Company Overview
Playground is working to make excellent child care accessible to all. Playground has built best in class software to manage all aspects of running a child care business. Playground has raised millions of dollars in funding, has several Statewide contracts, and is working with thousands of schools across the country. Our founders were recently recognized by Forbes as 30 under 30, and our work has been recognized across the country.
Playground is at an inflection point, growing at a quick pace. Playground is compromised of a team of owners who are not afraid to dive into large, complex projects.
About the Role
As a member of our Customer Support team, you will be the first point of contact for our clients, playing a crucial role in ensuring their success and satisfaction with our platform. Your primary responsibilities will include handling support requests, troubleshooting issues, and guiding clients to effectively use our product. Your ability to empathize, communicate clearly, and build relationships will be key to creating positive experiences for our clients.
What You'll Do:
Drive Customer Success: Provide empathetic, customer-centric support by understanding the unique needs and challenges of each client
Manage Chat Responses: Respond to customer inquiries via chat in a timely and professional manner
Problem-Solve with Providers: Troubleshoot technical issues and guide customers through solutions
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to escalate and resolve complex issues
Drive Product Improvements: Document and track customer interactions and feedback to contribute to continuous product improvement
Gather and Deliver Feedback to the Team: Proactively identify opportunities to educate customers about product features and best practices
Become a product expert: Maintain a deep understanding of our platform to provide accurate and comprehensive support
Growth Potential: High-performers in this role will have the opportunity to transition into onboarding/implementation roles within Playground down the line
Updating Help Center: Keeping our Help Center up to date, creating and adding new articles
What You Need:
Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Communications, Economics, or related field preferred)
Preternatural sense for system optimization and first-principals approach to problem solving.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and fast-paced environments.
High level of ownership, work ethic, and career ambition
Compensation
The annual salary range for this position is $60,000 - $75,000, subject to standard withholding and applicable taxes
Job level and actual compensation will be decided on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified.
Why Join Playground:
Competitive salary + equity
3 weeks of PTO
Health, vision, and dental benefits
$1200/year education stipend
Free lunch daily
New Macbook
Collaborative and supportive work culture with a high level of autonomy and room for growth
Help accelerate our mission to make excellent childcare accessible to all!
How to Apply: If you're a hustler who's excited to join a mission-driven, early-stage company with ownership, craftsmanship, and empathy at the center of what we do, apply now. The Playground Team is fully in-office in LoDo, Denver. Please make sure you are open to a fully in-person role before applying.
Check out: https://www.tryplayground.com/about to learn more about our journey and co-founders Dan, Josh, and Sasha.
If you want to learn more about what life at Playground HQ is like, check out this post about one of our past recruiting happy hours + our Polaroid wall (our favorite office tradition)!
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