Customer Success Team Lead

Sterling Labs Des Plaines, Illinois, United States Admin/Clerical/Secretarial

About this position

Description:

  

We’re looking for a motivated and people-focused Customer Success Team Lead to oversee daily customer support operations and lead a team of service representatives. This role balances hands-on customer support with coaching, performance management, and process improvement to ensure an excellent customer experience and foster lasting relationships with our customers.

Requirements:

  

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead,      coach, and support a team of customer service representatives
  • Monitor      daily workflows, queues, and service levels to ensure SLAs are met
  • Handle      escalated customer issues and ensure timely, effective resolution
  • Provide      regular feedback, performance reviews, and coaching to team members
  • Assist      with onboarding and training of new hires
  • Track      and report on key performance metrics
  • Identify      trends in customer feedback and recommend process improvements
  • Collaborate      with cross-functional teams (Lab Operations, Sales, Finance etc.) to      resolve recurring issues
  • Maintain      up-to-date knowledge of products, services, and policies

Required Qualifications

  • 2+      years of experience in customer service, including leadership or      supervisory experience
  • Strong      communication and interpersonal skills
  • Proven      ability to motivate and develop team members
  • Excellent      problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills
  • Experience      working with CRM or customer support tools
  • Ability      to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience      in a call center or high-volume support environment
  • Familiarity      with customer service metrics and reporting
  • Experience      leading remote or hybrid teams
  • Bachelor’s      degree or equivalent experience

What Success Looks Like

  • High      team engagement and low turnover
  • Consistently      strong customer satisfaction scores
  • Efficient      handling of escalations and complex cases
  • Continuous      improvement in team performance and processes