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Description
At the intersection of AI and natural language understanding, voice-assistant technology is one of the most exciting industries to work in today. Alexa is Amazon’s voice AI. Alexa lives in the cloud and is happy to help anywhere there's internet access and a device that can connect to Alexa. Making Alexa part of your day is as simple as asking a question. Alexa can play your favourite song, read the latest headlines, dim the lights in your living room, and more. Basically, Alexa wants to make your life easier, more meaningful, and more fun by helping you voice control your world, both at home and on the go.
Description
At the intersection of AI and natural language understanding, voice-assistant technology is one of the most exciting industries to work in today. Alexa is Amazon’s voice AI. Alexa lives in the cloud and is happy to help anywhere there's internet access and a device that can connect to Alexa. Making Alexa part of your day is as simple as asking a question. Alexa can play your favourite song, read the latest headlines, dim the lights in your living room, and more. Basically, Alexa wants to make your life easier, more meaningful, and more fun by helping you voice control your world, both at home and on the go.
Help make Alexa smarter by joining our Knowledge International Operations team in Cambridge, UK. We use our cultural and linguistic knowledge to localize Alexa’s knowledge base so that Alexa can understand and answer more questions from Alexa customers in all languages.
You will manage a team of Data Associates and Support Engineers across multiple languages to maintain and develop our speech and language technology, helping drive and manage all aspects of performance.
If you are a proactive, adaptable, and quality-driven leader who thrives in a collaborative environment, we invite you to apply for this Team Manager role in our Cambridge office. This is an excellent opportunity to leverage your technical expertise and people development to make a direct impact on the Alexa customer experience.
Key job responsibilities
As a Team Manager You Will Have Demonstrable Ownership Of Data, Efficiency And Accuracy Along With a Passion For People Management. Specifically, The Team Manager Will
* Liaise with in-country stakeholders to understand customer needs and priorities
* Utilize sprint boards to manage task assignment across various workflows, prioritizing requests from your stakeholders for delivery via your direct reports on a day-to-day basis to quality standards
* Ensure productivity is maximized through supervision, training, analysis, and feedback of performance data on a periodic basis
* Track quality, SLAs and performance metrics via internal dashboards
* File and track tickets, following up on blocks to productivity
* Lead and manage a team of employees
* Provide regular, formal & informal feedback for your direct reports
* Provide support and guidance to team members whenever necessary
* Identify training needs and provide opportunities for team members to develop their skills and knowledge
* Create a positive and engaging work environment that motivates team members to perform at their best
* Assisting with hiring and training employees
* Identify and help implement process-related improvement techniques
Basic Qualifications
* Fluency in English, with strong written and verbal communication abilities
* Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a relevant field
* Experience managing and coaching performance
* Demonstrable ability to think about upcoming issues and look at the wider picture in order to provide solutions through a variety of problem-solving techniques
* Ability to thrive under pressure and adapt to a fast-paced environment
* Ability to keep up with changing project conventions and newly launching projects
* Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
* Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
* Experience in understanding metrics and developing them, as required
* Experience with accuracy tracking and development, throughput analysis & reporting
* Experience leading medium, multi-track, fast-moving teams
* Proficient with Microsoft Office products
Preferred Qualifications
* Two or more years as an operations, team, project, or program manager
* Experience in managing process and operational escalations
* Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and very detailed oriented
* Exposure to process improvement/quality control tools and methods
* Demonstrated ability to lead diverse talent within a team, work cross-functionally, and build consensus on difficult issues
* Strong interest in hiring and developing people in their respective roles
* Experience/Familiarity in SQL
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Company - Evi Technologies Limited
Job ID: A3038547
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
General Business, Management, and Strategy/Planning
* Industries
Software Development
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