SENIOR DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: Mai 28, 2025 - The Senior Director of Technical Support brings direct industry experience with a strong background in management and progressive technical expertise. This role requires proficiency in budgeting, advanced problem-solving, and the ability to mentor both technical service professionals and sales teams. The director also has excellent communication and analytical abilities, with a focus on root-cause analysis and effective decision-making.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Senior Director of Technical Support Resume
- Budgeting
- Root Cause Analysis
- Microsoft Office
- Technical Problem Solving
- Oil and Gas Operating Systems
- Technical Service Management
- Data Analysis
- Product Selection
- Chemical Manufacturing Knowledge
- Service Process Optimization
- Leadership
- Communication
- Time Management
- Decision Making
- Mentoring
- Coaching
- Team Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Adaptability
- Conflict Resolution


Summary of Senior Director of Technical Support Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Information Technology with 8 years of Experience
- Experience in technical support or support delivery
- Experience working as a senior leader.
- A strategic thinker, able to come up with out-of-the-box solutions that drive efficiency, enable scale, and deliver on customer and internal performance metrics.
- Be a thought leader that stays abreast of trends in the support industry.
- Must be a strong leader with the ability to attract, motivate, retain, and develop people.
- Ability to influence and build bridges with peer teams, including those outside of the support organization.
- Strong operational discipline with an analytical and process-oriented mindset.
- An analytical problem solver who can tackle big challenges with a sense of urgency.
- Proven track record of exceeding goals and achieving growth and success.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Able to work in a dynamic, ever-changing environment with a strong bias toward action.
2. BS in Electrical Engineering with 9 years of Experience
- Management experience, managing large/scaling/geographically distributed teams in a software product/technical support department.
- Must be a strong leader - Entrepreneurial and "lead from the front".
- Deep experience building and leading geographically distributed technical support organizations.
- Have a strong empathy for customers.
- Proven experience building strong internal and external relationships
- The ability to articulately present and debate recommendations at the executive level.
- The ability to understand the products team is responsible for supporting.
- Must have an analytical, data-driven, and process-oriented mindset.
- Experience working with analytics, data, or business intelligence products.
- A good working knowledge of Salesforce
- Knows and understands the importance of being an effective leader in all situations.
- Understands both proactive and reactive escalation management practices and how to collaborate with other teams to best support customers.
3. BS in Engineering Management with 12 years of Experience
- Direct industry experience, including previous management experience and progressive technical experience
- Experience working with the overall budgeting process
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint)
- Effective time management, and ability to multi-task.
- An understanding or experience with analytical, technical, and manufacturing of ChampionX chemicals along with product selection, delivery methodology, application, monitoring and root cause analyses
- Ability to mentor and train both Technical Service Professionals and sales force group
- Experience with types of oil and gas operating systems
- Superior analytical skills combined with initiative, sound judgment, flexibility, research, and decision-making competence
- Excellent communication (written and verbal)
- Advanced problem-solving skills
- Bilingual, fluent in English and Spanish or Portuguese
4. BA in Business Administration with 15 years of Experience
- Experience working in the software industry and/or cloud platform industry
- Experience leading through leaders toward their growth in enabling the success and productivity of individual contributors who are handling customer cases
- Direct Support and/or Support services-related experience with a proven track record of delivering business value and improvement.
- Experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure (Azure), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or a private cloud environment.
- Experience managing enterprise customer relationships in Technical Support, Technical Support, Business Operations, or other Support Delivery based organizations.
- Working experience in the process creation, improvement, and alignment with Business Units.
- Technical competence in Service/Platform/Infrastructure(SaaS/PaaS/IaaS) architectures, application, use and management.
- Excellent verbal, written, communication, and receptive listening skills.
- High levels of emotional intelligence (EQ), empathy, proactivity, and the ability to advocate for both clients and internal teams alike, continuously striving for mutually beneficial solutions.
- Successful experience working, collaborating, and establishing relationships with leadership, colleagues, and clients.
- Understanding of Data Warehouse fundamentals and concepts.
- Ability to adapt, to be flexible, and to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent team player, able to work with virtual and global cross-functional teams.
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