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Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses nationwide.Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually.
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About the Role:
Gusto is seeking an Advanced Product Specialist Team Leader to join our growing Denver or Remote office. Our team is the primary technical resource for internal Customer Care Gusties. The ideal candidate will lead their team to coach and mentor team members, proactively identify and execute on projects that will improve the training and efficiency of customer care, and partner directly with stakeholders across Gusto to ensure we have the right tools for our front-line teams.
About the Team:
We are the go-to subject matter experts for Gusto’s product and our expertise is used to make informed decisions about how to grow and improve our platform. You will be an integral part of the team with a high level of responsibility and room for growth.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Lead an Advanced Product Specialist Team of 10-12 passionate individuals with a focus on development, troubleshooting, and clear, efficient communication
- Create an environment of continuous development and improvement through mentoring, coaching, and feedback, and developing these skills with team members
- Understand and communicate the company initiatives, OKRs, and metrics used to measure efficiency, customer feedback, and performance in customer care
- Build a strong culture of collaboration with our product team to prioritize the most impactful product enhancements and reduce inbound inquiries
- Partner with our AI engineering team to improve our co-pilot logic and accuracy
- Identify, create, coach, and sustain quality assurance expectations for serving and retaining customers
- Use data to shed light on how we can improve our tools and processes and develop these skills with the team
Here’s what we're looking for:
- Minimum of 1 year experience leading teams of high-performing individual contributors
- Desire to proactively identify and solve problems in existing processes
- Background in payroll required
- Background in benefits/ health insurance preferred
- Experience with Gusto platform preferred
- Deep understanding of customer satisfaction indicators and best practices
- Expertise in identifying, analyzing, and implementing behaviors that improve gustie experience
- Demonstrated success in continuous process improvement
- A love for creative problem-solving to dissolve roadblocks
- Experience using data to build new processes and improve existing ones
- Ability to hire, coach, and retain top talent in a highly complex and regulated support experience
Our cash compensation amount for this role is $86,000 to $113,000/annuallyin Denver & most major metro locations, and $112,000 to $137,000/annually for San Francisco & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role).
The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas. When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.
If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto. Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you require assistance in filling out a Gusto job application, please reach out to candidate-accommodations@gusto.com.Gusto takes security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please review our Fraudulent Activity Disclaimer.
