Supervisor

Position Overview

The Supervisor is responsible for leading Customer Support Services operations to ensure high-quality service delivery, customer satisfaction, and compliance with established service level agreements. This role directs and supervises staff performing customer support, issue resolution, processing research, data analysis, and outreach activities, while serving as the first level of escalation and driving team performance, process improvement, and operational accountability.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day Customer Support Services operations to ensure staff performance aligns with business needs, customer expectations, and established service level agreements.

• Develop and maintain advanced customer service skills, continuously improving staff skills.

• Set priorities, assign work, and coordinate team activities to ensure consistent progress toward established goals and service targets.

• Serve as the first escalation point for complex customer issues when standard troubleshooting efforts have been exhausted.

• Support inbound calls, outbound calls, email, and back-office operations as needed to maintain service continuity and meet workload demands.

• Monitor service issues, case activity, and team output to ensure service level agreements and quality standards are consistently achieved.

• Identify trends, recurring issues, and operational gaps, and recommend improvements to streamline workflows and enhance service delivery.

• Develop, maintain, and reinforce advanced customer service knowledge and skills, and coach staff continuously to improve performance and customer experience.

• Build, mentor, and motivate effective teams by providing clear expectations, regular feedback, and structured support.

• Oversee staffing-related responsibilities, including recruiting, onboarding support, timecard approval, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, and personnel recommendations related to promotions, compensation, and termination.

• Communicate job expectations and ensure compliance with organizational policies, procedures, and core values.

• Partner with management to prepare, analyze, and communicate operational metrics, reports, and performance insights.

• Maintain a strong customer service culture focused on professionalism, accuracy, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent relevant experience in customer support, service operations, public relations, or a related field.

• 4 to 6 years of customer service experience or related public relations experience.

• 0 to 2 years of management, team lead, or supervisory experience.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong leadership and customer service skills.

• Advanced problem-solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills.

• Demonstrated ability to organize and supervise staff for maximum efficiency.

• Ability to build, coach, and mentor effective teams.

• Ability to maintain consistent progress toward priorities, goals, and service expectations.

• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and operational follow-through.

• Ability to remain calm, professional, and courteous toward customers, staff, and management during high-stress situations.

• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with customers, peers, and leadership.

• U.S. citizenship required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supervising customer service, call center, help desk, or contact center teams in a metrics-driven environment.

• Experience managing escalations, service level performance, and daily operational workflows.

• Familiarity with customer support reporting, quality monitoring, workforce coordination, and performance management practices.

• Experience supporting multi-channel service environments, including phone, email, chat, and back-office support.

• Demonstrated success implementing process improvements or workflow enhancements that improve customer satisfaction or operational efficiency.

• Experience preparing management reports, analyzing trends, and presenting performance data to leadership.

• Knowledge of federal support environments or regulated customer service programs.

Job Specific Skills

• Customer support operations leadership

• Team supervision and coaching

• Escalation management

• SLA performance oversight

• Operational reporting and metrics analysis

• Process improvement

• Staff performance management

• Multi-channel customer service support

• Workforce coordination

• Customer satisfaction management

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

$62,200

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, gender identity, veteran status, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, veteran status, disability, gender identity, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.