Real-Time Contact Centre WFM Lead

Rakbank; Ras Al Khaimah; On-site; AED 223,000 - 402,000; Full time

Job summary

Rakbank is seeking an Assistant Manager to lead real-time contact centre operations, ensuring optimal service levels, intraday performance, and efficient resource management. You will partner with Workforce Management, Operations, and Team Leaders to maintain SLA adherence and deliver a seamless customer experience.

Responsibilities include monitoring agent-level adherence, driving governance, intraday reforecasting, real-time interval analysis, coordinating with IT and vendors, and building RTM

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.
• 3-4 years experience in WFM with strong RTM exposure in contact centre environment.
• Familiarity with contact centers and front-facing teams.
• Technical Skills / Tools (Required): Genesys Cloud / Genesys Engage (required).
• WFM platform: NICE IEX, Verint, Aspect, or equivalent.
• Excel / Power BI for intraday reporting and trend analysis.
• English: Fluent (written and spoken) — required.
• Arabic: Proficiency is an advantage.
• COPC certification is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real‑time adherence at agent level and flag non‑compliance immediately.
• Drive strict adherence governance with operations and ensure corrective actions are tracked.
• Manage intraday reforecasting based on volume trends and unexpected spikes.
• Perform real‑time interval analysis (15/30/60 mins) to ensure recovery against SLA dips.
• Activate contingency plans during system issues, outages, or surge scenarios.
• Coordinate with internal IT/Vendor/Genesys teams for real‑time system defects impacting queues.
• Drive channel balancing between Voice / Chat/Email based on demand‑supply gaps.
• Implement call deflection strategies (IVR messaging, digital push) during peak load.
• Support incident bridges with real‑time data inputs and recovery projections.
• Monitor queue aging and take action to prevent backlog accumulation.
• Track and optimize occupancy levels to avoid burnout or underutilization.
• Validate schedule deployment vs actual login patterns and highlight deviations.
• Provide real‑time decision support to Operations during high‑risk intervals.
• Manage skill group effectiveness and recommend optimization changes.
• Analyze shrinkage drivers intraday and escalated abnormal trends.
• Ensure floor discipline by enforcing login/logout and AUX usage standards.
• Partner with Training/QA to flag skill gaps impacting real‑time performance.
• Support RCA preparation with detailed intraday insights and action logs.
• Maintain real‑time dashboards accuracy and data integrity checks.
• Drive daily intraday review calls with clear action trackers.
• Ensure compliance with audit, regulatory, and internal governance standards.
• Build and maintain RTM playbooks for different scenarios (peak, outage, campaign).
• Automate and standardize RTM reporting templates where possible.
• Benchmark intraday performance trends against historical patterns.
• Support WFM planning with insights on recurring demand vs staffing mismatch.
• Manage intraday adherence and schedule compliance within WFM platforms.
• Perform real‑time schedule optimization (break adjustments, OT activation, skill reallocation).
• Analyze forecast vs actual variance drivers and feed insights into planning cycles.
• Validate schedule deployment vs actual login patterns and highlight gaps.
• Monitor and optimize IVR flows, routing logic, and self‑service performance.
• Implement call deflection strategies (IVR messaging, digital channel push, callbacks) during peak load.
• Collaborate with Digital/Product teams to drive self‑service adoption and reduce assisted volumes.
• Drive automation and standardization of RTM processes and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with service level (SLA) and business KPIs, including response time, resolution efficiency, and productivity standards

Skills

WFM experience

RTM exposure

English fluency

Strong analytical skills

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field

Tools

Genesys Cloud/Genesys Engage

NICE IEX / Verint / Aspect

Excel / Power BI

ACD / IVR systems

Job description

Rakbank is seeking an Assistant Manager to lead real-time contact centre operations, ensuring optimal service levels, intraday performance, and efficient resource management. You will partner with Workforce Management, Operations, and Team Leaders to maintain SLA adherence and deliver a seamless customer experience.

Responsibilities include monitoring agent-level adherence, driving governance, intraday reforecasting, real-time interval analysis, coordinating with IT and vendors, and building RTM