Obsidian Security

Head of Customer Support

Obsidian Security$165K — $199K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience optimizing technical support through automation and agentic AI.
  • Strong background in systems engineering, APIs, and data pipelines.
  • Experience with B2B SaaS products, preferably in cybersecurity or identity.
  • Deep understanding of support economics and related metrics.
  • Ability to manage and execute a technical support roadmap independently.

Responsibilities

  • Redesign the support operating model focused on automation and AI.
  • Develop and refine agentic support systems through the entire customer interaction lifecycle.
  • Establish and maintain a robust knowledge and data infrastructure.
  • Define key performance metrics to measure support model efficacy.
  • Ensure seamless integration of support tools with product and internal systems.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to address support trends in product improvements.
  • Oversee a focused team of support and automation engineers to enhance delivery.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity participation.
  • Comprehensive healthcare plans, including dental and vision.
  • Flexible paid time off alongside standard holiday breaks.
  • 12 weeks of parental or family leave.
  • Resources for professional and personal development.
Full Job Description
About the role

Obsidian Security protects organizations against threats across their SaaS and identity environments. As we scale, we are deliberately rethinking how technical support is delivered. We are not looking to grow this function by adding headcount in proportion to ticket volume. We are looking to scale it through systems, automation, and agentic AI.

This role owns that transition. You will re-architect the support operating model around technology to resolve the majority of customer issues through automated and agentic systems rather than human effort. Traditional people-management experience is welcome, but is not what we are optimizing for. We are looking for an operator who has already built and run technology-led support at scale.
What you'll do
  • Own the support operating model and redesign it around automation and agentic AI rather than linear headcount growth.
  • Design, deploy, and continuously improve agentic support systems across the full lifecycle: triage, resolution, escalation, and follow-up.
  • Build the knowledge and data infrastructure these systems depend on, including knowledge bases, retrieval systems, and the telemetry that feeds them.
  • Define and instrument the metrics that prove the model works: deflection rate, automated resolution rate, cost-to-serve, time-to-resolution, and CSAT.
  • Integrate support tooling with the product, internal systems, and customer telemetry so that resolution becomes increasingly automated over time.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering to convert recurring support signals into product fixes and self-service capabilities.
  • Maintain support quality and SLAs for a technical cybersecurity customer base throughout the transition.
  • Lead a small, high-leverage team of support and automation engineers, hiring for technical and systems capability.
What we're looking for
  • A demonstrated track record of operationalizing agentic AI or automation in a technical support environment, with measurable deflection and cost-to-serve outcomes.
  • A strong systems and engineering orientation. You are comfortable with APIs, integrations, data pipelines, LLM-based tooling, and support platform configuration.
  • Experience supporting a technical B2B SaaS product. Cybersecurity, identity, or SaaS security context is strongly preferred.
  • Fluency in support of economics and the metrics that govern cost-to-serve and scale.
  • The ability to own and execute the technical roadmap for the support function end-to-end.
What this role is not

This is not a traditional people-management or org-scaling role. We are explicitly optimizing for someone who scales the function through systems and automation rather than linear headcount growth. The role has full autonomy to add headcount, but the purpose of that headcount is to improve the strategic delivery of the support model and to handle tier-three escalation management, not to absorb ticket volume. Conventional support-leadership experience is valued but secondary to demonstrated technical and automation capability.
Nice to have
  • An engineering or technical IC background.
  • Direct experience building or integrating LLM and agent frameworks.
  • Prior hands-on support engineering experience in a security or infrastructure product.


Employee Benefits

Our competitive benefits packages are designed to support our employees' well-being, both at work and at home. Our US based employees enjoy:
  • Competitive compensation with equity and 401k
  • Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage
  • Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off
  • 12 weeks of new parent or family leave
  • Personal and professional development resources

For more details on our US benefits, or for information on our international benefits, please see here.

Pay Transparancy

Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation based on the role or function within the company.

Base Salary Range

$165,000-$199,000 USD

About Obsidian Security

Obsidian Security is a cybersecurity company that provides cloud detection and response solutions. The company's platform uses machine learning and behavioral analytics to detect and respond to threats in real-time. Obsidian Security's solutions are used by companies in industries such as finance, healthcare, and technology to protect their cloud environments. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Obsidian Security
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2017

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