Standard Life plc
Customer Operations Team Leader
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Customer Operations Team Leader
We’re looking for a Customer Operations Team Leader to join our EIA team. If you’re looking for a new challenge with an organisation committed to putting customers first, aiming high and working together, you’ll thrive here.
Job Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Location: This role will be based from our Telford office with time spent working from home and from the office.
Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here. https://www.standardlifeplc.com/careers/flexible-working
Salary and benefits: From £28,800 depending on experience plus bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
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Who are we?
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
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The role
As a Team Leader within our Individual Annuities New Business & Servicing Team, you will lead and develop a team of Quality Coaches and Operations Support colleagues, ensuring the effective delivery of quality assurance, controls, and governance activities across the department. You will be responsible for maintaining a strong control environment, driving continuous improvement, identifying risks and trends, and supporting operational excellence through the effective use of people, systems, and processes.
You will foster a highly engaged and high-performing team by providing clear direction, coaching, and development opportunities. Ensuring colleagues understand their objectives and how they contribute to wider business goals, you will set clear performance expectations, manage capability and performance issues where required, and work collaboratively with stakeholders to improve customer outcomes and strengthen quality standards across the function.
What are we looking for?
- Experience leading, coaching and developing Quality, Controls or Operational Support teams to deliver high performance, continuous improvement, and positive customer outcomes.
- Experience overseeing quality assurance frameworks, controls, and governance activities, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, operational standards, and risk controls.
- A track record of identifying quality trends, control weaknesses, and improvement opportunities, implementing effective solutions to enhance customer outcomes and operational performance.
- Experience leading teams through organisational, regulatory, process, or business change, embedding new ways of working and maintaining colleague engagement.
- Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to interpret quality and performance data, provide insight, and drive informed decision-making across operational teams.
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