Centre of Excellence Operations Manager
A fantastic opportunity to be responsible for our internal operational Centre of Excellence, including our Team Leaders and frontline colleagues.
We usually respond within three days
💷 Salary: £55-£65,000 DOE
🏢 Work Life Balance: Hybrid
✈️ Candidate Journey: Our goal is to reply to applications within 3 working days. Additionally, we make sure to acknowledge, evaluate, and respond to all applications as a way of showing our appreciation for your time and effort in applying to us.
📆 Interview Process:
- Initial stage - 30 minute introductory call with a member of the recruitment team
- 1st stage - Competency based interview and an assessment
- 2nd stage - Meet the wider team, final questions
Are you ready to join an award-winning business that is reshaping the insurance landscape? Our organisation has transformed the way customers interact with insurers, establishing a benchmark for exceptional service. With our recent digital transformation, we are eager to find passionate and motivated individuals to join us on our journey to success.
We firmly believe that attracting and developing talented professionals is essential for our ongoing growth and success. By investing in our team, we create an environment where innovation thrives and opportunities abound.
Our aim is to innovate, dominate and disrupt niche insurance on a global scale, which means we are seeking innovators and individuals who embrace change with ease. Together, we can drive change and make a significant impact in the industry.
🌟 The Role:
The Centre of Excellence Operations Manager will be fully responsible for our internal operational Centre of Excellence, including our Team Leaders and frontline colleagues. You will be an experienced, well-organised Operations Manager with a hunger for improving the culture for our people whilst supporting good customer outcomes and driving performance. You will have excellent leadership skills, allowing you to build the capability of our leaders to support our people. To do this, you’ll have a strong track record of leading large operational teams– particularly in financial services – and be able to ensure we manage risks and compliance aligned to the standards we expect
🌟 What will you do?
- Lead and motivate the internal Centre of Excellence function day to day to ensure that we are supporting the outcomes and enablers as defined by the business to drive success.
- Support the Team Leaders and drive an improvement in their capabilities to improve both colleague performance and the culture of operations.
- Development of our Centre of Excellence thinking, maximising new technology to reduce demand, cost to serve, whilst maintaining a high value service to customers.
- Supporting performance across the following lines of business: New Business, Retention and Customer Service processes
🌟 Essentials:
- Strong track record of leading large operational teams through periods of transformation and operational change
- Commercially aware, with an understanding of the internal and external environment
- Ability to adapt leadership styles to suit the needs of stakeholders and team
- Track record of leading commercially led functions (New Business or Retention)
- Excellent communication skills and extensive people management skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, computer literate, including Microsoft Office and required Operational software
- Adaptable to change, able to act as an ambassador and lead on change projects.
- Proven track record of delivering results
- Strong decision making skills with the ability to take action, effectively plan and prioritise projects as appropriate
🌟 Bonus skills you may pack in your suitcase:
- Experience within the insurance industry (if you’ve worked in travel, even better!) or similar sector experience, although an eagerness to improve your knowledge of our industry will bode well.
We’re assembling a diverse team, where skills, not checkboxes, reign supreme, regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
Staysure Group welcomes all new starters with open arms, providing training, development opportunities, and great benefits.
- Locations
- Northampton
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Yearly salary
- £55,000 - £65,000
Insurance Meets Adventure!🚀
At Staysure Group, we’re not your typical insurance crowd. Our mission? To innovate, dominate and disrupt niche insurance on a global scale. Since 2004, we’ve been selling award-winning insurance products and services, proudly owning a portfolio of market-leading brands.
Our portfolio:
🌟 Staysure and Avanti: Specialising in crafting premium cover for the 45+ crowd, complete with pre-existing medical conditions
🌟 Payingtoomuch: Serves as a go-to price comparison platform, dedicated to helping customers secure the most competitive deals
🌟 Petsure: Our furry friends deserve the best care, that's why we offer comprehensive insurance for both dogs and cats, ensuring that even those with pre-existing medical conditions are well protected
🌟 ROCK: Our B2B2C partnership travel insurance specialist
Why Staysure?
We excel in a vibrant and fast-moving atmosphere. Our secret sauce? Genuine care for our customers and our people. 🤝❤️
🏆 Awards Galore: We’ve won awards like “Best Travel Insurance Provider” (Moneywise) and “Employee Engagement Champion” (Employee Experience Awards) and many more! These achievements reflect our unwavering focus on excellence.
🚀 High-Growth: Joining us means stepping into a high-growth environment and being part of a vibrant team that encourages innovation and personal growth at every turn.
🎯 OKR Magic: Here, you will be empowered to set ambitious goals and achieve remarkable success in your position. The culture we foster is one of inspiration and motivation, ensuring that you are always challenged to grow and develop your skills.
Benefits of working with us
-
Perkbox from day 1! 🎁
Discounts, bonuses and awards!
Perkbox also includes a fantastic suite of tools for looking after your mental wellbeing. -
Take some time for yourself 🛫
26 days paid holidays plus bank holidays, +1 day leave for every years service up to 30 standard days. And the option to buy more (Pro rata for FTC).
-
Health and fitness, private medical insurance💪🏥
Following the successful completion of any probation period, membership to the company PMI & gym scheme is offered with the option to add additional family members (excluding less than 12 month contracts).
-
Discounted travel insurance 🌴
Discounted travel insurance policies with Staysure.
-
Pension 💷
5% matched pension, auto enrolment after 3 months.
-
Work hard, play hard 💃
Fantastic team social events, including parties and on-site social Fridays.
-
Milestone gifts 📌
Up to 2 milestone gifts per year.
-
Fund a goal 🎯
A chance to be nominated to fund a goal you have been striving for up to the value of £3,000.
-
Fancy food or a coffee? ☕️
A subsidised on site canteen and Costa Coffee in Northampton.
-
Cycle to work 🚴♀️
We'll support you with costs if you're someone who likes to cycle to work.
-
Giving back 🫶
We are committed to supporting our community and offer 1 day of volunteering a year for every employee.
-
Employee assistance programme 💜
Health Assured who provide mental wellbeing support can be accessed through Perkbox.
Centre of Excellence Operations Manager
A fantastic opportunity to be responsible for our internal operational Centre of Excellence, including our Team Leaders and frontline colleagues.
Loading application form
Already working at Staysure Group?
Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague.