Pavago

Senior Customer Service Lead & Trainer

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Job Description

💼 Senior Customer Service Lead & Trainer

Full-Time Remote | U.S. Business Hours (EST)

🚀 About the Role

We’re hiring a highly experienced and people-focused Senior Customer Service Lead & Trainer to lead, coach, and elevate a remote customer service team supporting U.S.-based customers.

This is not just a supervisory role — you will play a direct role in:

  • improving team performance,
  • developing training systems,
  • maintaining service quality,
  • handling escalations,
  • and ensuring a consistently excellent customer experience.

You’ll work closely with offshore customer service representatives while partnering with leadership to improve workflows, strengthen communication standards, and build a high-performing support culture.

If you are a strong coach, calm under pressure, and passionate about customer experience and team development — this role is for you.

🔥 What You’ll Own

Team Leadership & Performance Management

  • Lead, support, and manage remote customer service representatives
  • Monitor daily team performance and service quality
  • Conduct regular coaching sessions and performance reviews
  • Provide clear, actionable feedback to improve communication and efficiency
  • Handle escalated customer interactions professionally and effectively
  • Foster a customer-first, accountability-driven support culture

Training & Onboarding

  • Own onboarding and training processes for new customer service hires
  • Develop and maintain:
    • training materials,
    • SOPs,
    • scripts,
    • call standards,
    • and support documentation
  • Conduct:
    • call reviews,
    • QA evaluations,
    • and coaching sessions
  • Ensure new hires ramp quickly and meet performance expectations

Customer Experience & Service Operations

  • Ensure consistent, high-quality customer support across:
    • phone,
    • email,
    • chat,
    • and digital communication channels
  • Improve customer satisfaction through structured coaching and operational consistency
  • Collaborate with internal teams to streamline support workflows and reduce friction
  • Maintain professionalism and responsiveness across all customer interactions

Reporting, QA & Documentation

  • Track and analyze customer service KPIs and team performance metrics
  • Monitor:
    • service quality,
    • response times,
    • escalations,
    • and productivity trends
  • Maintain accurate documentation and adherence to operational processes
  • Ensure service standards and quality benchmarks remain consistent

✅ Required Experience & Skills

  • 10+ years of customer service leadership or supervisory experience
  • Experience managing offshore or distributed customer service teams
  • Strong spoken and written English communication skills
  • Experience using:
    • customer service platforms,
    • ticketing systems,
    • VOIP tools,
    • and communication software
  • Strong coaching, mentoring, and performance management abilities
  • Ability to manage priorities independently in a remote environment

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting U.S.-based customers
  • Background in:
    • facility management,
    • energy,
    • SaaS,
    • or tech-enabled services
  • Startup or high-growth operational experience
  • Experience building or improving customer service training systems

🧠 What Makes You a Great Fit

  • You lead with accountability, structure, and professionalism
  • You are calm under pressure and confident handling escalations
  • You genuinely enjoy coaching and developing people
  • You are highly organized and operationally disciplined
  • You thrive in fast-paced remote environments
  • You focus on consistency, quality, and customer satisfaction

📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like

Your day may include:

  • Coaching and supporting customer service agents
  • Reviewing calls, tickets, and QA performance
  • Conducting onboarding and training sessions
  • Handling escalated customer situations
  • Reviewing service metrics and team KPIs
  • Collaborating with internal departments to improve workflows
  • Updating SOPs, scripts, and training documentation

In short:
You ensure the customer service team performs at a high level while delivering a professional and consistent customer experience.

📊 Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)

  • Customer satisfaction and service quality scores
  • Team productivity and operational efficiency
  • Training effectiveness and onboarding success
  • Escalation resolution quality and speed
  • QA consistency and process adherence
  • Employee performance improvement over time

🌟 Why This Role Stands Out

  • Lead and shape a remote customer support operation
  • Direct impact on customer experience and team performance
  • Opportunity to improve systems, training, and operational quality
  • Work closely with leadership in a growing environment
  • Remote flexibility with long-term growth potential

🧪 Interview Process

  • Initial Phone Screen
  • Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
  • Practical Assessment
  • Client Interview
  • Offer & Onboarding

👉 Apply Now

If you’re:

  • an experienced customer service leader,
  • passionate about coaching and operational excellence,
  • and confident managing remote support teams,

we’d love to hear from you.