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title: 'Director of Customer Experience at Tin Can'
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# Director of Customer Experience at Tin Can

- **Company:** Tin Can
- **Location:** Seattle, WA
- **Compensation:** $160k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tin-can/ead1d015-537d-427b-8007-a503e7680b32

## Job description

## About Tin Can

Tin Can is building a safer, simpler way for kids to connect — without smartphones. We're creating screen-free, delightful devices and services that let families call the people who matter most, free from the noise of today's digital world. We're building a bold, authentic, nostalgic, and kinda quirky brand that resonates with folks who want something simpler & better for their kids than the tech-infused lives we're currently living (and who have a sense of humor about it). We’ve grown quickly—and that means our customer experience needs to evolve from a highly hands-on, scrappy operation into a world-class, scalable system that can support customers across products, channels, and countries. We’re looking for a Director of Customer Experience to lead that evolution.

## The Role

When an order gets lost in the mail, a Tin Can won't activate, or a call drops, that's not a small bug for the family on the other end — it's the moment they find out whether they made the right call trusting us with their kid's first phone. We're looking for a Director of Customer Experience to own that moment and everything around it: the end-to-end customer experience when someone buys a Tin Can, from fulfillment through activation, troubleshooting, and ongoing support, plus the team and systems behind it. Today, support runs through a small and scrappy team and a lot of hard-won process; your job is to build the resources, systems, policies, and international footprint to match Tin Can's growth. You'll work closely with our Operations, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Brand, and Finance teams, turning what customers tell us into changes the rest of the company acts on. You'll need to go as deep as a connectivity or order refund issue requires, and as broad as a three-year international CX strategy — often in the same week. This is a strategic and operational leadership role. You’ll need deep knowledge of the day-to-day operation, but your bigger mandate is to build the systems, processes, tools, and customer experience strategy that allow us to scale without sacrificing the care that makes Tin Can special.

What You'll Do: Build a world-class customer experience operation that scales globally

- Own the strategy and performance of Customer Experience across the customer lifecycle
- Build a culture where every customer issue has clear ownership and nothing falls through the cracks
- Develop processes that make resolution feel effortless for customers—even when the underlying issue is complex.
- Evaluate, select, and scale the CX technology stack that expands and optimizes customer contact channels — phone systems, self-service, automation, and AI-assistance
- Own and evolve our contracted support partnerships, deciding what scales as-is, what changes, and what needs to move in-house
- Build the technical escalation path for hardware, connectivity, and companion-app issues, and partner directly with Engineering and Product to close the loop between what customers hit and what gets fixed
- Design the CX operating model for international expansion, starting with the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, accounting for time zones, telecom, and local customer expectations
- Track response time, resolution time, CSAT, contact rate, and evaluate cost-to-serve, and use that data to decide where to invest next
- Bring a clear, data-driven point of view on customer experience to company leadership, and translate ticket trends into product, fulfillment, and policy changes

Lead and develop the CX team

- Build on a culture centered on empathy, urgency, judgment, and continuous improvement
- Develop frontline leaders and subject-matter experts who can independently solve increasingly complex customer problems
- Drive the team to achieve high standards for response times, resolution times, quality, customer satisfaction, and escalation management
- Hire, structure, and develop a CX organization built to handle significantly more volume without significantly more headcount

## What We're Looking For

- 8+ years leading customer experience or support operations, including real experience working on a connected hardware device, not just a software or e-commerce product
- Strong technical aptitude; you can hold your own in a conversation about device connectivity, activation flows, and companion-app troubleshooting; enough to tell an engineer where a bug likely lives
- You've selected and implemented support tooling, and know what a good stack looks like at ten times today's volume
- Fluency using AI as a multiplier across triage, self-service, and analysis; this is how we work, not a nice-to-have
- Excellent cross-functional communicator; you can turn a messy pattern of tickets into a clear ask for Product, Engineering, or Finance with the data that backs it up
- Comfortable operating at both altitudes; defining an international CX strategy one day, jumping into a messy ticket queue the next
- Low-ego and collaborative; you share credit and pitch in on problems that aren't yours

