Support Operations Specialist

Unit
US
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 1-2 years in support operations and hands-on experience building AI and automated workflows, based in New York City.

Best fit for

  • Candidate with experience in support operations and AI automation.
    — “1-2 years of experience in support operations or building AI and automated workflows
  • Fintech enthusiast interested in financial infrastructure innovation.
    — “You are enthusiastic about fintech and creating the future of financial infrastructure

Things to consider

  • Must be based in New York City.
    — “The role is based in New York City
  • Requires comfort in fast-moving environments.
    — “comfortable in fast-moving environments

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with tools like Zapier or custom scripts.
    — “Hands-on experience building automations using tools like Zapier or custom scripts
  • Show examples of AI-powered tool deployments.
    — “Deploy and manage AI-powered tools to increase support capacity and quality
  • Demonstrate ability to analyze support data for improvements.
    — “Analyze support data to surface trends, diagnose root causes, and translate findings into actionable product and process improvements
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • Designs and improves automated support workflows
  • Ensures high-quality customer resolutions
Typical background
Support operations or building AI and automated workflows experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Support OperationsAI And AutomationCustomer Feedback LoopProcess Improvement

Preferred

Fintech Industry Knowledge

Stack & domain

AutomationsAITicketingKnowledge BaseIntegrationsApi CallsFintechCommunicationFinance

About the role

As a Support Operations Specialist at Unit, you'll spend your days crafting and refining automated workflows to enhance customer support efficiency, requiring a blend of technical savvy and a knack for process optimization.

Original posting from Unit via Ashby

ABOUT UNIT

Unit https://www.unit.co/ is a market leader in embedded finance. We offer ready-to-launch financial services - like banking and capital - and serve millions of end-users across ~100 customers, including Wix, Honeybook, Relay, and more.

We’re repeat founders with technical backgrounds, working hard to build a successful company that we’re proud to work at. Our product moves $40b+ annually and processes 12m+ API calls daily. We’ve raised $160m+ from top investors including Insight, Accel, and 60+ angels.

THE ROLE

We’re hiring a Support Operations Specialist to join our growing team and own a wide range of client-facing responsibilities. The role is based in New York City.

The Support Operations Specialist brings an operator's mindset and a builder's instincts to this mission. You will own the tools, workflows, and processes that power our support function — designing automations, leveraging AI to handle repetitive work at scale, and ensuring our customers get fast, accurate, high-quality resolutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design, build, and continuously improve automated workflows that reduce manual effort across the support function
  • Deploy and manage AI-powered tools to increase support capacity and quality
  • Own the support tech stack (ticketing, knowledge base, integrations) and identify opportunities to make it smarter and faster
  • Analyze support data to surface trends, diagnose root causes, and translate findings into actionable product and process improvements
  • Partner with Engineering and Product to escalate systemic issues and track fixes through to completion
  • Triage and respond to complex customer inquiries, coordinating across teams to reach resolution quickly
  • Own the feedback loop between customers and Product making sure the voice of the customer drives our roadmap

REQUIREMENTS

  • 1-2 years of experience in support operations or building AI and automated workflows
  • Hands-on experience building automations using tools like Zapier or custom scripts, you know how to connect systems, or have experience building with AI
  • You’re a quick learner and comfortable in fast-moving environments
  • A process-improvement orientation: you instinctively ask "why does this exist?" and "how could this be automated?"
  • You are enthusiastic about fintech and creating the future of financial infrastructure

LIFE AT UNIT

Working at Unit means joining a global team on a mission to create a more equitable financial ecosystem. We’re a fast-growing team of individuals who are passionate about their work, see the big picture and always seek to empower our clients and their end-customers.

Source: Unit careers (Ashby)

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