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London, UK (3 days p/wk in office - more depending on business needs)

About the team

Klaviyo's global corporate Information Technology (IT) team is a member of Global Technology Solutions (GTS) who provides technology systems, administration, and support to Klaviyos worldwide. Our main goal is to ensure that Klaviyos everywhere have a strong technology foundation to do great work. We solve problems using technology and embracing automation and support Klaviyo's continued scalability and sustainable employee growth in a rapidly evolving environment.

The IT SearchBar team is our end-user support team, they are responsible for providing day-to-day tactical support to Klaviyos. SearchBar responsibilities include assisting with employee onboarding, inventory maintenance, overseeing a ticket queue, creating automated workflows, and documenting processes for our internal knowledge base.

About the role

As Lead IT Specialist, you'll be the go-to problem solver for Klaviyos in our London hub, diagnosing and resolving technical issues while driving projects and automation initiatives with the wider IT SearchBar team. You'll mentor team members to help them grow, escalate tricky issues to SearchBar colleagues in other regions or specialist teams when needed, and partner with other fellow Team Leads globally.

How you’ll have an impact

Oversee the daily ticket queue, ensuring priority tickets are solved expediently.
Mentor team members to grow and develop in their careers and help increase their scope and impact throughout their tenure at Klaviyo.
Provide real-time support to remote and in-office Klaviyos by asking the right questions to dig into the root cause of the problem.
Establish team standards and monitor objectives and key results (OKRs).
Identify recurring technical issues and eliminate manual processes through automation.
Assist with hardware needs: setting up and de-provisioning devices, installing and configuring software, and shipping and receiving.
Participate actively with documentation and write knowledge base articles, including editing and reviewing documentation created by junior team members.
Support our conference rooms and unified communications technology.
Transform workflows by putting AI at the center, building smarter systems and ways of working from the ground up.

What we’re looking for

Technical Skills:

2+ years in a help desk/ support environment using a ticketing system (FreshService, Zendesk, or similar).
Worked with Jamf Pro, Okta, 1Password, Google Workspace, Atlassian Suite.
Advanced knowledge of IT systems: enterprise device management, wired/ wireless networking, endpoint security.
Extensive experience deploying macOS/ iOS devices at scale, building configuration profiles and policies (essential).
Experience leading and managing projects / initiatives.
You've used AI tools or built agents to solve real problems, not just experimented, and you're ready to build on Klaviyo IT's existing AI-driven workflows.

Soft Skills:

Working with global teams across time zones.
Excited about automating workflows and repetitive tasks.
Passion for mentoring, staying current on new tech, and sharing knowledge.
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.

Logistics:

Hybrid working from the London office minimum 3 days p/ week, occasionally more depending on business needs.
Provide on-call support on a rotational basis.
Maintain IT supplies, ordering, dispatching, recycling inventory.

Nice to have

Worked with Okta Workflows.
Understanding of networking topics, including routing, DNS, VPN, 802.1X, and multiple-VLANs).
Programming languages or scripting knowledge.
Experience with MDM/SSO strategy and support.

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Our salary range reflects the cost of labour in the country where the job post is advertised. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.

In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.

Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Base Pay Range in Local Currency:

£52,000—£78,000 GBP

This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human-in-the-loop). We provide accommodations as needed.

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