French speaking Support Specialist Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

The Strategic Support Services team oversees the Lightspeed Key Account support experience. Composed of product specialists, technical consultants and expert escalation team members, this group partners with senior support + strategic account management to quarterback the service experience for our most valuable and complex merchants.
*** Please note that the role is based in London, UK***

• Supporting Lightspeed's key accounts with excellent technical support and customer service via the most appropriate channels available.
• Work closely with Strategic Account Managers to best handle day to day situations to improve customer experiences.
• Manage strategic escalations end to end, managing technical resolution, client communication, and stakeholder feedback loop, targeting customer satisfaction at all points in the process.
• Develop a deep understanding of the typical business challenges Lightspeed’s key account customers may face and take the initiative to liaise with our company’s Product and Development teams to help improve the customer experience.
• Use a full range of troubleshooting techniques to quickly and efficiently identify the source of escalated customer issues and provide a prompt and appropriate solution.
• Document Key Account details including unique elements, complexities, considerations in conjunction with tracking of issues and resolutions for record keeping and the benefit of our Strategic Account Management team.
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of troubleshooting, testing procedures and documentation for the broader technical support team as well as documenting software defects for review and corrective action.
• Contribute to specialized support service offerings, including managed networking, API support and similar emerging services.
• Develop skills to be able to engage with all key Lightspeed hospitality platforms.

And a little bit of…

• Contributing as part of the wider team to achieve organizational objectives even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role!

• Retention and expansion of our Key Accounts & ICP merchants.
• Consistent feedback loop with our product teams, providing a voice for our merchants.

There’s many different ways to gain “experience”. People learn in different ways, skill sets can be transferred, especially when combined with a willingness to learn. If you don’t quite tick all of these boxes but think you could still absolutely smash it, send us an application anyway and let us know why you’d be amazing in this role!

• This role is open to candidates located in London or nearby areas. You should be close enough to travel to London easily when needed.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French & English.
• Prior experience in the Hospitality industry.
• Extensive customer service experience in a technical support role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (We do service multiple languages, so any others you know are a bonus!).
• Ability to self‑manage incoming emails, chat conversations and telephone calls based on priority and customer commitments.
• Strong computer skills and working knowledge of Mac OS.
• Proven troubleshooting skills in a senior support position.
• Strong problem‑solving skills that will ensure these customers use their POS to its full capacity.
• Ability to manage technical escalations of at‑risk accounts, and identify opportunities for growth.
• Flexibility in your schedule to work – Support never stops!

Even better if you have, but not necessary

• Knowledge of networking or network support experience.
• Understanding of API (relevant to SaaS) and experience supporting this.
• Tenacity, urgency, and grit. This team will be working head‑on to tackle customer escalations across the board.
• Natural relationship builder, well connected internally and knowing who to go to for answers and getting things done. The status quo doesn’t do it for you!
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