Software Support Team Lead at The Adaptavist Group

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

People Leadership, Customer Support Management, Incident Management, SLA/KPI Monitoring, Java, Groovy, JavaScript, TypeScript, REST APIs, Atlassian Products, AWS, Azure, Technical Mentoring, Cross-functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, English Communication

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Company Description Working at The Adaptavist Group The Adaptavist Group is a global family of companies with a common goal. We combine the best of teamwork, technology, and processes, helping all kinds of businesses be better today and tomorrow. We are experts at delivering enterprise software, tailored solutions, and quality services across some of the world’s most trusted technology ecosystems, including Atlassian, AWS, Slack, GitLab, monday.com and Aha! We make change happen. From anywhere. What we offer you We offer a very generous holiday (PTO) allowance, trusting you to take vacation time that suits your personal life, alongside flexible working hours that empower you to work when it best fits you and your team. We provide MacBooks to all employees and additional support for fully remote workers to set up their home offices. Our exceptional Time Away Policy includes 26 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents, 13 weeks for non-birthing parents, and extended leave for adoption, IVF, surrogacy, elective egg freezing, and women's health needs such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, and PCOS. Our trusting, flexible, remote-first way of working means that work can fit around your life, rather than your life fitting around work. Read our full list of benefits Job Description About the role We’re looking for a Software Support Team Lead to guide, mentor and support our team of Software Support Engineers in delivering best-in-class support to our customers. In this role, you’ll be responsible for building a high-performing team, ensuring smooth day-to-day support operations, and helping our engineers do their best work. You’ll work closely with the Head of Product Support and Support Operations Manager to drive operational improvements, monitor performance against SLAs and KPIs, and provide valuable insights into team successes and challenges. You’ll also act as a key escalation point for support engineers, leading responses to incidents and service outages, and collaborating cross-functionally to reduce commercial risk and improve the overall customer support experience. This is a great opportunity for someone who combines people leadership, technical understanding, and a data-driven mindset to improve processes, develop talent, and shape an excellent support function. Because many of our products allow customers to build their own functionality using Groovy and/or JavaScript, a good understanding of coding is essential for this position. What you'll be doing People leadership Lead, mentor and develop a team of highly skilled Support Engineers Set clear expectations and provide regular feedback through 1-2-1s and performance reviews Support the professional development of your team members Manage team workload, priorities and planned leave to help ensure SLA and KPI targets are met Support hiring activities and help maintain effective onboarding resources Create training materials that help the team confidently handle new and complex issues Help resolve team challenges and conflicts in a constructive way Support leadership Take ownership of customer outcomes and ensure support tickets are resolved to a high standard Act as an escalation point for tickets or situations involving commercial risk Lead incident management processes, support the team during critical incidents, and run post-mortem reviews Identify opportunities to improve the experience for customers, the business and the support team Build strong business cases for ideas and influence stakeholders to drive positive change Build strong relationships with Customer Success, Product and Development teams Share data-driven voice-of-the-customer insights across the business Translate business and product strategy into actionable updates for the team Chair stand-ups, facilitate workshops and lead team meetings Foster a collaborative, respectful and inclusive team culture Support operations Work with support metrics such as CSAT, FRT, RoR, SLA performance and ticket volumes Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams to meet KPIs, SLAs and OKRs Monitor support queues and ensure work is delivered in line with best practices and standards Analyse trends and identify opportunities to improve team performance and customer experience Highlight quality concerns and operational challenges, providing clear recommendations to management Work with the Support Operations Manager to improve tooling and automations Assess the impact of process changes and share feedback with relevant stakeholders Contribute to knowledge base content, internal documentation and training materials Qualifications What we're looking for Experience managing customer support software such as JSM, Zendesk or similar Hands-on experience using, supporting or administering Atlassian products, including Jira, Confluence and/or Bitbucket Familiarity with REST APIs and Java APIs, ideally including Atlassian APIs and how vendor plugins interact with them Experience writing code, preferably in Java/Groovy or JavaScript/TypeScript Experience working with products hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills in English A few nice to haves Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes Previous incident management and/or project management experience Familiarity with ISO/security standards Awareness of AI best practices and safety Additional Information Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At ScriptRunner, part of TAG, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet. Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you! What to expect We have published some support on Interviewing with us to try to alleviate any pre-interview anxieties, here you’ll find information to help you prepare and ace an interview at TAG. You can read them here Equal opportunities for everyone At The Adaptavist Group, we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and believe this positively impacts both the creation of our innovative products and our delivery of bespoke solutions to our global customers and our own unique culture. We encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, marriage, and civil partnership status. Recruitment fraud notice We are aware of recruitment scams where individuals or organisations may falsely claim to represent us. We take this seriously and are committed to protecting candidates throughout our hiring process. We will never ask for any form of payment, fees, or financial commitment at any stage of recruitment, including applications, interviews, onboarding, or equipment provision. Most of our recruitment communications are sent from our system, SmartRecruiters, and may come from addresses such as @smartrecruiters.com. All our emails are signed off by The Talent Team @ The Adaptavist Group. If you are ever unsure about the authenticity of a message or job offer, please verify it via our official careers channels before responding. Job Field: Customer Success and Support Candidate Location: Malaysia

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of Software Support Engineers to deliver high-quality customer support while managing daily operations and SLAs. Act as a key escalation point for critical incidents and collaborate cross-functionally to improve the overall customer experience.