Support Specialist - France

Who is Bird

Bird is a global team guided by a shared vision: to make cities more livable through safe, sustainable electric mobility. From our first e-scooter ride in 2017 to the thousands of rides taking place every day, our passionate team and award winning custom vehicles have helped riders complete hundreds of millions of carbon-free trips in more than 150 cities around the world. And we're just getting started.

The Global Partner Strategy and Success team drives revenue and operational improvement from Bird Fleet Managers and Platform Partners across the World.

We have an immediate opening for a full-time Partner Support Representative who can communicate in French as their native language or fluent to join our Partner Support Team as we expand into France and other EMEA markets. This Partner Support team is dedicated to providing best-in-class support to Bird Partners, ensuring they have what they need to effectively drive business results. The Partner Support team acts as the bridge between our product and our partners. By helping them every day, we gain valuable insights and push new ideas to shape Bird’s ever-changing product roadmap.Our goal is to provide the highest quality of customer support with a sense of empathy and passion. We strive to exceed our customer's expectations by always thinking one step ahead when providing solutions. We guide and educate our partners to grasp the value of the product and drive word of mouth.  

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise-level App and Vehicle Support to our FM and Platform Partners, covering ticketing and chat and interfacing with partners on an occasional basis
• Critically analyze and respond to customer inquiries while proactively ensuring the stability of Birds major functions and systems in seamless collaboration with team and cross-functional leads
• Manage support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow ups are done in a timely manner
• Identify, troubleshoot and escalate issues pertaining to customer education and product functionality
• Work with team and cross-functional leads to identify vehicle improvements, UX improvement, suggest features, and eliminate bugs
• Improve our team operations by identifying opportunities and developing content for our help-center and knowledge base
• Maintain in depth and continuing understanding of company technology, products, and services
• Supporting our partners to ensure they have all the necessary training and tools to be successful 
• Ensuring that partners share in the same success as Bird through operational efficiency 

Requirements

• Based in Marseille
• Fluent in French and English, both written and verbal communication
• 2+ years of experience working in a high-growth, hardware or tech-focused startup environment
• 2+ years of experience in support, mechanical engineering, or other technical role
• Basic data analytics knowledge and efficiency 
• Passionate about providing a high level of customer service
• Demonstrates genuine empathy for our customers and collaborates effectively across teams
• Aptitude for software and hardware troubleshooting and capability to work directly with the vehicles when necessary 
• Ability to troubleshoot problems, find answers to customer issues, and articulate complex solutions in written communication
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, learn quickly and adapt to a changing product
• Ability to monitor the progress of your projects and anticipate roadblocks
• Means of transportation to travel to our warehouse 40min outside of Marseille city center on a semi-frequent basis

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS strongly preferred 
• Strong familiarity with using CRMs like Zendesk or Salesforce
• You have a curious mind, enjoy taking things apart and looking for new, improved ways to put them back together
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong bias for action, ability to dive deep, and insistence on the highest standards
• Experience managing in or out of warehouse processes

Culture at Bird

We're an ambitious, smart and open-minded team that is passionate about our mission. Each day is unlike the last, as we’re constantly moving forward, challenging each other, and working together to create the future of micro-mobility.

Perks up

We’re committed to helping our team members, and with the evolution of our company to a remote work organization due to the pandemic, their needs have changed. That’s why we offer a WFH monthly stipend, a wellness allowance, and more. Plus, a new resource to help support personal and professional developments—all the goods needed to move on our mission together.

Bird is the world

Bird stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives —encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Bird is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics, and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.

Sound like a place you’d like to work? Sweet. Let’s chat.