Remote Team Lead
Job Summary
You will be responsible for training and managing team members for a foreign-owned smartphone company's contact center in a fully remote environment. The role involves driving high-quality customer service, performance management, process standardization, and team development. You will work flexible shifts including weekends with a comprehensive benefits package.
Responsibilities
- Train and manage team members in a remote environment
- Supervise support cases and high-priority escalations
- Conduct performance reviews and 1-on-1 coaching
- Monitor team-wide metrics and drive strategic initiatives
Required Skills
- At least 1 year of management experience in customer service
- Smooth Japanese communication and business English
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and resilience skills
- Reliable home office setup with high-speed internet
Job Details
Job Description
You will be responsible for training and managing team members. You will lead the team in a rapidly changing environment, driving the maintenance and improvement of consistently high-quality customer service. This is a remote work position.
• Team Supervision and Support: Assisting with complex cases and high-priority escalations, and leading risk management.
• Member Development and Evaluation: Conducting regular 1-on-1 meetings, performance reviews, behavior-based coaching, and developing individualized support plans to foster growth.
• Process Management and Standardization: Establishing and disseminating best practices and guidelines in case management, and documenting and ensuring strict adherence to business processes.
• Performance Management: Monitoring team-wide metrics and trends, implementing improvement measures for issues, and providing positive feedback on outstanding results.
• Daily Operations Management: Approving attendance and leave, facilitating team meetings, and other daily HR-related tasks.
• Driving Strategic Initiatives: Leading the implementation of key initiatives in projects, and effectively sharing changes and requirements with the team.
• Communication
• Business Improvement: Gathering opinions and feedback from within the team and proposing improvements for process optimization and operational efficiency.
• Implementation
• Other tasks related to the above and tasks assigned by the supervisor.
Working Hours
Monday to Friday, 8 hours of work between 9:00 and 21:00; Saturday to Sunday, 9:00 to 18:00. *Five days a week, including weekends and holidays.
Job Requirements
• Work Experience: At least one year of management experience in customer service or operations (including recent team management experience as a guideline)
• Language Skills: Japanese: Ability to communicate smoothly in a business setting
• Management and Leadership Skills: Proven track record of drawing out the strengths of team members and supporting performance improvement and motivation maintenance
• Skills:
• Organizational and Coordination Skills: Ability to prioritize effectively, multitask, and lead the team to achieve goals
• Flexibility and Resilience: Ability to respond calmly and positively in rapidly changing environments and high-pressure situations
• Communication and Empathy Skills: Ability to listen attentively, considering tone, emotion, and diverse cultural backgrounds, and to collaborate effectively with stakeholders even in sensitive situations
• Experience working in the hospitality industry or technology platform-related fields
• Extensive experience in high-impact customer support or escalation handling
• Experience in understanding performance trends and developing improvement criteria using data analysis and reporting
• We are looking for someone who values teamwork and enjoys growing together with team members.
Required home environment:
■ A quiet work environment that ensures privacy
■ A workstation (desk and chair)
■ A fixed internet connection (catalog value of 20Mbps or higher) (*Conditions apply)
English Level
Business Conversation Level (TOEIC 735-860)
Japanese Level
Native Level
Benefits & Perks
Annual salary: ¥3,600,000 - ¥4,000,000
Monthly salary: ¥309,120 - ¥335,013
■ Overtime pay (fully paid)
■ Comprehensive social insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance, workers' compensation insurance)
■ Annual salary increase
■ Employee referral program (bonus awarded)
■ Free English learning program
■ ANPIC safety confirmation system implemented
■ Full-time employee promotion system
■ Continuous service bonus system (¥10,000 after 6 months of employment / ¥10,000 after 3 years of employment, etc.)
■ Health checkup (half-day paid leave provided)
■ Flexible dress code/hairstyle and hair color
■ Online and offline events held regularly
Holidays
Two days off per week (8-9 days off per month depending on shift)
Job Contract Period
Contract employee (with the possibility of becoming a permanent employee depending on performance)