The new york times

Associate Manager, Customer Care Operations

New York, NY Full Time

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. 

About the Role:

This is an important moment in the life of The New York Times. We have declared ourselves a subscription-first company—staking our future on producing journalism worth paying for and developing deeper relationships with our subscribers. Customer Care is an important part of this mission, serving as the forefront of communication between The Times and our customers. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their families. This package also features health and wellness programs, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, paid parental leave, and much more.

As the Associate Manager of Customer Care Operations, you will play an important role within a dedicated Scrum team. This team focuses on supporting our digital business, while also providing support for home delivery operations. You will help develop important strategies to boost efficiency and contribute directly to The New York Times' business growth goals. Your primary responsibilities will involve developing and delivering comprehensive training materials, creating impactful, high-quality content, and ensuring the accuracy and relevance of both the Knowledge Base and Help Center resources. You will report to the Director of CX & Care Operations, working on a diverse team with a customer-focused mission. This will be a fully remote position.

Responsibilities:

  • Improve content for customers and internal Customer Care agents to achieve our goals.
  • Design remote-friendly, facilitator-led, and e-Learning modules for Customer Care agents to address knowledge and behavior gaps and prepare for large customer-facing changes.
  • Facilitate all relevant training, including new hire training, for in-house and remote Customer Care agents.
  • Evaluate the success of the training program by reviewing interactions or knowledge quizzes to ensure information is retained.
  • Coach and provide feedback to new Customer Care agents on improving their interactions with customers.
  • Work with internal New York Times teams and Care vendors to identify content opportunities and process improvements.
  • Use data to evaluate the success of new content and processes.
  • Support internal Knowledge Base social features, such as community and comments and create new ideas to improve workflow and content.
  • Flex into other Care functions such as content development, quality assurance, process improvement, and basic reporting.
  • Work within an agile team to prioritize and accomplish work based on business strategy, cost plans, and timely delivery of outcomes.
  • Use AI-powered tools and automation in daily workflows to improve processes, enhance decision-making, and lead to efficiency across primary responsibilities.
  • Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Experience empathizing with frustrated customers and understand the perspective of our customers and Customer Care agents.
  • You provide detailed troubleshooting and resolutions to users.
  • Experience embracing new challenges and unfamiliar environments, quickly mastering new processes to meet our needs.
  • You have experience developing content for customers and internal users.
  • Experience expressing your ideas with coherence.
  • You can turn complex information into clear, easily understandable content geared towards diverse audiences.
  • You build relationships and connect with others easily in a hybrid work environment.
  • Experience prioritizing support requests and escalating issues based on severity and new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of relevant experience, preferably in the Customer Service industry.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:
$70,000$85,000 USD

 

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