Senior Manager - Customer Success

Senior Manager, Customer Success Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Work Arrangement: Full-time, on-site Department: Customer Service / Operations Reports To: Director, Customer Success Position Summary We are seeking an experienced and people-focused Senior Manager, Customer Success to lead our customer service operation in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This individual will be responsible for building and sustaining a high-performing operation, maintaining excellent service standards, and ensuring the call center operates efficiently and effectively. The position requires a hands-on leader who is comfortable working alongside the team, coaching employees, reviewing performance, and addressing operational challenges in real time. Key Responsibilities Leadership & People Development Lead major initiatives involving organizational growth, process redesign, AI, automation, customer experience, or call center technology. Lead, coach, and hold accountable frontline supervisors and team leads, while maintaining appropriate visibility and engagement with customer service representatives. Ensure supervisors consistently conduct coaching, performance reviews, recognition, and corrective action; directly manage performance for the Senior Manager’s direct reports. Present operational results, risks, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership. Partner with Human Resources and other leaders to recruit, onboard, train, and retain high-performing employees. Promote a positive, accountable, data-driven and customer-focused workplace culture. Serve as a trusted leader during periods of organizational change by providing clear communication, managing expectations, maintaining employee engagement, and ensuring operational stability throughout transitions. Operational Excellence Own daily, weekly, and monthly operating reviews covering service levels, speed to answer, abandonment, customer satisfaction, first-contact resolution, quality, productivity, backlog, staffing, attendance, and employee turnover. Develop staffing plans and schedules that align optimal team coverage with anticipated call volumes and business needs with additional focus during peak periods including January. Identify performance trends, workflow issues, and opportunities to proactively improve the customer experience. Handle complex or escalated customer matters when leadership involvement is necessary. Ensure compliance with company policies and applicable legal, regulatory, privacy, and quality requirements. Leverage AI-enabled tools and data analytics to monitor operational performance against established goals, identify trends and root causes, and translate insights into actions that improve service, quality, and efficiency. Process Improvement & Business Operations Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the company's products, services, customers, and industry to effectively coach employees, support customer interactions, evaluate service quality, and…