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# Application Support Manager

- **Company:** The System
- **Location:** Leeds, UK
- **Salary:** £37,088.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, JIRA, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Databases, Transact-SQL
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5789987418

## About the Role

* Proven experience leading an application or software support team
 * Strong prioritisation and decision-making skills in live support environments
 * In-depth knowledge of the Liquidlogic product set
 * Strong technical experience with SQL Server and writing SQL or T-SQL queries to resolve data issues
 * Confidence managing customer escalations and complex stakeholder relationships
 * Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills

## Description

As Application Support Manager, you will have overall responsibility for an Application Support team, ensuring customers receive timely, high-quality support. You will oversee the triage and prioritisation of customer tickets, manage workload across the team, and take ownership of escalations to ensure critical issues are resolved efficiently. You will work closely with Application Support Engineers, Implementation teams, and other internal departments to resolve complex issues and support smooth customer transitions from implementation into live service.

What you will be doing

 * Leading and line managing an Application Support team, including performance reviews and wellbeing support
 * Triaging incoming tickets and assigning work appropriately
 * Managing team workload to ensure effective use of time and skills
 * Owning customer escalations and high-priority issues
 * Working closely with Application Support Engineers to resolve complex problems
 * Analysing support demand to identify recurring or high-volume issues
 * Supporting smooth handover from implementation into live support
 * Maintaining ownership of customer calls and tickets in JIRA


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