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Senior Customer Support / Customer Experience Manager (E-commerce)

Hire Hangar · South Africa - Cape Town

Join Hire Hangar and work with fast-growing global companies while building a long-term, remote career.

Job Title
Senior Customer Support / Customer Experience Manager (E-commerce)

Location
Remote

Time Zone
US Time Zones (EST–PST)

Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Customer Support / Customer Experience Manager to lead and elevate customer support operations for a growing e-commerce business. This role owns the full customer support lifecycle from onboarding through post-purchase support and retention - while driving operational excellence, automation, and customer satisfaction at scale.

You will act as a strategic partner to Product, Engineering, Operations, and Growth teams to ensure a seamless, high-quality customer experience across all customer touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and optimize end-to-end customer support and CX operations within an e-commerce environment

  • Personally handle and resolve complex, high-ticket, or escalated AI-assisted support cases to ensure customer satisfaction

  • Lead customer onboarding processes to ensure fast time-to-value and strong early customer engagement

  • Manage and continuously improve Zendesk ticket workflows, SLAs, macros, triggers, and automations

  • Analyze support data and CX metrics to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities

  • Implement, manage, and optimize AI-driven support tools, including chatbots, automations, and self-service solutions

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to resolve systemic issues and improve product-driven CX

  • Develop and maintain support documentation, internal playbooks, and customer-facing knowledge bases

  • Ensure consistent, high-quality customer interactions across all support channels (email, chat, and self-service)

  • Mentor and guide junior support or CX team members as the team scales

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Customer Support, Customer Success, or Customer Experience roles, preferably within e-commerce

  • Strong, hands-on experience working in Shopify-based e-commerce environments

  • Advanced experience using Zendesk or comparable customer support ticketing systems

  • Proven experience owning customer onboarding and post-purchase support workflows

  • Experience implementing or operating AI-powered support tools, automations, or self-service platforms

  • Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience using CX metrics such as CSAT, NPS, FCR, and SLA performance

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong stakeholder management abilities

  • Non-negotiable: Prior experience working in fully remote roles, fluency with remote collaboration tools (such as Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace, Asana, or similar), and experience working with US- or UK-based companies. Candidates without this remote work experience will not be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience scaling customer support operations within high-growth e-commerce brands

  • Background in CX strategy, support operations, or team leadership

  • Experience working in omnichannel support environments

  • Familiarity with CRM platforms and customer analytics tools

Tools & Technology

  • Zendesk or similar customer support platforms

  • Shopify and e-commerce support tools

  • AI-powered chatbots, automation, and self-service solutions

  • CX analytics and reporting tools

  • Remote collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace, project management platforms)

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