Customer Experience Supervisor at Sumup

Tier 2 Customer Care Supervisor This is an in office role - interested and qualified applicants must be willing and able to commute to our El Paso Customer Experience Center Who you are: SumUp is seeking a dynamic and hands-on Tier 2 Supervisor to lead the charge in delivering a seamless, end-to-end customer experience across the full merchant journey. In this role, you will serve as a critical subject matter expert — identifying system limitations, surfacing product bugs, and translating insights into actionable improvements that elevate our merchant experience. You will also play a key role in supporting and resolving complex merchant payment-related inquiries, ensuring every interaction reflects SumUp's commitment to excellence and partnership. The ideal candidate will be highly driven to provide SumUp merchants with the very best experience possible and able to work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment. What you'll do: • Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5-6 technical support reps, fostering a high-performance, customer-first culture • Own daily Tier 2 support operations, including queue management, escalations, and incident response • Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Risk, and Compliance teams to resolve complex issues and improve system reliability • Manage and optimize workflows in tools like Jira and Slack • Build monitor and improve key support metrics (CSAT, SLA adherence, first response time, resolution time) • Build scalable processes, including automation, triage frameworks, and self-service resources • Identify recurring issues and advocate for product and infrastructure improvements • Lead incident communication for high-impact outages, ensuring clear internal and external updates • Lead daily activities of the team to ensure that all work is completed according to scheduled deadlines, with attention to quality standards, priorities, and overall goals • Serve as a resource for team members, based on a strong working knowledge of the team's responsibilities, goals, and associates’ individual development plans and training needs. • Oversee the use of standard process workflows by team • Coach, train and mentor team members and identify development needs, working with Leadership to coordinate additional training as needed • Provide feedback on the individual performance of representatives to leadership. • Provide direct feedback to representatives on areas of opportunities to enhance the services provided to the client. • Analyze team statistics and prepare reports and dashboards via Google Sheets and Salesforce. • Participate in projects, strategic initiatives, stretch assignments, and collaboration opportunities with other business units as needed. What we're looking for: • Ability to communicate effectively to all levels of internal and external contacts verbally and in writing • Excellent collaboration, organizational, time management, customer service, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work accurately and meet deadlines with frequent interruptions • Ability to work and thrive in a team environment, focused on achieving results • Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with all levels of management • Ability to assess team members' performance and provide motivational support • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team • Strong relationship building skills • Ability to recognize basic procedural/performance issues as they arise and escalate to the appropriate level • Ability to demonstrate learning agility and critical thinking skills and apply basic concepts in new situations • A hustler with a good old-fashioned work ethic, day in and day out. You take initiative and ownership to see things through to completion. • 5 or more years of experience managing high performance teams Who we are: We believe in the everyday hero. Those who have the courage to follow their passion and who have the strength and determination to realize their dreams. Business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across the globe work together to ensure small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love. SumUp is a financial technology company that allows businesses of all sizes to receive payments quickly and simply, both in-store and online. SumUp supports over 4 million merchants globally and operates in 34 markets across Europe, the U.S., South America, and Australia. With its point of sale systems, card terminals and online services relied upon by businesses of all sizes – SumUp is the partner of choice for small businesses from every walk of life. Compensation - • Compensation will be finalized based on the candidate’s experience and location Benefits & More: • We’re a truly global team of 3200+ people from 60+ countries, working to help small businesses across 3 continents. • Startup environment and small, cross-functional teams • Medical, Dental and Vision benefits, along with too many to list! • 22 days vacation days & 8 sick days plus 11 paid holidays • 401(K) employer match and Paid Parental leave • Sabbatical after every 3 years of employment SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited. Explore career opportunities with us and join a team driven by collaboration, innovation, and a shared vision of creating a world where everyone can build a thriving business. Discover more about our vibrant and inclusive work culture and how we work on our careers website, and follow our journey on LinkedIn and Instagram. SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. #SumupUSA Job Application Tip We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.