
Head of Customer Service Excellence – Operational Optimisation
Lloyds Banking Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Edinburgh • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £104,992 - £123,520 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Build and maintain a TOM to transform IP&I Customer Services (“CS”) into the market-leading customer service provider.
- Develop a multi-year change roadmap to realise the TOM.
- Consult and advise CS’s Leadership and wider IP&I Leadership during key points of decision making.
- Develop and drive a prioritised backlog of change being delivered into CS.
- Provide oversight and direction to the Model Office team to ensure that operational optimisation opportunities are identified and delivered.
- Ensure that incoming technology change or business change is embedded effectively and optimised to ensure the benefits are fully utilised.
- Responsible for leading the adoption of new technologies e.g. Gen AI to enhance customer experiences while delivering operational effectiveness.
- Coordinate on behalf of CS to support the landing of major programmes into CS.
- Monitor the market and emerging technologies to ensure CS is making the right Ops Model decisions.
Requirements
- Embedding large-scale transformation within Financial Services Operations / Customer Service
- Streamlining operational processes through digitisation and automation
- Target Operating Model design and delivery
- Managing complex programmes and navigating ambiguity to drive towards a vision
- Working with executive-level leaders on a day-to-day basis (Director/C-Suite)
- Drafting and presenting exec-level papers and chairing exec-level meetings
- Deep understanding of Financial Services operational processes and procedures
- Strong knowledge of the UK financial services sector, including industry trends (Fin Tech), Gen AI usage in a servicing environment, regulatory landscape, competitive dynamics, and emerging trends.
- Capability to anticipate, identify and address challenges related to setting up a new optimisation capability.
- Understanding of data driven decision making.
- Accomplished at managing multiple priorities and working effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to remain resilient and adaptable in a rapidly changing environment.
Benefits
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus.
- Share schemes including free shares.
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
- 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
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Hard skills
Target Operating Model designOperational optimisationDigitisationAutomationData driven decision makingChange managementProgramme managementTechnology adoptionGen AI
Soft skills
LeadershipConsultingCommunicationPresentationResilienceAdaptabilityPrioritizationNavigating ambiguityCollaboration