Player Support Lead, German

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Player Support Lead managing agents across projects, shifts, and languages for TransPerfect’s video-game support operations. Driving team performance, coaching, quality, and escalations.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and develop Player Support Agents, Specialists, and Experts across assigned projects, shifts, and languages
  • Ensure consistent, professional, player-focused support while meeting operational and performance targets
  • Manage daily team operations, workload coordination, performance management, coaching, quality, training, and team development
  • Occasionally handle player contacts for escalations, training, or operational coverage
  • Implement staffing and performance plans agreed with the Player Experience Manager
  • Manage attendance, performance, quality, conduct, and development
  • Manage daily workloads, queues, breaks, and priorities
  • Conduct one-to-ones, coaching, performance reviews, and absence follow-ups
  • Develop and implement performance improvement or disciplinary plans
  • Own team training, quality calibrations, procedures, and knowledge content
  • Coordinate incident responses and approve actions within delegated authority
  • Identify operational risks and recommend appropriate actions
  • Support recruitment, onboarding, and probation reviews
  • Manage complex team issues and challenging conversations
  • Contribute to client meetings, operational reports, and escalation follow-ups

Requirements:

  • At least one year of player support team leadership experience
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to manage employee performance, development, attendance, and conduct
  • Strong coaching and leadership ability
  • Ability to manage workload planning, queue management, or workforce coordination
  • Experience handling incidents and complex player or operational escalations
  • Ability to support quality reviews, calibrations, and training
  • Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
  • Comfortable using player support platforms and productivity tools
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, global team environment
  • Experience with Zendesk, Helpshift, Intercom, or similar tools
  • Experience with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, or similar tools
  • Experience supporting recruitment, onboarding, and probation reviews
  • Experience contributing to client communications and operational reporting
  • Experience working against quality, SLA, productivity, or CSAT targets
  • Familiarity with live-service games, mobile games, MMOs, online games, or multiplayer communities
  • Additional languages
  • German proficiency and English proficiency are assessed in the application
  • Availability for one of the listed UTC shifts
  • Comfort working under a freelance contract

Benefits:

  • A leadership role in the video games industry
  • Opportunity to shape team performance and player experience
  • Training and support in tools, processes, and workflows
  • Exposure to global operations, client communication, and escalation management
  • Multicultural and fast-paced team environment
  • Opportunities to grow in player experience leadership and operations