Technical Support Manager

Roku, Inc.
Cambridge, UK
30 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Working hours
Shift work
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Artificial Intelligence Apple Mac Systems JIRA Linux Domain Name System Security Extensions Identity and Access Management IT Management Azure Active Directory Zero Trust Network Access Wide Area Networks Microsoft InTune
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Casper Suite

Job description

The Technical Support Manager will lead a distributed IT support team based across EMEA and India, delivering a consistent, high-quality support experience to Roku employees across all global offices. This role is responsible for setting and maintaining service standards, coaching and developing team members, and stepping into complex technical problems when needed. The Technical Support Manager will build and optimize a follow-the-sun coverage model, leveraging the team’s time-zone spread to ensure responsive support well beyond any single region. This position owns end-to-end employee support operations including incident response, request fulfillment, onboarding, offboarding, and executive-level support. The Technical Support Manager will drive continuous improvement of support workflows, knowledge bases, and runbooks while championing Roku’s shift toward an agent-assisted, self-serve IT operating model. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends people management, process design, and cross-functional partnership with teams across Network Engineering, AV Technology, Security, and People Operations.

How will I use AI at Roku?

At Roku, we don’t just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability.

We value curious, adaptable builders, who can show how they’ve used AI, agents, or automation to move faster, improve quality, and scale their impact. Strong candidates know how to frame problems, guide AI-assisted work, check the output, and learn quickly. Above all, they bring curiosity, adaptability, and sound judgment.

What are the responsibilities of the role?

  • Lead, coach, and grow a distributed IT support team based across EMEA and India, setting clear expectations and owning hiring, performance, and professional development
  • Deliver a consistent, high-quality support experience to Roku employees across all global offices, leveraging the team’s time-zone distribution for broad, responsive coverage
  • Build and operate a follow-the-sun coverage model using EMEA and India working hours, with well-defined cross-region handoff processes
  • Own end-to-end employee support operations including incident response, request fulfillment, onboarding, offboarding, and white-glove support for leadership
  • Define and maintain SLAs and quality standards; track and report on ticket volume, resolution time, first-contact resolution, onboarding completion, and CSAT to IT leadership
  • Manage service desk workflow and ticketing in Jira Service Management, including intake, triage, routing, escalation, and continuous improvement of runbooks and knowledge articles
  • Oversee endpoint support across Windows (Intune), macOS (JAMF), and Linux, including enrollment, compliance remediation, and hardware lifecycle, in partnership with the Secure Device Management team
  • Support identity and access operations including MFA enrollment, sign-in troubleshooting, and access request workflows, escalating policy matters to the Identity & Access team
  • Partner with Network Engineering on connectivity solutions and with AV Technology on conference room and company-wide event support across sites
  • Own IT readiness for office moves, expansions, new-site builds, and executive or company events within EMEA and APAC, and support global events as needed
  • Lead onboarding and offboarding execution to ensure new hires are fully operational on day one and departing employees are cleanly deprovisioned
  • Manage IT vendors, contractors, and smart-hands providers across EMEA and APAC, and track hardware and license consumption
  • Champion Roku’s shift to an agent-assisted, self-serve IT operating model by identifying high-volume, repetitive work suited to automation and guiding the team toward higher-value support and governance activities
  • Serve as the primary IT point of contact and escalation point for the EMEA and APAC regions, Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams generally work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are generally flexible for remote work, except for employees whose specific roles or assigned office location require five days’ a week attendance.

Requirements

  • 8+ years experience managing global teams across multiple countries and time zones, with significant experience in IT support or end-user computing,
  • Demonstrated success leading a distributed or multi-site support function serving a global user base; experience managing a team or hub in India is strongly valued
  • Deep hands-on knowledge of modern enterprise endpoint and identity platforms, with cross-platform experience across Windows, macOS, and Linux (including Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, JAMF, Microsoft 365, and endpoint security tooling)
  • Strong service management discipline including SLA ownership, ITSM process design, and experience operating a ticketing platform such as Jira Service Management or equivalent
  • Track record of building metrics-driven support operations and reporting outcomes to senior stakeholders
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with comfort supporting and interfacing with executives and senior leadership
  • Ability to work effectively across global time zones with willingness to travel occasionally between sites
  • Genuine interest in automation, self-service, and how AI and agent-based tooling can reshape IT support
  • Experience standing up or scaling IT support for new or growing international offices is a plus
  • Familiarity with zero-trust networking (Tailscale), SD-WAN/wireless (Meraki), and DNS security (Umbrella) is a plus
  • Exposure to AV and conference-room support at scale (Zoom Rooms or similar) is a plus
  • Experience partnering cross-functionally with Security, People, and Finance teams is a plus
  • Relevant certifications (ITIL, Microsoft, Apple) are welcomed but not required

About the company

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company’s success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We’re independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you’ll be part of a company that’s changing how the world watches TV.

We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn’t real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.

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