Customer Experience Associate, Florida

Who We Are

The Farmer’s Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We’re starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.

To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

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What We Stand For and Where You’ll Come In

Are you a dog person who has always thought that there was a better way to deliver service - simply, easily and with love - just like our food? Do you have a desire to engage in meaningful conversations while helping our customers improve the quality of their dog’s lives? Are you passionate about the idea of disrupting the pet food industry and providing healthy human grade food for dogs?

Our Customer Experience Department (CX) is looking for people who will be the eyes and ears of our customer service organization. We need people who can consistently deliver a positive, world class customer experience via phone, email, and text. Our goal is to resolve customer queries with fast, friendly, and courteous service.

Service can include responding to inquiries regarding billing, delivery status, account information, updating payments methods, nutritional information and general questions about subscriptions.

This opportunity is a full-time role of 40 hours per week. Candidates must be able to commute to and work from at our Florida office on-site.

One Team: We don’t think of ourselves as “Acquisition Marketers”, “Engineers”, “Data Analysts”, or “Product Managers”. Beyond denoting skill sets and areas of expertise, we don’t think departments matter. We’d rather align ourselves to the goals we’re working to achieve and make sure we have necessary subject matter expertise to drive meaningful impact. We strive to orient ourselves around customer problems TOGETHER – getting the right people, with the right context, in the right rooms/Zooms to solve problems holistically.

We are skeptical about everything and precious about nothing: Ideas can and should come from anywhere, and we aren’t tied to our own. We proactively source input. We talk to our customers and leads regularly and are quick to change course if we know there’s a better or more impactful way to solve problems.

We consider the customer journey in all of our decisions: We know that no interaction exists in a silo and therefore understand how important every single one is. We ensure our strategy sets prospective and new customers up for success and drives long-term retention. We answer questions and address problems early and proactively. We understand the value of different channels, initiatives, and messages and know how to articulate impact and advocate for prioritization holistically.

We Execute For Impact: We don’t subscribe to “best practices” or “industry KPIs”. We’re uninterested in how we compare to “benchmarks”; instead we orient ourselves around being the best we can possibly be. Similarly, we don’t subscribe to rigid or classical expectations of roles – i.e. acquisition is hyper-focused on improving customer retention and experience.

We Are Focused and Work Without Assumption: We are not beholden to ideas. We have goals and believe everything beyond that is a series of hypotheses to validate. To that end, we seek to work in sequence and not in parallel. We constantly ask ourselves, “what’s the most important hypothesis I should be working on right now? How do I confirm or reject that hypothesis as fast as possible?”. We rarely have timelines/deadlines and are constantly taking in new information and adjusting our priorities accordingly. We don’t expect to be perfect the first time.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Deliver exceptional customer service through inbound phone contacts, email, text and chat.
• Resolve customer issues with a high degree of empathy while building value in our products.
• Respond to customers in a timely manner with thorough and accurate information.
• Document customer interactions in our contact management system and CRM so that we understand how to improve the customer experience.
• Work independently with customers but also be able to share information about these conversations with your colleagues, e.g. People Leads/Managers and Cross-Functional Leads.
• Comply with all company and department policies and procedures.

We're Excited About You Because

• You provide service with a human touch to each and every customer you help.
• You are exceptionally comfortable speaking on the phone with customers. 
• You are resilient. You’ve developed skills that allow you to overcome the daily challenges of a CX role.
• You’re flexible and comfortable balancing multiple priorities when needed.
• You are proud of your ability to de-escalate unhappy customers and turn them into advocates.
• You pride yourself on your outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills.
• You thrive on going above and beyond for people and treating each customer conversation as unique.
• You operate with ownership, are a self-starter, and have a strong attention to detail.
• You keep a positive demeanor as you learn, grow, and develop in a new environment.
• You are uniquely YOU! We've found that dog lovers with a variety of backgrounds and interests can excel. Whether you’re starting your career or looking for a career change, we encourage you to apply!

Office Guidelines: We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. While we are temporarily remote as we search for our dream office location scheduled to open in Q1 of 2025, we are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement. Until our new office opens, this role will initially be remote, requiring reliable home internet access with the necessary upload/download speeds.

Our DEI Philosophy:

Our company’s mission is rooted in deep, genuine care for dogs – and for the people who love them. As an organization we are full of individuals who are unique in many ways, but all united in a mission of providing true peace of mind to dog lovers everywhere. Fixing this industry and improving the lives of pets and their people will be a difficult, decades-long endeavor. We believe the best use of our time, energy, and resources as a collective team is to focus on this mission, and on supporting our team to do their best work and be their best selves. In support of this we’re committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce, and investing in internal structures, opportunities, hiring/promotions processes, and training that create and sustain an inclusive team. We strive to provide an experience at TFD that will be invested, meaningful and memorable as we progress on the journey to reimagine how we feed and care for our pets.

Benefits

• Pup-friendly office in Boca Raton/North Broward area
• Market-competitive hourly compensation and equity packages
• $75 monthly stipend to assist with home internet costs and commuting expenses
• Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
• Competitive 401k plan with company match
• 12 week paid parental leave
• Discounted fresh food for your pup
• Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

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