Customer Experience Operations & Workforce Manager

Company: Notion
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 4, 2026

Job Description:

About Us: Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money. In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays. About the Role: The Customer Experience team listens to our customers, anticipates their needs, and delivers measurable value at every touchpoint. Our Direct Support and Vendor Operations functions are critical to delivering this value for our customers through human touch. As CX Operations & Workforce Manager, you ensure these teams have the foresight, data, and recommendations they need to support our growing user base. In this role, you will build and own business-critical forecasting models, staffing plans and systems, and operating rhythms that help us consistently meet and exceed CX SLAs, while improving overall organizational efficiency and customer impact over time. Your work will directly inform annual and semi-annual investment strategy, quarterly volume projections, hiring and budget commitments, and day-to-day staffing plans that ensure we achieve CX goals. You sit at the center of CX’s operational foundation: You architect and set effective workforce management plans, process and systems, track performance, lead operating rhythms, and ensure leadership has the right visibility to drive decisions at the right time. Beyond working closely with CX Leadership, you partner closely with other RevOps partners, Business Technology, Finance, Recruiting and more to bring this work to life. This is a hands-on role great for someone who loves process and precision, enjoys systems thinking, is passionate about the customer experience, and eager to continuously evolve and innovate our CX operation in the age of AI and automation. What You'll Achieve: Forecasting & staffing plans : Own forecasting models and staffing recommendations for vendor and in-house teams, providing clear visibility into options and tradeoffs. Workforce management : Lead weekly and monthly WFM operations, working hands-on to build, manage and scale workforce management systems. Set staffing plans, partner with vendor operations and regional leads to drive alignment and adherence, and identify trends calling for leadership action. Budget management & predictability : Drive budget projections and precision, regularly evaluate variances vs. plan, and feed insights back into operational processes and decision-making to continuously improve them. Operating cadence & rhythm : Lead and improve core operating rhythms such as KPI reviews, forecast reviews, and forecast vs. actuals discussions, building predictable, high-quality decision-making cadences with clear preparation, interlocks, and rhythm. Cross-functional partnership : Collaborate closely with CX leadership and partners in Business Technology, Data, Finance, and Recruiting Operations to execute thoughtfully. Process development & scaling : Use insights to develop new processes and policies that help the CX org scale as the business evolves, partnering with CX and cross-functional teams to bring them to life. Skills You'll Need to Bring: Strong customer empathy and a passion for support quality and the end-user experience Proven experience in forecasting, modeling, and developing capacity and staffing plans Experience building processes, systems, and operational structures for scale Experience developing and leading operating cadences that provide visibility into performance, trends and drivers, and guide leadership decision-making Experience and passion for hands-on operational systems work (workforce management) Track record of identifying opportunities to improve, automate, and innovate systems and workflows Ability to communicate effectively across audiences and levels, up to leadership You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you’re curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results. Nice to Haves: Experience with Zendesk, Assembled or Decagon Background in Finance or Analytics Experience supporting senior leadership Experience with vendor operations and scaled support Experience forecasting event-driven demand for high-velocity product organizations We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you. Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $185,000 - $215,000 per year. By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy and NYLL 144 . LI-Onsite

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