**Experienced Investigations & Response Manager, Customer Trust & Privacy – Web & Cloud Application Development**

At blithequark, we're revolutionizing the way people consume entertainment, and we're looking for a seasoned Investigations & Response Manager, Customer Trust & Privacy to join our team. As a key member of our Customer Service organization, you'll play a critical role in ensuring our customers have a seamless and secure experience with our platform. If you're passionate about customer trust, product innovation, and collaboration, we want to hear from you! **About blithequark** blithequark is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 278 million paid memberships in over 190 countries. Our mission is to entertain the world with our exciting content and cutting-edge technology. We're committed to providing our customers with a world-class experience, and we're looking for talented individuals like you to help us achieve this goal. **The Role** As the Investigations & Response Manager, Customer Trust & Privacy, you'll be responsible for leading and managing a team dedicated to handling privacy-related inquiries, ensuring strategic alignment with Privacy Operations, and delivering critical insights from Customer Service to inform strategy, decision-making, and innovation. You'll work closely with product teams to integrate customer feedback and lead initiatives to ensure Customer Service (CS) readiness. **Responsibilities** * **I&R Privacy Pod Oversight**: Lead and manage the I&R Privacy Pod, overseeing a team of individual contributors focused on handling customer inquiries with privacy components. Ensure the team operates efficiently and meets its objectives through strategic planning and effective leadership. * **Privacy Operations Alignment**: Collaborate with Privacy Operations to ensure that operational and strategic priorities are aligned, fostering a unified approach to privacy issues and customer interactions. * **Strategic Collaboration**: Partner closely with Product & Engineering teams to ensure Customer Service (CS) is prepared and equipped to support new product launches and updates, with a focus on Customer Trust, Account Security, Payments Fraud, and Privacy. * **CS Insights & Product Innovation**: Deliver actionable insights from Customer Service to product teams, shaping informed product innovation and development decisions. Leverage strategic thinking to identify trends and areas for improvement, particularly in areas of Customer Trust, Account Security, Payments Fraud, and Privacy. * **Stakeholder Management**: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across Product, Engineering, and CS teams to ensure alignment and effective communication. Apply strategic thought to manage and balance stakeholder interests. * **CS Advocacy**: Be the voice of Customer Service, ensuring their needs and feedback are represented in product discussions and decisions. Use strategic insights to influence product direction, especially in enhancing customer trust and security. * **Agent Readiness**: Create and manage content for Knowledge Base (KB), Help Center (HC), News Posts, and Notifications to ensure CS agents are fully prepared and informed. Strategically plan content to address potential issues and questions. * **CS Collaboration**: Facilitate collaboration between CS and other departments to ensure seamless integration and support for new initiatives. Use strategic planning to enhance cross-functional teamwork. * **Forecast Input**: Provide input on forecasts to help anticipate CS needs and resource allocation based on upcoming product changes and launches. Utilize strategic thinking to predict future needs and trends. * **Impact Analysis**: Conduct impact analysis to understand the effects of product changes on CS operations and customer experience. Apply strategic insights to mitigate negative impacts and enhance positive outcomes. * **Project Management**: Lead and manage projects related to product launches, privacy initiatives, and other cross-functional efforts to ensure timely and successful execution. Use strategic planning to ensure projects are aligned with broader company goals. **Qualifications** * **Proven Experience**: 5+ years of experience managing key projects and handling high-sensitivity requests, preferably within Privacy, Compliance, Fraud, Trust and Safety, Customer Service, or similar industries. * **Strong Understanding**: Strong understanding of privacy regulations and customer privacy concerns. * **Market Knowledge**: Specific market knowledge and expertise with liaising at the executive level (director and above) with multiple cross-functional teams, including Product & Engineering. * **Exceptional Stakeholder Management**: Proven track record of exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build bridges and connect the dots across multiple parts of the business to successfully advocate for a team. * **Leadership Experience**: Previous direct experience in leadership-driven roles (strategy and operations, people management) is a big plus. * **Analytical Skills**: Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to review high-complexity data across multiple tools, connect the dots, and identify trends. * **Organizational Skills**: Superior organizational skills, extraordinary attention to detail, and a 'challenge-the-status-quo' / 'go outside of the comfort zone' mindset that processes can always be improved. * **Self-Starter**: Self-starter and fast learner who can work independently while using impeccable judgment. * **Adaptability**: Ability to adapt to business needs and thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities, while successfully managing multiple tasks and high-visibility projects with strict deadlines. * **Communication Skills**: Receptive to and able to appropriately give & incorporate real-time feedback. * **Situational Awareness**: Possess situational awareness to identify and escalate matters that require urgent attention, while also making independent strategic decisions with limited information/context. * **Technical Skills**: Full proficiency in Google Suite, Zendesk, Asana, and/or other Customer Service software. **Compensation and Benefits** We offer a competitive compensation package, including an annual salary, with a range of $100,000 - $350,000. You'll also have the opportunity to choose how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. Our comprehensive benefits package includes: * Health Plans * Mental Health support * 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match * Stock Option Program * Disability Programs * Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts * Family-forming benefits * Life and Serious Injury Benefits * Paid leave of absence programs **Work Environment and Culture** At blithequark, we're committed to creating a culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is essential to driving innovation and success. We're an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. **How to Apply** If you're passionate about customer trust, product innovation, and collaboration, and you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role, we want to hear from you! Please submit your application through our website. We can't wait to hear from you! **Equal Employment Opportunity** blithequark is an equal-opportunity employer and celebrates diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service. Apply for this job