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Associate Manager, VR Technical Support
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Ireland - Dublin
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Operations & Services
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Full-Time Regular
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11/04/2024
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ID # R-92218
Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.
Why Join Us?
To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.
Associate Manager, VR Technical Support
Introduction to the team
Expedia Product & Technology builds innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences for the traveler and our partners that drive loyalty and customer satisfaction.
The Associate Manager, VR Technical Support is responsible for leading and developing a Technical Support team for Vacation Rentals. The Associate Manager is tasked with balancing the requirements of effective supervision of a high volume, action packed technical support team, with providing leadership and training for the team in a fast-changing environment.
You are passionate about Travel technology and application support. You have implemented innovative ideas and built workflows to ensure customers consistently have a delightful experience each & every time they interact with your team. You have a strategic mindset but can roll up your sleeves to tactically execute. You possess a genuine desire to build career paths for your team, share your knowledge and industry best practices, and create an environment where people are energized, motivated, & want to grow their careers.
In this role, you will:
Build and maintain an effective local Technical Support team that is part of a global, collaborative team imbued with a culture of empowerment and resolution
Develop relationships with multiple internal teams to identify skills and develop knowledge needed to build a highly effective Technical Support team, adding value to our customers, product teams, and development organizations
Contribute to the overall success of the global team by providing feedback, sharing information, and collaborating on best practices
Inspire and gain commitment from others towards the vision, mission, values, and organizational goals
Ensure team members meet performance and effectiveness expectations by setting clear expectations for operational performance, conducting one-on-one meetings, preparing weekly team meetings, reviewing individual and team goals, and providing construction coaching and feedback
Identify and resolve issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet team goals
Exercise critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and use sound judgement to address urgent issues efficiently and effectively
Analyze and leverage data to identify problem areas, make business decisions, and improve team processes
Identify opportunities for process improvement, engage with appropriate teams to create and deliver solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency impacting the Technical Support team
Develop a strong partnership with frontline teams through regular meetings, knowledge sharing, and addressing frontline concerns in a timely manner
Lead day-to-day processes and other duties as assigned
Drive complex issues escalated from customers all over the world to resolution
Experience and qualifications:
Bachelor’s in computer science or computer engineering or in a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience
Minimum 3+ years leadership experience leading 2nd level technical support in a tiered support structure
Technically savvy and efficient in troubleshooting end-to-end troubleshooting complex environments across multiple internal teams
Experience supporting the Incident Management Process
A strong team player able to work well with differing personalities
Strong leadership skills including with effective performance management and coaching/feedback techniques
Have strong organization and analytical skills, with attention to detail and accuracy
Experience with data logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Kibana, New Relic, DataDog
Experience with Business Intelligence tools and data analysis such as SQL, Querybook, Tableau, etc.
Demonstrate a data-led approach, combining data, context, research, and expertise to make business decisions
Solid written, oral skills with ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical clients
Excellent problem-solving skills, including issue tracking, triaging and crisis management
Knowledge of Lodging distribution, aka OTAs
Experience reviewing, creating, and modeling technical specifications
ITIL, Agile, or SDLC experience, including Kanban boards and roadmaps
Software QA experience
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