About the Role
As a Senior Patient Support Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our patients receive reliable, empathetic, and high-quality care throughout their treatment journey. This role extends beyond traditional patient support, involving direct patient care, handling complex cases, and taking ownership of a Patient Support Pillar, including its performance, KPIs, and continuous process improvement. You will also take on initial leadership responsibilities within the team, conducting 1:1s, moderating meetings, providing feedback, and supporting colleagues' development.
Responsibilities
- Provide fast, clear, and empathetic support to patients across various channels.
- Manage complex or sensitive support cases and find pragmatic solutions, even without established processes.
- Conduct outbound calls proactively to resolve issues and ensure a positive patient experience.
- Serve as a key contact for other Patient Support Specialists on complex cases or operational questions.
- Identify recurring pain points and ensure relevant issues are escalated and addressed by internal teams.
- Take ownership of a Patient Support Pillar, monitoring daily performance.
- Be responsible for the relevant KPIs of your pillar, identifying trends and areas needing action.
- Utilize operational data, patient feedback, and team insights to understand performance changes.
- Derive concrete actions from analyses and track their implementation and impact.
- Keep the team and Patient Support Leadership informed about performance, challenges, and improvement opportunities within your pillar.
- Identify recurring problems and inefficiencies within your pillar and drive sustainable improvements.
- Analyze root causes beyond individual support cases to develop solutions that enhance both patient experience and team workflow.
- Drive process improvements independently from problem identification to implementation and follow-up.
- Assist in creating, implementing, and maintaining internal processes and documentation.
- Collaborate with relevant internal stakeholders to resolve operational challenges and continuously improve products, processes, and the overall patient experience.
- Balance short-term operational needs with long-term improvement projects and prioritization.
- Conduct regular 1:1s with team members, fostering feedback, development, and support.
- Plan and moderate team meetings to ensure clear communication of updates, learnings, and priorities.
- Provide regular constructive feedback and support colleagues in developing their skills and confidence.
- Act as a reliable point of contact for specialists in your pillar, assisting with questions, prioritization, and challenging situations.
- Actively share knowledge and best practices to foster team learning.
- Lead by example with ownership, clear communication, reliability, and a high quality standard.
- Collaborate closely with the Patient Support Team Lead, proactively sharing challenges and team insights, and helping to translate overarching priorities into operational execution.
Requirements
- Several years of experience in Customer Support, Patient Support, or Customer Operations, ideally in a dynamic, digital, or fast-growing company.
- Experience taking responsibility beyond daily tasks and proactively driving initiatives.
- Initial experience in coaching, mentoring, or supporting colleagues, with confidence in giving constructive feedback.
- Good operational judgment and the ability to structure complex situations, set priorities, and make decisions with incomplete information.
- Data-oriented approach and proficiency with KPIs, trends, and performance data.
- Strong continuous improvement mindset: motivated to understand root causes of recurring problems and prevent them long-term.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate constructively with diverse teams and perspectives.
- Ability to connect operational tasks with long-term projects and improvement initiatives.
- Comfortable in an environment with rapidly changing priorities, processes, and responsibilities.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive tasks forward without constant direction.
- Fluent in German and English.
Skills
- Patient Support
- Customer Support
- Customer Operations
- KPI Management
- Performance Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Root Cause Analysis
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Feedback Delivery
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Problem Solving
- Data Analysis
- Prioritization
- Decision Making
- Ownership
- Continuous Improvement
- Stakeholder Management
Location
- Germany
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- €40,000 gross per year, depending on experience and qualifications
Benefits
- Additional benefits
About the Company
- Eucalyptus is on a mission to make good health last a lifetime, addressing the global challenge of obesity and preventable chronic conditions by building better long-term care.
- Eucalyptus is now part of Hims & Hers, a global leader in personalized health and wellness.
- Eucalyptus is the company behind Juniper, one of the world's largest weight-management programs.
- Juniper combines GLP-1 medication with personalized nutrition, movement support, and clinician-led care.
- Published clinical research shows Juniper's combined clinical and behavioral approach helps patients lose significantly more weight (four times) during treatment.
- Eucalyptus supports patients living with obesity across 5 markets.
- Eucalyptus has received selective NICE endorsement to provide services to the NHS.
- Eucalyptus has tailored its offering to thousands of patients in Australia, the UK, Germany, Japan, and Canada.
Equal Opportunity
- At Eucalyptus, we value individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we embrace the unique qualities each person brings.
- When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
- We use AI-assisted tools across our business to help our teams work more efficiently, including within our recruitment process. These tools support our team — all hiring decisions are made by real people, and every application is reviewed by a member of our recruitment team.
