[Remote] Customer Service Team Lead

Remote, USA
Posted Jun 15, 2026
Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Book of the Month is seeking a Customer Service Team Lead to work within our high performing customer service team delivering exceptional service while driving operational excellence. This role combines frontline execution with operational problem-solving, assisting agents in resolving member inquiries and identifying process improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Manage day-to-day lead tasks for 10-12 agents including approving exceptions, editing responses, managing queue assignments, and noting gaps in training and knowledge
  • Serve as an escalation point to agents regarding member issues, and determine which concerns should be raised to BOTM team members
  • Support Customer Service Manager by maintaining, updating, and improving the agent knowledge base with new articles for launches and releases
  • Effectively communicate key information to BOTM stakeholders in daily, weekly, and monthly reports
  • Oversee dispute resolution by maintaining SOPs, assigning agents, and regularly reporting findings and results
  • Support the Product and Engineering teams by conducting root cause analyses on member-reported bugs

Skills

  • 1+ years of experience in a Customer Service agent role, previous experience as a Customer Service Lead is a plus
  • Excellent ability to de-escalate and deal with challenging situations
  • Experience in managing staff depending on volume and business needs
  • Proactive and resourceful with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and prioritize urgent vs. important tasks
  • Strong written communication skills; possessing a high attention to detail when it comes to formatting and accuracy
  • Curious-minded and passionate about getting to the root of issues
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills
  • Grit and perseverance in the face of challenges
  • Strong communication skills with stakeholders outside of customer service positions
  • Interested in commercial fiction and/or ecommerce
  • Guru, Zendesk, and Talkdesk experience are a plus

Company Overview

  • Relaunched in 2015, Book of the Month is a curated eCommerce service for fiction readers with a primary audience of millennial women. It was founded in 1926, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.bookofthemonth.com.

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