Director of Customer Care Strategy

About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

Role Purpose

This senior leader will own the strategy, design, and transformation of Customer Care across all channels, with a specific mandate to leverage AI and automation to improve customer experience, quality, and efficiency.
This role defines the future-state service model, including how AI augments agents, powers self-service, and enables proactive support. It is a strategic partnership role that works with Operations & Product to deliver systemic improvements.

Location: Glilot, Israel

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Care Strategy & Roadmap: Define the vision and strategy for Customer Care that is aligned with company goals and customer needs.

• Partner with all functions across the Operations department to define the service strategy and track execution.

• Technology and Innovation: Spearhead the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, including omnichannel platforms (CCaaS), LLM-powered self-service chatbots, and AI agent-assist tools.

• Work with Product teams to build in-product support and self-service tools that reduce avoidable contacts.

• Voice of the Customer (VoC) Advocacy: Act as the "Voice of the Customer" across the company.

• Collaborate closely with Product, KYC, and GTM teams to share insights, drive product improvements, and create a seamless end-to-end customer journey.

• Customer Experience (CX) Enhancement: Design and launch new, specialized service models, and identify opportunities to generate revenue through proactive, value-added services.

• Inquiry Reduction & Process Improvement: Lead internal inquiry reduction and productivity improvement projects, along with cross-functional programs to tackle systemic drivers of contact and customer dissatisfaction.

• Quality Framework & Strategy: Design and implement a global quality assurance framework to measure, analyze, and improve the performance of all customer interactions.

Requirements

• 8-10 years in customer operations, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role managing strategy for large, globally distributed teams in a SaaS or Fintech company. Experience in the payments, digital services, or KYC domains is a plus.

• A proven track record of successfully leading complex, cross-functional digitalization and AI transformation projects from strategy through execution, including change management.

• Deep expertise in modern contact center technologies, including CRM systems, omnichannel platforms, and AI-powered solutions (e.g., chatbots, agent assistants).

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities, with a clear ability to leverage data to drive decisions and outcomes.

• Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with experience advising at the executive level and collaborating globally with teams such as Product/R&D, GTM, Risk, and Compliance.

• A deep passion for customer experience, continuous improvement, and operational excellence, combined with the high level of professionalism, energy, and sense of urgency required to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills in English.

The Payoneer Ways of Working

Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.

Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.

Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.

Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.

If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.