Support Account Manager - Escalations & Account Support
Fivetran
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<div class="content-intro"><p>From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.</p></div><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fivetran is seeking a customer-focused Support Account Manager to join our Support organization. In this role, you will own the day-to-day support experience for a portfolio of customers by driving case momentum, coordinating internal stakeholders, and ensuring customers receive clear, timely, and accurate communication throughout the lifecycle of their issues. You will also help lead structured escalation workflows for high-risk or high-visibility situations by assessing business impact, aligning the right resources, maintaining accountability for next steps, and keeping customers confident that progress is being made.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This role is critical to delivering a consistent Premium support experience, preventing issues from stalling, reducing escalation risk, and strengthening operational rigor across support engagements. It requires strong judgment, customer empathy, cross-functional coordination, and the ability to remain calm and organized under pressure.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This role may participate in a weekend/on-call rotation, and Premium customers may require support outside standard business hours, so flexibility is important.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We’re looking for a a Support Account Manager (IC3), you will serve as a key operational owner of the customer support experience for your assigned accounts. You will ensure cases move forward with urgency, customer expectations are well managed, and internal teams remain aligned on priorities, owners, blockers, and next steps.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You will play an important role in both proactive account support and escalation execution; helping identify risk before it grows, restoring momentum when cases stall, and coordinating complex or business-critical issues with discipline and clarity. Success in this role requires strong communication, thoughtful prioritization, and the ability to translate technical investigation into business-relevant updates for customers and internal stakeholders.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a full-time position based out of our Bangalore office. This role requires working coverage shifts aligned to PST / EST / EMEA / early APAC, based on business needs.Must be flexible to participate in a weekend rotation to support 24×7 coverage when required.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Technologies You’ll Use</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Zendesk</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SupportLogic</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jira</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Looker (basic reporting/metrics)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Backstage</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">AI-enabled tools and automation</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Account support & case coordination</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Own the support experience for a portfolio of accounts by coordinating ticket progress, follow-ups, and customer communications.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Track and manage follow-up SLAs / status update cadence, ensuring customers receive timely updates, next steps, and realistic ETAs.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Partner with Support Engineers to convert technical investigation into clear customer-facing updates (status, what’s been tried, what’s next, when we’ll update next).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Maintain accurate case hygiene (severity, business impact, owner, next update due, blockers, links to Jira work).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monitor customer sentiment and satisfaction signals and flag risks early (stalled investigations, repeat issues, frequent reopenings).</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Escalation support & stakeholder management</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Assist in prioritizing and triaging escalated cases based on severity, impact, and urgency; ensure the right resources are engaged.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Serve as a customer-facing coordinator for critical or complex cases, ensuring communication is timely and consistent.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Customer Success) to unblock progress and drive toward resolution within established timelines.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Track progress on escalations and ensure action items are clear, owned, and timeboxed; escalate to Support leadership when SLAs are at risk.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Identify trends in escalations (recurring failure modes, process gaps) and contribute recommendations for improvements (templates, checklists, routing rules).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Support post-incident follow-ups by documenting key learnings, ensuring customer confirmation, and helping drive completion of follow-up actions</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Coverage / flexibility</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Participate in a weekend rotation (as needed) to support Premium customers and critical issues, ensuring timely communication and coordination during off-hours.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Skills We’re Looking For</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4 years of experience in customer support operations, technical account coordination, customer success, or support program management (or equivalent).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong written and verbal communication: ability to deliver crisp updates to customers and internal stakeholders, including executives when needed.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Strong organizational skills and follow-through; able to manage multiple accounts/issues simultaneously.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Comfort working cross-functionally and navigating ambiguity to drive next steps.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Technical aptitude and ability to learn complex systems quickly (SaaS, cloud, data integration preferred).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Solid judgment: knows when to escalate, how to set expectations, and how to balance urgency with accuracy.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Flexibility to support occasional after-hours needs, including participation in a weekend/on-call rotation for Premium customers and high-severity incidents.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Calm under pressure, customer-empathetic, and team-oriented.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Comfortable using AI-powered tools responsibly </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Bonus Skills</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience with Zendesk, SupportLogic, Jira, Looker, or similar tooling.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), data warehouses, ELT/ETL, APIs, or SaaS support environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Experience supporting enterprise customers, executive-facing comms, or participating in QBRs.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Interest in support analytics (SLA compliance, escalation rate, CSAT) and operational improvement work.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">#1Team1Dream mentality- collaborative, proactive, accountable and customer-focused.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">#<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">LI-REMOTE</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">#LI-DB1</span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p> </p> <p class="p-rich_text_section" style="line-height: 1.3;"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Perks and Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>100% employer-paid medical insurance<strong>*</strong></li> <li>Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off</li> <li>RSU stock grants*</li> <li>Professional development and training opportunities</li> <li>Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities</li> <li>Monthly cell phone stipend</li> <li>Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.</li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em><strong>*</strong>May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information</em></p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em>Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CdawUwjo1Q1B7ghZJ_owdmmHB8VtqhBu?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.</em></p> <hr> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">We’re honored to be <a class="c-link" href="https://fivetran.com/blog/hvr-acquisition-series-d" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://fivetran.com/blog/hvr-acquisition-series-d" data-sk="tooltip_parent">valued at over $5.6 billion</a>, but more importantly, we’re proud of our <a class="c-link" href="https://fivetran.com/culture" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://fivetran.com/culture" data-sk="tooltip_parent">core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream</a>. Read about us in <a class="c-link" href="https://fivetran-com.s3.amazonaws.com/news/forbes-aug-sept-2022-digital-reprint-10-21-22.pdf" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://fivetran-com.s3.amazonaws.com/news/forbes-aug-sept-2022-digital-reprint-10-21-22.pdf" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Forbes</a>. </p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.</p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlhtp4dGh8o" target="_blank">click here</a> and enjoy our video.</p> <p style="line-height: 1.3;">To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can <a href="https://fivetran.com/candidate-privacy" target="_blank">read our statement here</a>.</p> <hr> <p style="line-height: 1.3;"><em>We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please don't hesitate to submit your request by filling out this <a href="https://forms.gle/V7k3t4u9j523XkEt6">form</a>. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.</em></p></div>
Skills
AWSAzureGCPLooker
Team
Customer Support Department