Senior Manager, Cx Operations

ClickUp ClickUp · Enterprise · United States · Customer Experience

This role is for a Senior Manager, CX Operations at ClickUp, a company focused on AI-enhanced productivity software. The candidate will partner with the Head of Support and CX, acting as an AI-native, data-driven operator to improve customer experience through process improvements, automation, and AI tools. Responsibilities include identifying bottlenecks, extracting business insights, driving adoption of new technologies, synthesizing customer feedback, leading strategic initiatives, and managing planning, budgeting, and forecasting. The role requires 8+ years of operations/strategy experience in customer support/CX, with a strong track record in technology-enabled business process transformations and strategic application of AI and automation tools. Experience with SaaS business models, data analysis, executive stakeholder engagement, and building/scaling teams is essential.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify operational bottlenecks and design scalable solutions by utilizing a mix of process improvements, automation, and AI-driven tools to revolutionize our critical business processes and increase team productivity
  2. Extract key business insights from qualitative and quantitative data, identify risks and opportunities and create programs to mitigate long-term issues and drive more revenue and higher customer retention
  3. Promote a culture and methodology for rapid innovation and experimentation across playbooks to drive customer retention and expansion outcomes via the support experience
  4. Drive the adoption of new tools and processes, including AI and automation platforms, to drive productivity
  5. Synthesize the customer support experience and overall trends to drive cross-functional alignment with teams including Sales, Product & Engineering, Customer Success, and Finance

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years in an Operations and/or Strategy role focused on Customer Support, Customer Experience, Customer Success, or similar functions
  • Deep knowledge of support methodology, processes, tools, and metrics
  • Track record of leading technology-enabled business process transformations, with an emphasis on strategic application of AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) and automation tools and techniques (e.g., Retool, Zapier, Make)
  • Expert in managing and analyzing data, including building ad hoc reports and spreadsheet models as well as leveraging business intelligence tools to create executive dashboards
  • Experience with managing budgets, running a forecasting cadence, and performing variance analysis
  • Effective at engaging and influencing executive stakeholders, building consensus, and driving collaborative change
  • Demonstrated leadership role in building/scaling teams and workflows, preferably in a customer-facing or operations function
  • Direct experience with a SaaS business model, customer journey and core KPIs in a high-growth, global environment
  • Proficient with Salesforce, ClickUp, ZenDesk or comparable platforms
  • Strategic thinker with a bias for action—hands-on, scrappy, and able to take projects to the finish line
  • Exhibits extreme accountability and ownership, with an obsession for continuous improvement and mastery of your craft

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-native
  • AI-driven operator
  • AI solutions
  • AI and automation platforms
  • strategic application of AI