Team Leader

About Us 

Helpware is a technology-driven company with offices in the USA, Ukraine, Mexico, and the Philippines which provides Customer Experience & Operational Support for modern companies. Our team of professionals is driven by the purpose of providing best-in-class value-adding services to our partners by leveraging our empowered teams, innovative solutions, and technologies.   

Our US Team is growing and we're looking for experienced Sales Agents to join our Helpware team. 

Position Overview: 

The Team Lead is responsible for overseeing the daily performance and development of a team of Customer Service Representatives while serving as the primary escalation point for Tier 2 inquiries. This role ensures service excellence by driving operational performance, coaching team members, resolving customer and employee issues, and maintaining compliance with company policies and client standards. The Team Lead partners with Operations to achieve key performance metrics and foster a high-performing, customer-focused team. 

Specific Responsibilities: 

• Serve as the escalation point for Tier 2 inquiries.


• Provides daily direction and communication to employees to ensure service/technical/marketing calls/chats/emails/transactions are answered in a timely, efficient, and knowledgeable manner.


• Provides continual evaluation of process and procedures.


• Responsible for suggesting methods to improve area of operations, efficiency and service to both internal and external customers.


• Provides statistical and performance feedback and coaching daily to each team member.


• Be always available to employees who experience work and/or personal problems providing appropriate coaching, counseling, direction, and resolution.


• Ensure to write and administer performance reviews for skills improvement.


• Manage nesting agents to ensure proper performance before moving to the operations floor.


• Incorporate performance interventions to accelerate learning.


• Responsible for managing and motivating the CSRs to work simultaneously with them to hit KPIs and Metrics.


• Assist Operations Manager to resolve customer complaints and issues.


• Handling employee related issues and monitoring transactions.


• Monitor Team performance in terms of e.g. NPS, CSAT, FCR, Adherence, and Attrition etc.


• Ensure that employees adhere to the company’s policies, procedures, guidelines, rules, and work.


• Manage the fair and consistent application of performance management and disciplinary measures as necessary. 


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  Qualifications: 


• At least 2–4 years of experience in customer service, contact center operations, or a related field, with prior supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.  


• Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing frontline teams to achieve performance goals.  


• Strong knowledge of contact center KPIs, including CSAT, NPS, FCR, adherence, productivity, and quality metrics. 


• Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills.  


• Experience handling customer escalations, performance management, and employee relations.  


• Proficient in CRM, workforce, and reporting tools, with the ability to analyze performance data and drive continuous improvement.  


• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and thrive in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.