Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Customer Support Coordinator role stands out in SaaS because it sits at the intersection of human support and automation inside a vertical software business. With AI-enabled chat and workflow tooling in the loop, the work reflects where many SaaS support organisations are heading: blending real-time customer conversations with systematic improvement of digital channels and self-serve experiences.
For a SaaS career path, the role builds durable operating skills that translate across products and industries. It offers practice in managing queue health and SLAs, spotting repeat-contact drivers, and turning frontline signals into clearer knowledge and better workflows. Experience partnering with internal teams to refine support journeys is also a common stepping stone into customer operations, enablement, or broader customer experience roles within subscription businesses.
The position is best suited to someone who enjoys structured triage alongside judgement calls, and who can switch between reactive support and pattern recognition without losing quality. It will fit professionals who like written communication, can stay organised across multiple channels, and are interested in how automation changes the craft of customer support in SaaS rather than treating tooling as a black box.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Company Description
Xplor Technologies powers the experiences at the heart of everyday life. Through modern vertical software, embedded payments, and AI-powered capabilities, we help businesses in fitness, recreation, golf and club, field services, laundry, education, and other membership-based and service-based industries simplify operations, uncover insights, and elevate customer and member experiences.
Job Description
About the opportunity
Join our Xplor Education Vertical as a Customer Support Coordinator in New Zealand on a fixed-term contract to make a real impact every day. We say that because we know that every conversation we have, every code line we write and every interface we design is another opportunity for us to enrich our customers’ experiences.
Reporting into the Senior Manager of Customer Support , you'll deliver high-quality, AI-enabled support across chat, email, and outbound channels within the Childcare & Education vertical. Working alongside chatbot and automation technologies, this role monitors and refines digital interactions, intervening where human judgement is required to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and a seamless customer experience.
Combining ticket triage, workflow coordination, community engagement, and automation optimisation, the role requires strong prioritisation skills, independent decision-making, and consistent SLA adherence. The Specialist also contributes to continuous improvement by identifying trends, reducing repeat contact drivers, and strengthening overall customer experience outcomes.
Some of the other responsibilities include :
- Manage inbound enquiries via chat and email, including AI-assisted conversations
- Monitor chatbot interactions and intervene where escalation to human support is required
- Identify gaps in automated responses and provide structured feedback to improve bot accuracy and tone
- Conduct proactive outbound phone follow-ups to progress, clarify, or resolve customer queries
- Provide inbound phone support if operationally required
- Ensure all customer interactions meet defined SLA targets
- Provide initial responses to incoming tickets
- Assess and allocate tickets based on complexity, urgency, and required expertise
- Maintain oversight of queue health and SLA adherence
- Identify recurring themes, system gaps, and workflow friction points
- Contribute to optimisation of chatbot workflows and knowledge base content
- Support rollout and adoption of new support technologies
- Collaborate with internal teams to reduce repeat contact drivers
- Provide insight into trends impacting customer experience
- Handle dissatisfied or escalated customers with professionalism and empathy
- Act as a proactive voice of the customer internally
- Support initiatives aimed at improving retention and customer satisfaction
- Monitor and manage the company Facebook page
- Engage positively with the customer community to reinforce brand trust
- Redirect support-specific enquiries to official channels while ensuring customers feel acknowledged
For this position, we offer a fully remote position from New Zealand. Full working rights required.
Qualifications
What would make me a good candidate?
We are looking for curious and empathetic people. We also love to hear from people who are motivated by meaningful work, resonate with our four core values, have a positive outlook, are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive working in an ever-evolving and complex environment. We are inspired by meeting big picture thinkers and doers, people who can be both tactical and strategic, aim high and put people first in everything they do.
- 2+ years’ experience in a customer-facing or multi-channel digital support role
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail and quality in written responses
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities independently
- Sound judgement in determining when to escalate from automated to human support
- Strong organisational and time-management capability
- A collaborative mindset with a continuous improvement orientation
- Experience or knowledge within the Early Childhood sector is advantageous but not essential
At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.
Additional Information
Values and Life at Xplor
Our five core values guide us from how we hire and recognise our team members to how we interact with our customers day to day:
- Find a better way
- Do the right thing
- Say it straight
- Win together
- Own the outcome
If these values sound like you, and describe people you want to work with, you will thrive at Xplor.
As an Xplorer, you will be part of a global network of talented colleagues who will support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.
Some of our perks and benefits are:
- Paid Parental Leave benefit programs
- #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
- Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
- Access to free mental health support
- Flexible working arrangements
Ready to apply?
To start your application, please submit your resume, and we will be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word "moonshot" at the top of your message to the Hiring Manager so that we know you took the time to read our job ad.
We understand that diverse candidates have diverse needs. We welcome you to inform us of any additional needs related to completing your job application or participating in the interview process, via [email protected].
More about us
More than 130,000 businesses in 72+ countries rely on Xplor to run their day and get paid, processing over $47 billion in payments annually. Our connected ecosystem helps operators spend less time managing complexity and more time delivering the experiences that matter most.
Xplor is backed by world-class investors Advent International, Battery Ventures, and Silver Lake.
Good to know
We kindly ask you to apply through our careers portal or external job boards only. Please don't send your application via email. They will not be forwarded.
To learn more about us and our products, please visit www.xplortechnologies.com/careers.
We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process www.xplortechnologies.com/recruitment-faqs.
EEO and Artificial Intelligence
We believe in transparent hiring. We use an applicant tracking system that includes artificial intelligence enabled features to assist with the screening and assessment of job applications, such as candidate scoring or ranking. These tools support our recruitment process, but all hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team following human review. We do not rely on artificial intelligence to make final hiring decisions.
Xplor is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we particularly encourage speakers of Te Reo Māori or Pasifika languages to apply.
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
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