## Why Join Tin Can

We're building tech that protects childhood: We're on a quest to give kids a more analog childhood — one with real conversations, real connection, and way less screen time. No doomscrolling, data mining, or dopamine traps — just a simpler, better way for kids to stay in touch. This is a rare opportunity to build something that truly matters. You'll turn scrappy into scalable: You'll design the systems, technology, and team that let hundreds of thousands of families around the world get help that feels as thoughtful as the product itself. Small, high-trust team: Every company says "team," but at Tin Can it means something different. We're a small, mission-driven group that genuinely has each other's backs — professionally and personally. You'll be joining a tight-knit crew where your ideas and instincts matter from day one. Room to explore, not just execute: You'll have the space to explore new ideas, challenge assumptions, and shape a customer experience that reflects our values of trust, simplicity, and care. We believe customer support reinforces a product’s promise by building trust, resolving issues quickly, and turning unexpected problems into positive experiences that strengthen the brand. If you're excited by the idea of making sure every family who reaches out to Tin Can walks away feeling more confident in their decision to join the twirly cord crew, and you’ve already got the reps to hit the ground running, we can't wait to meet you.

## About Tin Can

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tin Can builds a screen-free, Wi-Fi-enabled landline for kids that allows them to call approved contacts without the distractions of a smartphone.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Seattle, Washington, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Chet Kittleson, Max Blumen, and Graeme (last name not publicly available)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Consumer Services / Kids’ Communication Hardware
- **Target customers**: B2C – parents of children aged 4–13 who want a safe, screen-free phone option
- **Mission**: “Bring back the freedom of the old-school landline, updated for today’s families.”

## Products & Services
- **[Tin Can Device](https://tincan.kids/)**: A custom-designed, Wi-Fi-connected landline handset with no screen, no apps, no camera, and no browser. It plugs into a wall and connects over Wi-Fi. Parents manage contacts and quiet hours via a companion mobile app.
- **[Can2Can Plan](https://tincan.kids/)**: Free unlimited calling between two Tin Cans, no subscription required.
- **[Party Line Plan](https://tincan.kids/)**: $9.99/month subscription that allows the child to call any regular phone number (grandparents, parents’ cells, etc.) in addition to other Tin Cans. Includes 911 emergency calling.
- **Parent App**: iOS/Android app for approving contacts, setting quiet hours, and managing Do Not Disturb schedules.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Total Funding**: $5.75 M
  - Pre-Seed (May 2025): Led by PSL Ventures (9 investors)
  - Seed (Oct 2025): $3.5 M led by Data Tech Fund and PSL Ventures (8 investors)
- **Notable Investors**: PSL Ventures, Data Tech Fund, Greylock (participated in a prior round)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Used by families in 30+ U.S. states with zero paid marketing (organic word-of-mouth)
  - Headcount grew from ~2 to 27 employees (+1,167% YoY)
  - Received 40 early prototypes hand-installed in one Seattle neighborhood; demand spread rapidly

## Competitive Advantages
- **True screen-free experience**: No apps, no texts, no browser – pure voice calling. Eliminates the risks of smartphones (social media, addictive apps, stranger danger).
- **Parental control without complexity**: Parents manage everything via a simple app; kids get independence without internet access.
- **Wi-Fi landline model**: Works with existing home Wi-Fi, no need for a cellular plan or smartphone.
- **Emergency calling**: 911 always available, even without a subscription.
- **Free Can2Can network**: Encourages peer-to-peer calling among friends who also have Tin Cans.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling production of the fully custom hardware (designed from the ground up)
- Expanding the user base beyond the initial 30 states through word-of-mouth and targeted marketing
- Building out the team (active job postings for engineering, design, marketing, and customer experience)
- Maintaining a mission-driven culture focused on intentional technology for kids

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven startup focused on real human connection and “keeping childhood full of imagination, not notifications.” Team is passionate about intentional tech.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid/in-office options available. HQ is in Seattle with an in-office workspace; some roles are remote or hybrid.
- **Growth opportunity**: Early-stage company (27 employees) with rapid growth – employees can have outsized impact.
- **Perks**: Not detailed publicly, but typical startup perks (equity, flexible schedule) likely. The company emphasizes a “no surprises” approach to its product.
- **Team composition**: Small, cross-functional team with specialists in customer service, design, engineering, and operations.

## Sources
1. [tincan.kids](https://tincan.kids/)
2. [tincan.kids - About page](https://tincan.kids/pages/about-tin-can)
3. [Built In - Tin Can Careers](https://builtin.com/company/tin-can)
4. [LinkedIn - Tin Can](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tincankids)
5. [Jobs page - Ashby](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tin-can)

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