Team Lead, Managed Support

Stripe
Mexico City, Mexico
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior operations leaders who excel in coaching and process optimization, with a focus on customer service within financial tech platforms in Mexico City.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior experience leading operations teams and a strong background in customer service or user-facing operations.
    — “5+ years experience leading operations teams as a team lead”
  • Individuals who thrive in collaborative environments and can manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships effectively.
    — “Proven ability to collaborate effectively with multiple, cross-functional stakeholders to achieve results”
  • Professionals who are adept at driving continuous improvement and implementing process changes to enhance productivity.
    — “Identify and implement process improvements that increase productivity, reduce manual effort, and improve the user experience”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of interpersonal and communication skills for both team management and stakeholder engagement.
    — “Excellent interpersonal and communications skills”
  • The position involves a significant emphasis on performance management and operational KPIs.
    — “Own operational performance, setting clear goals and driving delivery against individual and team KPIs”

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate your experience in mentoring others and providing constructive feedback.
    — “Previous experience mentoring others and are able to constructively provide feedback to others”
  • Emphasize your ability to manage capacity, scheduling, and workload allocation effectively.
    — “Manage capacity, scheduling, workload allocation, and day-to-day priorities”
  • Showcase your expertise in customer service and user experience, particularly in financial services.
    — “Proven ability to be subject matter experts in the relevant line of business”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • improve operational performance
  • reduce manual effort
  • increase user satisfaction
  • build a motivated team
Typical background
operations managementcustomer serviceteam leadership

Skills & requirements

Required

Team ManagementPerformance ManagementProcess ImprovementCustomer ServiceCommunicationCoaching

Preferred

RecruitmentTrainingProject Management

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Managed Support team enables platforms using Stripe Issuing and Treasury to provide high-quality support to their cardholders and account holders without building the full operation themselves. The team delivers branded and specialized support across areas such as account access, card management, transactions, fraud, disputes, and complaints, while owning the operational readiness and ongoing performance of each program. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, and platform partners, Managed Support provides a scalable, reliable, and compliant customer experience as Stripe’s customers launch and grow their financial products.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will be managing up to 10 Operations Associates and act as their primary point of contact for performance management, coaching and planning. The Associates under your management are responsible for resolving our users’ most challenging and impactful issues, providing exceptional user experience, and contributing to the overall user satisfaction.

To be a fit, you will have a coaching mindset, proven ability to communicate at different levels, a track record of driving operational performance, possess a deep expertise in customer service, and a passion for inspiring a team to deliver an incredible user experience.

Responsibilities

Guide the team in troubleshooting and resolving external user issues.

Own operational performance, setting clear goals and driving delivery against individual and team KPIs.

Manage capacity, scheduling, workload allocation, and day-to-day priorities.

Ensure team members have the skills, tools, and resources needed to succeed.

Identify and implement process improvements that increase productivity, reduce manual effort, and improve the user experience.

Foster a culture of continuous improvement by refining team processes and procedures.

Coach and mentor team members through structured career development conversations, continuous feedback, and formal performance reviews.

Build an engaged, motivated, inclusive, and welcoming team environment.

Support recruitment and hiring initiatives.

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

5+ years experience leading operations teams as a team lead

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills

Exemplary planning and time management skills

Proven ability to collaborate effectively with multiple, cross-functional stakeholders to achieve results

Previous experience mentoring others and are able to constructively provide feedback to others

Ability to motivate the team and keep them engaged in an otherwise structured process

Proven ability to be subject matter experts in the relevant line of business

Prior experience in customer service or internal/external user-facing operations

Preferred qualifications

Experience in delivering weekly and monthly business metrics and reporting

Experience in new process launch and continuous improvement

Source: Stripe careers

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