Team Lead, Customer Support
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Team Lead, Customer Support leads and develops a high-performing support team, manages escalations, and drives process improvements for MealSuite's SaaS product in healthcare and senior living.
About this role
MealSuite builds end-to-end foodservice technology for healthcare and senior living organizations. Our mission is to help care teams deliver better dining experiences with less effort.We’re a fast-growing team working on meaningful problems that directly impact patient and resident care.
About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on, people-first Team Lead, Customer Support to join our ** Customer Support** team. Reporting to the ** Manager, Customer Support **,you’ll be leading and developing a high-performing support team while helping healthcare and senior living partners enhance their foodservice operations through our technology, driving operational improvements and resolving complex challenges along the way
What You’ll Do
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**Be a Leader **–Mentor, coach, and develop both existing and new team members through regular training,weekly 1:1s, performance reviews, and targeted professional development planning.
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**Develop Process Improvements **– Implement and continuously optimize support workflows, escalations processes, and operational procedures to drive efficiency and reduce resolution time across the team
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**Be an Escalation Point **–Handle support calls, chats, and emails from internal and external users,ensuring timely triage and resolution of high-priority or complex issues and reassign tickets based on subject matter and skill level
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**Collaborate Cross-Functionally **–Communicate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to surface customer-reported trends, advocate for product improvements, and close the feedback loop with the support team
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**Make Data-Driven Decisions **–Run reports, gather metrics, and monitor SLAs and KPIs to enhance decision-making and remove workflow blockers.
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**Help Develop the Product **–Troubleshoot issues and document defects to ensure seamless resolutions and assist in overall product growth
What You Bring
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2-4 years of experience in technical support, customer success,or client relationship management,preferably within a SaaS environment
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Strong working knowledge of MealSuite products or comparable complex software systems is highly desirable
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Experience in the foodservice, acute care, or tech industry strongly preferred
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2+ years of experience in a people management or team lead capacity
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Experience with CRM/Support or Project Management tools, such as Zendesk,Jira,Salesforce,Intercom,PlanHat or equivalent.
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Working fluency is both written and spoken French is considered an asset
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Astute communication skills with a strong ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, simple to understand language for both internal and external stakeholders
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A proven dedication to coaching and mentorship who is comfortable developing talent and providing actionable feedback
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Detail-oriented approach to problem solving,a strong desire to build relationships with customers and cross-functional teams alike, and the ability to maintain composure when handling high-priority escalations or competing demands.
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Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-moving environment
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Willingness to travel occasionally; valid passport with no travel restrictions (Canada/USA; Vietnam if required)
Compensation:$72,200–$86,600 CAD per year/$62,800–$75,300 USD per year
This role requires working onsite in our Cambridge or ** Dallas ** office two days per week.If you’re more than an hour away, apply anyway we’re open to discussing options.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
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**Unlimited paid time off **– yeah, you read that right! We trust our employees to build their own version of balance so they can feel rejuvenated to bring their best every day.
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**Retirement savings support **– we invest in your future with RRSP/401(k) matching at 100% up to 3%, because long-term security matters just as much as day-to-day balance.
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**Health benefits **– this includes day one medical, dental, and vision options, life & disability insurance, & paid maternity and parental leave.
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Hybrid flexibility – we value the collaboration, mentorship and learning that come from physically working next to one another, as well as the benefits that remote work can offer.
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Work-life balance – this is supported by the fact that more than 90% of current employees agree that their leader supports their wellbeing.
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Participation in our equity program – we’d love for you to share in MealSuite's success as we continue to grow!
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Opportunities for career development and advancement – we support our employees in pursuing and achieving their professional goals.
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**Purposeful work with a positive community impact **– more than 90% of our North American employees agree that the company’s purpose aligns with their personal values. Learn more about our values at mealsuite.com/careers.
We want to ensure that every qualified individual has an equal opportunity to work with us. If you require accommodation to our application process, please contactaccommodations@mealsuite.com.
MealSuite uses AI-assisted tools during parts of the hiring process, including screening and workflow automation. All final hiring decisions are made by people.
This is a current vacancy, and we are actively hiring for this position.