This job assists customers via phone, chat, and email, addressing inquiries about products, services, accounts, and transactions. You’ll research issues, interpret transaction activity, and resolve concerns to support their business. You’ll also mentor new agents, provide feedback to managers and team leads, and act as an escalation point for complex cases. By proactively communicating with support teams and educating customers on product features, you’ll enhance their experience. Additionally, you’ll handle escalations, consultation lines, and various communication channels while ensuring privacy, security, and compliance.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Respond to customer inquiries via phone, email, and chat, providing support on products, services, accounts, and transactions.
- Research and resolve customer concerns accurately, proactively addressing potential future issues to minimize recontacts.
- Provide guidance and education on PayPal products, features, and services to enhance customer satisfaction and drive long-term value.
- Act as an escalation point for agents, assisting with complex customer interactions and ensuring timely resolutions.
- Mentor and coach new agents through one-on-one and group training, tracking progress and providing feedback.
- Provide regular feedback to managers and team leads on agent performance, customer issues, and process improvements.
- Maintain account confidentiality, ensuring customer privacy and security in all interactions.
- Collaborate with operational support teams to identify and resolve system or process issues impacting customer experience.
- Process and manage customer interactions across multiple communication channels, including consult lines, escalation lines, email, fax, and work queues.
Expected Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience
Experience & Qualifications
- At least 2 Years relevant experience in Customer Service, preferably with background in handling merchants/corporate accounts (B2B) and very strong in Account Management. Financial service industry or call center environment is advantageous, with knowledge of the following areas: Technical or Product Support, Credit Fraud or Credit Risk, Sales (commission-based, quota-based, up-selling, cross-selling), Marketing and business development.
- Proven ability to handle challenging customers in a professional manner while remaining calm
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Problem Solving: Appetite to troubleshoot with correct solution using tools, resources, and technology.
- Agility: Prioritize and manage time efficiency by adhering to clearly defined KPIs
- Adaptability: Learning on the fly, multi-tasking and efficiently using tools to identify and solve complex problems.
Core Duties:
- Answer phone calls and/or emails from customers to resolve their queries in real time or work with the most relevant PayPal department so it can be handled in a timely manner
- Deliver on metrics for productivity and quality for example phone handle time, quality assessment, customer satisfaction etc.
- Tracks inquiries to their resolution; escalating issues when necessary.
- Documents responses and logs as required according to our workflows.
- Follow up to process tickets and transaction requests getting back to the customer in a timely manner.
- Perform other duties and required.
Skills Required:
- Strong working knowledge of PC based internet and software applications (Internet, Microsoft Office - Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Strong verbal (phone) communication skills utilizing active listening and clearly speaking to customers
- Strong written (email) communication utilizing proper grammar and punctuation
- Ability to work independently while making sound business decisions on case information
- Well-developed sense of urgency and follow through
- Ability to multitask using multiple systems, screens, and tasks during customer contacts
- Time Management and adherence to schedules
- Ability to learn and adapt to new software technologies
Leadership Principles:
- Put People First: Provide and seek constructive feedback – clear is kind; Choose Inclusion and foster belonging
- Work Customer Back: Focus on our customers’ greatest needs, sweating every detail; Solve with tech and innovation; Create simple and valuable customer experiences
- Win Together: Do the right thing; Operate with velocity and an ownership mindset; Deliver great end-to-end results; Work as One PayPal
- Research
- Understand the issues behind a customer inquiry
- Driven by curiosity – Self-starter with continual interest in learning
- Resolve
- Use problem-solving, analytics, and intuitive skills to follow logic and offer good solutions
- Ability to work independently while making sound business decisions on case information
- Innovate:
- Proactively look for ways to improve internal processes
- Work hard / play hard – Fast-paced paced yet fun working environment
- Be a Team player - We win as a team
Competencies:
- Customer focus
- Strong listening skills
- Problem solving & solutions-oriented
- Remains calm under pressure
- Drive for results
- Functional / technical skills
- Upholds strong ethics and values, integrity and trust
Empathy and Customer focus
- Communicate with clarity
- Genuinely care about helping customers to resolve their cases
- Actively listen and ask questions in a positive and professional manner to find the quickest resolution
- Work independently while making sound business decisions for customers
- Proactively recommend and educate the customer about features and benefits of PayPal products to improve their satisfaction and deepen their relationship with PayPal
Adaptability
- Comfortable working with tools and technology such as Microsoft Office, Google Chrome, etc
- Ability to multi-tasking – multiple systems, screens, active listening
Ethics, Values, and Integrity
- Lead with respect, honesty, and accountability
- Adhere to internal processes to maintain confidentiality and security on accounts and work within Internal Guidelines
- Staying compliant with systems and processes along with maintaining data integrity
Time Management
- Adhere to schedule and metrics, such as average handle time
- Using the right tool to complete tasks
- Follow through from start to end when helping a customer in the most efficient way possible
Team Player
- Actively contributes to the team to ensure success
- Share knowledge with team on best practices
- Show respect to each other and customers
Dependability and Reliability
- Follow through on commitments and consistently meet deadlines
Our Benefits:
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