Global QA Operations Manager

Company: Nextdoor
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Nextdoor is where neighbors turn for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services. Nextdoor's purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Building connections in the real world is a universal human need. That truth, and the reality that neighborhoods are one of the most important and useful communities in our lives have been guiding principles for Nextdoor. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in neighborhoods around the world in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia and Canada, with many more to come. The Impact You'll Make This role will help lead the development and ongoing execution of Nextdoor's vendor operations quality program. The ideal candidate is passionate about the learning and development of support teams, customer-obsessed, empathetic and data-driven. You will be responsible for driving improvements to key metrics (i.e. CSAT, NPS, etc.) and partnering with internal operations stakeholders to affect positive change in processes, behavior, training and technology.-- This team member will use strategic thinking, human-centered methodology and analytical capabilities to ensure that our vendors are meeting or exceeding quality standards and SLAs as defined by the Nextdoor operations teams. Through effective project management, you will help define, standardize, and optimize the QA program across multiple vendors, locations, and workflows.--

• Build a world-class quality assurance program designed to ensure Nextdoor's members experience is consistent and meeting our high standards across all support channels
• Manage relationships with key vendor leadership to ensure quality standards and contractual obligations are met
• Work cross-functionally with Product managers to ensure new features are effectively communicated to vendors
• Leverage data, metrics, analytics and statistics to make informed decisions and to create analyses to optimize vendor performance
• Lead and facilitate innovative quality initiatives by developing a deep understanding of key business requirements and maximize value from vendor partners
• Collaborate with vendor managers to identify QA cost optimization opportunities
• Develop and standardize a qualitative and quantitative strategy for improving QA, mitigating operational risk, and proactively identifying trends across multiple case types
• Establish processes that produce high-quality member satisfaction, experience, and loyalty that exceeds industry standards
• Surface inconsistencies in quality and experience, and conduct root cause analysis with corrective, preventative and human-centered action plans
• Prepare and present findings to stakeholders and recommend and participate in process improvement initiatives, including training development
• Collaborate with training, business operations and other stakeholders to create content assets, including knowledge base articles to support vendor and service teams What You'll Bring to The House
  • --Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of professional working experience in a related field, with experience in a quality or experience-driven role in a multi-site/multi-channel support center environment
  • Analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex ideas concisely to positively impact vendor performance
  • Proficiency using SQL to extract data
  • Proven success in leading and motivating others, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence internal and external partners
  • Experience evaluating a variety of support types, including moderation, customer success, and technical support preferred
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills, customer-obsessed and empathetic with the ability to communicate clearly to influence and drive strategic decisions--
  • Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment--
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