adidas Technical Support Specialist

adidas Technical Support Specialist
Location: Remote (U.S.)
Team: Client Services – adidas Program
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer, ThirdChannel (direct); Senior Account Manager, adidas (indirect / functional)
Employment Type: Full-Time

ABOUT THIRDCHANNEL

ThirdChannel helps brands deploy their best advocates into the marketplace through a technology-first platform connecting brands, retailers, and field teams.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a dedicated embedded role: you will be ThirdChannel's expert on how adidas uses our platform, and adidas' expert on how our platform works. You'll own end-to-end support for every adidas user of the ThirdChannel Mobile App and Desktop Platform – from individual troubleshooting to platform-wide incidents – and serve as the connective tissue between adidas and ThirdChannel's Product and Engineering teams.

You'll report to ThirdChannel's CTO and work day-to-day alongside adidas' Senior Account Manager. Success looks like faster ticket resolution, fewer bugs reaching production, an adidas team that's never caught off guard, and a feedback loop that makes our product better for them.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Customer Support
Primary point of contact for all adidas user issues. Intake, triage, and drive every ticket to resolution – troubleshooting directly with users and communicating clear next steps throughout.

Proactive Issue Communication
Surface bugs to the adidas team the moment they're identified – often before adidas notices them – with clear context, expected impact, and a realistic timeline. adidas should never be caught off guard.

Pre-Release Quality Assurance
Run QA checks before every release with a focus on adidas-specific workflows and edge cases. Partner with Product and Engineering to flag regressions and validate fixes before they reach users.

Roadmap Communication & Change Management
Keep adidas informed of what's coming, when, and what it changes for how they work. Flag deviations and delays early, and help the team prepare for new features and releases.

Voice of the adidas Customer
Translate adidas' feedback, friction points, and feature requests into actionable input for ThirdChannel's Product and Engineering teams. Advocate for the adidas use case in roadmap and prioritization conversations.

adidas Operational Fluency
Develop deep, current knowledge of adidas' culture, org structure, and how their team uses our platform. This is an ongoing investment, not a one-time onboarding task.

Issue Tracking & Documentation
Keep clean, accurate records in ThirdChannel's ticketing systems and maintain adidas-specific troubleshooting guides and known-issue logs as a shared source of truth.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2–4 years in technical customer support, application support, or technical customer success – ideally supporting a SaaS product, mobile app, or multi-tenant platform. Experience in an embedded or dedicated-account support model is a strong plus.
• Hands-on experience with helpdesk and ticketing tools (Zendesk, Jira Service Management, Intercom, or similar), including triage, SLA tracking, and customer-facing communication.
• Working knowledge of mobile and web QA testing – TestFlight, browser dev tools, structured test cases – and enough SQL comfort to investigate production data and distinguish user error from genuine bugs before escalating.
• Familiarity with product and issue-tracking tools (Jira, Linear, Productboard, or similar) and comfort routing bug reports and feature requests through Product and Engineering workflows.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to translate between a client's language and an Engineering team's, and deliver clear updates under pressure.
• Client-facing polish and emotional intelligence; comfortable being the face of ThirdChannel to a global brand and managing expectations when things go wrong.
• Highly organized and self-directed; able to prioritize across concurrent issues, make real-time judgment calls, and keep multiple stakeholders aligned without being asked.
• Experience in or genuine enthusiasm for retail, DTC, or apparel/footwear; a demonstrated ability to immerse in a client's culture is essential to success in this role.

WHY THIRDCHANNEL?

• Competitive salary ($75–95K), based on location and experience
• Comprehensive Health, Dental, Vision, and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Unlimited Paid Time Off, plus a Company Holiday Calendar
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Opportunity to work embedded with one of the world's most iconic sport brands, at the intersection of retail, technology, and workforce innovation