Senior Manager, Customer Support

Company Description

At Xplor, we believe that helping people make the most of each day is the most rewarding way to spend ours.

We give small and medium-sized businesses cloud-based, intuitive technology solutions that enable them to manage all the hassles of running and growing a business, so business owners can get back to doing what they love. With Xplor Pay, we help businesses get paid quickly and securely – without hidden fees. We built the tech ourselves, and our platform delivers secure, transparent, fast, and accurate payments.

We are unified by our purpose of helping people to succeed. So, when you become part of our team, you also become part of the personal connection that strengthens the relationship people have with Xplor products.

Job Description

Join our Global Operations team as a Senior Manager, Customer Support  in Melbourne to make a real impact every day. We say that because we know that every conversation we have, every code line we write and every interface we design is another opportunity for us to enrich our customers’ experiences. 

Reporting into the VP of Global Contact Centre, you will be accountable for the strategic leadership, operational excellence, and transformation of service delivery across multiple regions and products at Xplor. You will lead high-performing teams, build scalable service models, and champion a culture of continuous improvement, all while ensuring a seamless, customer-centric experience that aligns with Xplor’s global strategy and growth ambitions.

This is a Key Leadership Role requiring deep expertise in customer experience, operational strategy, and stakeholder engagement to elevate service outcomes, optimise delivery processes, and build organisational capability.  

Some of the other responsibilities include: 

• Set and execute the strategic direction for customer and consumer service delivery in alignment with company-wide goals and customer experience aspirations.
• Act as a senior leader across the organisation, influencing decision-making at executive levels and representing service delivery in key forums.
• Drive a high-performance, customer-first culture through visionary leadership, operational excellence, and data-informed decision-making.
• Define the long-term roadmap for customer and consumer service operations, aligning technology, people, and processes to meet evolving customer expectations.
• Lead multi-regional service delivery operations with full accountability for performance, service quality, and cost-efficiency.
• Oversee the design and implementation of service frameworks, tools, and infrastructure that deliver scalable, measurable, and high-quality outcomes.
• Own key performance indicators (KPIs), ensuring consistent tracking, optimisation, and accountability across divisions.
• Inspire, develop, and lead a team of team leaders across regions, cultivating a culture of empowerment, growth, and psychological safety.
• Create and implement talent strategies to support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and retention, in partnership with People and Culture.
• Act as the executive sponsor for critical customer relationships, ensuring complex issues are resolved quickly and sustainably.
• Champion the voice of the customer/consumer internally, translating insights into service enhancements and innovation opportunities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Tech, Sales, and Commercial teams to ensure customer needs are met end-to-end.
• Lead and deliver organisational change initiatives, driving adoption through transparent communication, coaching, and stakeholder alignment.
• Monitor and evaluate service trends, customer sentiment, and industry benchmarks to identify opportunities for step-change improvements.

For this position, we offer a hybrid and flexible working model, where you will spend 2-3 days per week in the office and the rest working from home. 

Qualifications

What would make me a good candidate? 

• Proven experience (10+ years) in senior leadership roles within customer service, contact centre, or service delivery environments – ideally in SaaS, technology, or high-growth companies.
• Demonstrated success leading large, multi-site or global teams in complex, matrixed organisations.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing operational budgets and driving cost efficiency.
• Expert knowledge of customer experience principles, operational KPIs, service design, and escalation handling.
• Exceptional leadership, coaching, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High-level communication and influencing capabilities, with the ability to operate effectively at C-suite level.
• Experience leading through organisational change, transformation, or integration preferred.

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply. 

Additional Information

What does it mean to work for Xplor?

Our four core values - Make life simple, Build for people, Move with purpose and Create lasting communities - are key to who we are and guide us from how we hire to how we recognise our team members.

Some of the perks of working with us:

• Unparalleled opportunities to learn and accelerated career development
• A collaborative, team environment with people who truly love what they do
• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer
• Unlimited access to Linked in learning, 10% of your time devoted to growing you and your career, and further support to help you grow
• Access to mental health support
• Fully flexible work arrangements

How to apply?

To start your application with us, please submit your CV and a cover letter and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word "moonshot" at the top of your cover letter so that we know you really took the time to read our job ad. Your contact is Eric Fallon - TA Partner.

We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, via talent@xplortechnologies.com. 

More about us 

We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing “everyday life” verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024.

Good to know

To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorised to work in the location (country) you're applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time. 

We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don't send your application via email. 

To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers. 

We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process www.xplortechnologies.com/recruitment-faqs.

Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don’t have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us.

Xplor is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

We make it a priority to respond to each person who applies.

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