Customer Operations Lead

About Hercules Hercules (hercules.app) is an AI app builder — like Lovable, Replit, or Base44\. We have 300k\+ users and receive \~250 support tickets a day, and that number is growing fast. About the role We're looking for a Customer Operations Lead to run our support team. You'll own the customer support experience end to end, and build the AI automations that let a small team handle a huge and growing ticket volume. What you'll do Resolve tier 1 tickets (general platform Q\&A) Resolve tier 2 tickets (billing and admin operations) Manage engineers to resolve tier 3 tickets Maintain our knowledge bases Build and maintain AI automations to automatically resolve tickets at 10x scale Build and maintain AI automations that summarize voice of customer and product feedback for the whole company What we're looking for Excellent communication (we have a very high bar) Able to close \~150 tickets per day (with heavy AI help) Prior experience in a customer support role Experience building and maintaining knowledge bases and SOPs Extensive Stripe experience (refunds, chargebacks, credit notes) Experience building AI automations Experience managing a support team Able to work one weekend a month Nice to have Some coding experience (or vibe coding) Very fast typist (or uses an AI dictation tool like Wispr Flow) What are Hercules' operating principles? Hercules' operating principles guide how we make decisions every day. We take them very seriously. Most of them are choices that we as a company uniquely prioritize, and so can be learned on the job. However, we do specifically filter for these principles in our hiring process: We move with urgency. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds our learning and delights our customers. We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self\-serve. We're proud of our work. We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done. We are politely relentless. Is Hercules in\-office or remote? Hercules' founding team works in\-office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). We have a very strong preference for in office. We are open to remote for exceptional candidates in US time zones who would be willing/able to travel to the office regularly. What are Hercules' benefits? Healthcare, vision, and dental Use whatever AI productivity tools you'd like Take what you need vacation policy Daily lunches, dinners, and snacks in the office We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here What's the compensation? $100k\-$250k \+ equity (depends on seniority, experience, and location)