Director of Customer Operations

4 weeks ago


Chicago, United States Rewards Network Full time

About Rewards Network Celebrating our 40th year, Rewards Network has helped restaurants increase their revenue, traffic, and customer engagement through our innovative financial, marketing services, and premier dining rewards programs. We connect diners to fantastic restaurant experiences by offering unique card-linked offers. Our offers leverage advanced technology and powerful data analytics, providing value to our restaurants, diners, and strategic partners' loyalty programs. Our Culture At Rewards Network, you will find a passionate and diverse group of professionals that enjoy working collaboratively, solving problems, and taking ownership of not only their own careers and success, but the success and continued growth of the organization. We take pride in partnering with the world's most powerful loyalty programs to bring full price paying customers and better ways to access working capital options to local restaurants. We offer a challenging and rewarding environment where you can maximize your potential. Job Overview The Director, Customer Operations will report into the Revenue Operations function, leading our talented Client Success, B2B and B2C Customer Support, and Sales Development teams. With restaurants and members throughout the US and strategic partnerships with some of the largest global travel brands and other partners, this role will ensure streamlined operations and processes, lead efforts to ensure repeatable quality interactions, and leverage data to inform business decisions. This role is Chicago-based and requires regular and consistent time in our Chicago office ( 3-4 days per week ) to collaborate with their teams and key internal partners. As the leader of a nearly 40-person team, the Director, Customer Operations will play a critical role in coaching and developing individual contributors and people managers at various levels. What you’ll bring to the table: (Responsibilities) Empower a team of client and member services representatives, customer success professionals, and sales development representatives by fostering a culture of mentorship, growth, and support. Develop a high-performing, customer-focused team that is committed to delivering exceptional service. Leverage data to unlock insights and proactively identify opportunities for enhancing the customer experience. Focus on understanding customer needs and pain points to drive solutions that elevate satisfaction and build loyalty. Develop and execute strategies to reduce customer churn rates, including implementing proactive customer success initiatives and addressing root causes of churn Build and lead a high-performing team of client and member services representatives, client success professionals, sales development representatives, supervisors and managers; provide mentorship, guidance, and support for continued career development Collaborate closely with department leaders across multiple functions, such as Sales, SalesOps, Product, and Marketing to drive efficiency and quality customer experiences. Partner with sales leadership to align efforts across field-based and corporate-based account managers, ensuring clear ownership and accountability based on named accounts, account size, business relationship and other metrics Drive account renewals, upsells, and expansions to increase the customer lifetime value of our top customers Serve as an escalation point for customer-related issues that require leadership oversight Manges team of nearly 40- including Manager, Supervisors, and individual contributors in various levels Expected to manage a budget and guide an overall staffing plan to meet the needs of the business; will be measured by revenue, churn and other key business and operational KPIs Do you have the right mix of ingredients: (Requirements) Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, marketing, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience 7+ years leading operational teams in a complex and fast-paced environment Experience in payments, financial services or technology industry a plus Strong leadership and people management skills with a proven ability to develop talent Proficiency with Salesforce, including case management Experience with customer service, call center, or other platforms Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to motivate teams to solve problems with a focus on urgency and quality Demonstrated success building or improving repeatable and measurable processes, a keen eye for identifying bottlenecks, efficiencies, and root cause of existing process gaps Strong communication skills and an ability to present complex data to a diverse audience Strong attention to detail and analytical skills, able to interpret customer data and translate into insights Potential minimal travel for in-field experience or off-site meetings In office 3-4x per week , this is a Chicago based position What you’ll love about us: Competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits package, which includes: Competitive Paid Time Off and company holidays Generous dining reimbursement when you dine with our restaurant clients. 401(k) plan with a company match Two medical plan options- Standard PPO or High Deductible Health Plan (HSA with company match for HDHP participants) Partnership with Rx n Go, offering certain prescriptions for free. Two dental plan options and a vision plan Flexible Spending Accounts and a pre-tax commuter benefit program Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance Plans Short Term and Long Term disability Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance, supplemental employee, spouse, and child life insurance Employee Life Assistance Program Hybrid working space in our state of the art office downtown located by the Metra and Ogilvie train stations Catered lunch on Tuesday's in our Chicago office for all employees Rewards Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We encourage and strongly support workplace diversity. #J-18808-Ljbffr



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