Manager, Customer Support
Forter
About the role:
What you’ll be doing:
- Become a trusted subject matter expert on the Forter product, find creative solutions for our customers to succeed and serve as the first point of contact
- Help APAC customers get the most out Forter’s platform and enable them to become power users of the product and fill in any gaps in their product knowledge
- Develop and execute short-term solutions to resolve complex client issues
- Collaborate and organize both customer personnel and in-house resources to troubleshoot and resolve issues working with our Engineering teams to identify and report bugs
- Contribute to internal documentation and assist teammates in understanding and handling technical issues
- Recognize and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and proactively proposing and implementing these solutions
- Identify and share customer trends and product feedback to improve the customer experience and drive further retention.
- Managing the lifecycle of an escalated incident including, but not limited to, acting as the single point of contact, incident intake, impact analysis, internal stakeholder coordination & communication and escalation closure
- Building strong working relationships with key stakeholders across Customer Success, Engineering and Product focused on fostering efficient collaboration and driving down resolution times
- Developing, implementing and coordinating key escalation processes such as incident reviews, post mortems, trend analysis and other key continuous improvement activities
- Driving and managing incident review meetings focused on critical / major escalations with Engineering and Product leads
- Project management of service delivery initiatives to improve and mature related support processes and functions, where relevant
What you’ll need:
- 5+ years of customer service/support, incident management and/or escalation management experience in fast paced software/technology environments; 2 - 3 years of experience in being a people manager
- Fluency in English is essential
- Exceptional judgement regarding escalation management and incident resolution as well as the ability to make timely decisions from both business and technical standpoints
- Proven ability to cultivate strong working relationships cross-functionally to drive effective teamwork and communication
- Experience working with relevant tooling including ticketing systems such as Salesforce, Zendesk, JIRA, Asana, PagerDuty
- Demonstrated ability to communicate customer issues in a meaningful way to both technical and business audiences at various levels of seniority
- Demonstrated project management experience with an ability to influence stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes
- Experience troubleshooting tech issues and relaying information in an digestible way to customers required
- Experience and understanding of APIs, Python, SQL Scripting and/or JavaScript
- Attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, superior time management
About us:
Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.
The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.
Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:
- Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022)
- #3 on Fast Company’s list of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022)
- Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022)
- SAP Pinnacle Awards “New Partner Application Award” (2023)
- Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)
Life as a Forterian:
We are a team of over 500 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Nordstrom, Priceline, Instacart and ASOS can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.
At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.
Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at interviewaccommodation@forter.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive and generous health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Generous PTO policy
- Half day Fridays
At Forter, we have embraced a hybrid work model that combines the benefits of in-office collaboration with the flexibility of remote work. As part of this exciting approach, Team members are invited to work from the office at least 2 days per week. Within these two days, we encourage employees to join each week, for a department Team Day and for a Hub Day within each office. Your recruiter will share the specifics of these days.
Our hope is that a balance of in-person collaboration will aid massively in employee professional growth, development and relationship-building.
*Forter does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Forter (or any related) jobs alias or directly to any Forter employees. Forter will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.