Manager, Program Management (Customer Operations) ID-6480

As both a people and program manager for a Customer Operations PMO, you'll oversee projects and programs delivering support features and improvements, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations to drive substantial improvements to both the customer experience and our Customer Operations team as we scale.

This role reports into our Director of Support Platforms and can be based remotely or in our New York City office.

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Who We’re Looking For

  • Minimum 5 years of project management experience, ideally related to software, web technology, and/or business systems
  • Minimum 2 years of managing a team of project managers
  • Expertise in JIRA, or relevant tracking tools
  • Analytical and proven success using KPI measurement to improve workflows
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence without authority
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Comfortable with scrum methodology, program management methodologies and ability to drive process efficiencies
  • Exceptional ability to track, mitigate risk, manage complex processes, and a desire to collaborate with multiple teams and multiple projects.
  • A natural strategic problem-solver. You are comfortable with ambiguity and overcoming impediments to deliver

Benefits & Perks

  • A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
  • Health Savings Account with Squarespace funding
  • Fertility and adoption benefits
  • Supplemental Insurance plans
  • Headspace mindfulness app subscription
  • Global Employee Assistance Program (available January 2025)
  • Retirement benefits with employer match
  • Flexible paid time off
  • 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
  • $100 per month remote Stipend
  • Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
  • Education reimbursement
  • Employee donation match to community organizations
  • 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
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