Build joint processes for feature launches

Build joint processes for known issue management

Build joint processes for proactive communication

Drive strategy leveraging AI

Scale support quality with AI

Scale support efficiency with AI

Build AI-powered workflows for triage

Build AI-powered workflows for diagnostics

Build AI-powered workflows for knowledge surfacing

Build AI-powered workflows for resolution acceleration

Foster AI-native culture

Experiment with AI tooling

Identify process improvements

Implement process improvements

Reduce time-to-resolution

Increase first-contact resolution rates

Design escalation paths

Optimize escalation paths

Design on-call processes

Optimize on-call processes

Design incident management workflows

Optimize incident management workflows

Partner with Support Operations on tooling

Partner with Support Operations on reporting

Partner with Support Operations on workforce planning

Champion continuous improvement

Champion knowledge sharing

Champion technical excellence

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional partnership; Product and Engineering partnership; Support and Product/Engineering bridge; Customer voice in forums; Joint processes for launches; Support Operations partnership

Communication Scope

Influence senior stakeholders

Full Job Description

At ClickUp, we're building the future of work: the first truly converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI. We are an AI-native company. Every team member is expected to leverage AI daily, and we evaluate AI fluency as part of our hiring process. Join us and help redefine what's possible. 🚀 About Us: At ClickUp, we're on a mission to make the world more productive. Our platform simplifies work and collaboration for teams of all sizes. As we continue to scale, we're looking for a proven technical support leader to own and elevate the entire technical support experience, ensuring our customers receive expert, efficient resolution to their most complex challenges.   Role Overview: The Director of Technical Support will take total ownership of ClickUp's technical support function, including strategy, team performance, tooling, and customer outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of deep technical problem-solving, cross-functional partnership with Product and Engineering, and operational excellence powered by AI. You'll define what world-class technical support looks like at ClickUp and lead the systems, team, and culture to deliver it at scale.   Key Responsibilities: - Total Ownership of Technical Support: - Own end-to-end strategy, execution, and outcomes for ClickUp's technical support experience. - Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing global team of technical support managers and representatives. - Establish and drive KPIs that measure resolution quality, speed, customer satisfaction, and team health. - Set the bar for technical depth, ensuring the team can diagnose and resolve the most complex product issues with precision. - Product & Engineering Partnership: - Serve as the primary bridge between Support and Product/Engineering, ensuring customer pain points translate into product improvements. - Collaborate closely with Engineering

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