Checkatrade

Operations Manager – Homeowner Support

Checkatrade

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Leading and developing Associate Managers and their agents through coaching and mentoring, strengthening leadership capability and building an engaged, high-performing team.
  • Overseeing homeowner enquiries, ensuring timely, accurate and helpful responses, and driving improvements to first-contact resolution and satisfaction.
  • Managing processes for guarantee claims and complaints, ensuring fair, consistent and compliant outcomes.
  • Handling complex escalations as the final decision point, applying evidence-based reasoning and sound judgment.
  • Proactively spotting recurring challenges or process gaps through data and insights, and designing improvements to prevent future issues.
  • Driving quality and consistency by developing SOPs and QA processes that reflect Checkatrade’s standards.
  • Tracking KPIs (CSAT, resolution times, complaint volumes, claim trends) and providing actionable reporting to leadership.
  • Identifying opportunities to streamline processes, introduce smarter tools, and automate repetitive tasks to free up capacity.
  • Collaborating with R&D teams to operationalise and roll out new consumer marketplace products, embedding scalable processes seamlessly.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of leadership experience managing customer support teams in a contact centre, ideally with BPO or multi-site exposure.
  • Experience handling complex claims and complaints processes, ideally in regulated or high-stakes environments.
  • Proven ability to lead through leaders, developing Team Leaders/Managers to drive consistent results.
  • A track record of spotting issues early and implementing scalable improvements that boost efficiency, quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and pace — thrives in dynamic environments and brings clarity to complexity.
  • Strong data and analytical skills with the ability to use metrics and insights to drive decisions.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, working across Operations, Legal, and Product.
  • Experience with contact centre platforms and tools, including case management, telephony, workforce management, and reporting systems.