Sr. Technical Support Operations Manager

Smartsheet Smartsheet · Seattle · United States · Customer Excellence

This role focuses on the operational architecture of technical support, aiming to integrate technical signals into customer retention strategies. It involves optimizing support delivery processes, demand and capacity planning, managing routing logic, and establishing product feedback loops. The goal is to create a predictive, data-driven model for support operations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead Strategic Roadmap Planning: Partner with the Technical Support senior leadership team to drive the development of quarterly roadmaps and prioritization planning for the technical support organization.
  2. Optimize Support Delivery Process: Own the technical lifecycle of the global support stack, including oversight of Workforce Management and Quality Assurance tools. You will lead the design of scoring rubrics and staffing logic to maintain service level targets across global time zones.
  3. Drive Demand and Capacity Planning: Build the support capacity models used for long-term headcount planning. You will use historical volume data and growth projections to predict future support demand and determine the optimal staffing requirements to meet business needs.
  4. Manage Routing and Tiering Logic: Manage the technical rules, definitions, and workflows that dictate how cases are segmented and routed. You will ensure that technical issues reach the correct internal tiers immediately to minimize resolution time and customer effort.
  5. Operationalize Support-to-Success Handoffs: Design and manage the workflows that pass account risks, expansion opportunities or training gaps identified in support tickets to the appropriate Sales or Customer Success teams. You will ensure these handoffs are automated and trackable.

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years of experience in Technical Support Operations, Revenue Operations, or Business Operations in a SaaS environment.
  • Proficiency with Salesforce Service Cloud and integrated operational tools such as WFM and QA platforms.
  • Strong capability in capacity modeling and volume forecasting, with the ability to translate data into actionable staffing plans.
  • A track record of formalizing messy processes into documented, repeatable workflows that scale globally.
  • Experience partnering with Support VPs and Directors to build systems that meet aggressive service level targets without increasing operational friction.

What the JD emphasized

  • technical signals
  • predictive, data-driven model
  • technical issues
  • technical integration
  • technical friction points