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As a Manager, Technical Support on the Customer team, you play a mission-critical leadership role in ensuring our customers receive fast, accurate, and technically excellent support. You will oversee part of the Technical Support organization while sharing leadership responsibility for our Philippines-based team, driving global coverage, operational rigor, and service excellence. You will serve as a strategic connector between Support, Product, and Engineering, ensuring escalations are handled efficiently, systemic issues are identified early, and customers receive a consistently high-quality experience regardless of region. In this role, you’ll develop deep expertise across Zip’s rapidly expanding ecosystem: Procurement, Intake, Approvals, Suppliers, ERP and SSO integrations, and our broader workflow engine, while supporting marquee customers including Coinbase, Snowflake, Notion, Canva, Samsara, and Databricks. Your impact will scale with Zip’s growth: every process you improve strengthens the technical foundation of our global Customer organization.
Job Responsibility:
Lead and develop the US Technical Support team
share operational oversight of the Philippines team
drive staffing models, workforce planning, and scheduling to meet SLA targets
foster a culture of ownership, urgency, technical excellence, and customer advocacy
act as a senior escalation leader for complex technical issues
guide teams through deep-dive investigations, reproduction steps, and ownership determination
partner closely with Engineering to strengthen feedback loops
build and scale global escalation pathways
standardize triage workflows, debugging practices, ticket handoffs, and prioritization frameworks
identify systemic friction points and implement process improvements
leverage metrics and dashboards to manage team performance
serve as the voice of the customer, surfacing trends and influencing product roadmap decisions
partner with Sales, CSM, Onboarding, and TAM teams to support enterprise customers
step in directly with customers when urgent or highly technical situations require leadership engagement
utilize observability tools, logs, and analytics platforms to identify patterns and operational risks
drive knowledge management improvements
champion automation and AI-driven support capabilities
Requirements:
7+ years in technical, customer-facing roles
at least 3 years in a people management capacity within Technical Support or a similar function
proven experience leading distributed or global teams
strong track record partnering with Engineering and Product to resolve complex technical issues
experience supporting enterprise-scale customers in SLA-driven environments
demonstrated success building scalable processes and improving operational performance
exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
strong operational mindset with the ability to balance strategy and execution
excellent prioritization and decision-making in high-pressure environments
ability to translate complex technical concepts for both executive and non-technical audiences
fast learner capable of mastering complex architectures, workflows, and integrations
advanced understanding of APIs (REST/GraphQL), OAuth, SSO (Okta, Azure AD), webhooks, and integration architectures
experience working across ERP systems such as NetSuite, Oracle, or SAP
familiarity with SCIM, identity provisioning, and access-control models
strong knowledge of SQL and debugging methodologies
ability to interpret logs, stack traces, and structured datasets (JSON, XML, CSV)
exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and microservice architectures is preferred
experience with languages such as Ruby, Python, or JavaScript is a plus
Nice to have:
Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and microservice architectures
experience with languages such as Ruby, Python, or JavaScript