Technical Account Manager

Overview:

We are looking to hire smart and passionate folks for our customer support team. The customer support team takes care of technical account management for all our customers. They help troubleshoot and resolve issues that customers might have, and provide assistance as and when required. In this role, you will be providing dedicated customer support in an omnichannel environment to high-value customers and reputed brands. This role will be based out of Chennai.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of customer issues reported and ensure that they are resolved within set SLAs. 
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting problems and identifying solutions to resolve customer issues.
• Collaborate with other appropriate internal teams and represent the customers while figuring out solutions and workarounds. 
• Following standard procedures for the proper escalation of unresolved issues to the appropriate internal teams. 
• Document knowledge in the form of FAQs and knowledge base articles. 
• Prepare accurate and timely reports, ensuring proper recording and closure of all reported issues.
• Work with various internal stakeholders to provide prompt and accurate feedback to customers. 
• Handle high MRR customers and reputed brands.

Qualifications

Must-haves: 

• Minimum of 4 years of work experience in a customer support role. 
• Clear, concise, and effective written and oral communication skills. 
• Customer-centricity and empathy towards customers and their needs. 
• Proficient in diverse technologies with a knack for quickly adapting to new tools and products.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with various cross-functional teams to solve business and tech problems. 
• Flexibility in working in different shifts/regions including Night shifts. This is absolutely mandatory because we follow a rotational shift policy with 6 months-1 year cycles.
• ITIL: Familiarity with ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) best practices and IT service management frameworks.
• Networking: Knowledge of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and firewalls.

Additional information

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities, and the business

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, communities and the business.