QA Manager

1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing. About 1Password At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future. As the Manager, Quality Assurance within Customer Support, you will play a key role in shaping how we measure, maintain, and improve the quality of our customer experience across every support interaction. You’ll lead the evolution of our QA program, helping define the frameworks, processes, and operational strategies that enable our teams to deliver consistent, high-quality support at scale. By leveraging AI-powered QA tooling, you’ll surface actionable insights, identify emerging themes, and help drive continuous improvements in support quality and team performance. Our QA program is still in its early stages, with foundational processes already in place but significant opportunity to iterate, expand, and mature the function over time. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in evolving environments and is excited by the opportunity to help shape a modern QA program while balancing strategic ownership with hands-on execution. Reporting into Customer Support leadership, you will partner closely with Support Operations, frontline leaders, Enablement, Product, and other cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for operational improvement, coaching, and quality enhancements across the customer journey. You’ll help establish scalable QA methodologies, calibration practices, reporting structures, and feedback loops that drive accountability and continuous improvement throughout the organization. In this role, you’ll also help shape how QA supports AI-powered customer experiences. As AI-assisted workflows and responses continue to evolve, you’ll evaluate both human and AI-generated customer interactions to ensure quality, consistency, accuracy, and alignment with the customer experience we aim to deliver. Your ability to identify trends, uncover friction points, and drive targeted quality initiatives will directly influence both team effectiveness and customer experience. This role has the potential to evolve into direct people leadership of QA specialists or QA team leads as the function grows. How we’re using AI today Across GTM, we’re transforming the way we work with AI. We expect every seller, CSM, and team member to become a power user, using it daily to work smarter and move faster. AI is already embedded in how we operate – from real-time coaching that sharpens how we sell and interact with customers, to surfacing insights that help us anticipate needs – creating more time for meaningful customer engagement. If you’re excited to reshape how you think, make decisions, and drive growth with AI, you’ll feel right at home here. This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US. What we're looking for: 5+ years of experience in quality assurance, customer support, customer experience, or service operations within a fast-paced environment. 3+ years of leadership experience, including managing individual contributors or senior-level team members. Proven experience building, scaling, or evolving QA programs and frameworks within customer support or customer experience organizations. Strong understanding of quality assurance methodologies, calibration practices, coaching models, and performance management. Experience supporting omnichannel customer support environments, including chat, email, messaging, and voice. Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting QA results, performance metrics, and customer feedback to drive operational improvements. Experience working with AI-enabled support tools and comfort evaluating the effectiveness and quality of AI-assisted customer interactions. Experience building or deploying AI-driven coaching and enablement solutions that surface performance insights, reinforce quality standards, and help support teams continuously improve at scale. Hands-on experience with CRM and support platforms such as Zendesk, along with familiarity with QA platforms and AI-enabled support technologies. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders and aligning teams around operational improvements. Comfort operating in ambiguity and evolving environments where iteration, adaptability, and problem-solving are essential. Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a rapidly evolving organization. Bonus points for: Located in Atlantic, Eastern or Central timezones (AT, ET or CT). What you can expect: Define, evolve, and operationalize a centralized quality assurance strategy across customer support channels, including email, chat, messaging, and voice. Iterate on and maintain QA frameworks, scorecards, audit methodologies, and calibration processes that drive consistency, accountability, and high-quality customer experiences. Analyze QA results, customer interactions, CSAT trends, and operational performance data to identify coaching opportunities, process improvements, and targeted areas requiring additional QA oversight. Identify high-impact moments across the customer journey where deeper QA focus is needed, including low CSAT interactions, escalations, complex workflows, or AI-assisted conversations. Partner with Support Operations and frontline leadership to translate QA insights into actionable recommendations, operational improvements, and ongoing training opportunities. Evaluate both team member and AI-generated customer interactions to ensure responses are accurate, effective, compliant, and aligned with quality standards and brand expectations. Help shape how AI tooling is incorporated into support workflows, using QA insights and performance data to improve customer outcomes and operational efficiency. Develop reporting, analyses, and presentations that communicate QA performance, trends, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership teams. Support organizational change initiatives, including product launches, policy updates, workflow changes, and tooling improvements, ensuring QA processes evolve alongside the business. Drive a culture of continuous improvement by establishing strong feedback loops between QA, Support Operations, and frontline leadership teams. Contribute to the long-term roadmap for quality assurance and customer experience excellence within Customer Support. Potentially manage and mentor QA specialists or other QA team members as the function scales. USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $147,000 USD and $213,000 USD , plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs. Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $101,000 CAD and $146,000 CAD , plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs. At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set. This posting is for an existing vacancy. Our culture At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first. You’ll be part of a team that challenges the status quo, and is excited to experiment and iterate in search of the best solution. That said, 1Password is not for everyone . Our work is demanding, we strive for excellence, and the pace is fast. We need people who are keen to take on challenging problems, who seek feedback to grow, and who are driven to make an impact. If you're looking for a place where you can settle into a comfortable routine, this might not be the right fit for you. We’re looking for individuals who are proven experts in their fields, as well as those who are highly adaptable, can thrive in ambiguity and through change, are curious, and above all deliver results. How we work with AI We are committed to leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to achieve our mission. We also understand that thinking critically about AI in its current forms will help us create better solutions for our customers and ourselves with its future forms, which will help us continue to close the gap between security and privacy and achieve our mission. We want team members at all levels to take the approach of actively learning AI best practices, identifying opportunities to apply AI in meaningful ways, and driving innovative solutions in their daily work. Embracing the future of AI isn't just encouraged—it's an essential part of how we will be successful at 1Password. This approach extends to our hiring process—candidates are welcome to use AI tools responsibly and thoughtfully during the application process. Our approach to remote work We believe in the power of remote work, but recognize that in-person connection is important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, travel for in-person engagement is a part of almost all roles, and we require our employees to be ready and willing to take part. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to: annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events. What we offer We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer: Health and wellbeing Maternity and parental leave top-up programs Competitive health benefits Generous PTO policy Growth and future RSU program for most employees Retirement matching program Free 1Password account Community Paid volunteer days Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly Remote-first work environment *Some roles in our GTM team are currently being hired for in-person hybrid work in Toronto and Austin. These roles will specify on the posting. You belong here. 1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love. Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at View email address on click.appcast.io and we’ll work to meet your needs. Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you. Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law. 1Password uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies, including natural language processing and predictive analytics, to assist in the initial screening of employment applications and improve our recruitment process. See here for the latest third party bias audit information. If you prefer not to have your application assessed using AI/ML features, you may opt out by completing this form . For additional information see our Candidate Privacy Notice .