Customer Support Lead Location: Irvine, CA (On-site) | Type: Full-Time ROLE OVERVIEW We are seeking a Customer Support Lead to serve as our internal owner of customer support operations across multiple live-service titles. This is a senior individual contributor role responsible for managing and holding accountable our external CS vendor partners, ensuring consistent, high-quality support experiences for players across at least three active game titles. You will own the full support operation from SLA oversight and vendor performance to escalation handling, knowledge management, and player-facing support quality. You are a seasoned CS professional who has operated in live-service gaming environments, understands the pace and complexity of managing player support at scale, and knows how to get results through vendor partners. You are organized, data-driven, and a clear communicator who can represent support needs both internally to leadership and externally to vendor partners. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Vendor Management & Accountability Serve as the primary NC America point of contact for all CS vendor partners, managing relationships across multiple titles. Define, track, and enforce SLAs, KPIs, and quality benchmarks; hold vendors accountable to agreed performance standards. Conduct regular vendor reviews, provide structured feedback, and drive continuous improvement across support operations. Identify and escalate vendor performance risks proactively, partnering with internal stakeholders to resolve gaps. Player Support Operations Own the end-to-end support experience for players across titles, ensuring quality and consistency regardless of which vendor handles the queue. Monitor ticket volume, queue health, and response times; surface trends and flag emerging issues before they become player-facing crises. Manage player escalations, including VIP and high-visibility cases, ensuring they are handled with appropriate urgency and care. Serve as the inte
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Responsibilities Lead publishing execution across pre-launch, launch, and live service phases, ensuring alignment with product goals, player needs, and North American market expectations. Act as a technically fluent publishing producer who can identify, prioritize, and drive resolution of production, service, and Live Ops issues in close partnership with development, platform, QA, and operations teams. Oversee Live Ops at both strategic and operational levels, with a focus on service stability, rapid incident response, issue escalation, content readiness, and continuous optimization of retention, monetization, and engagement. Translate business, player, and operational needs into clear production requirements, helping technical and cross-functional teams make timely decisions during live service situations. Own production schedules, milestone tracking, issue follow-up, and cross-function
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Qualifications 7+ years of experience in game production, publishing, Live Ops, or technical program/production management, preferably for online or live service titles; Preferred: hands-on experience or strong working knowledge in technical development, backend/service operations, build/release processes, platform certification, tools, or game systems development
Department · Publishing PM
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NC America
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