Contact Channel CX Lead – Full Time – Reading

Catering; Reading; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Pension scheme

Private Medical Health Care

Performance-related pay

Job summary

Thames Water, Reading-based, is seeking a Contact Channel CX Lead to shape how customers interact across channels. The role requires leading journey managers, driving cross-channel campaigns, and using insights to optimize customer touchpoints.

This hybrid position involves collaboration across silos and evolving communications platforms. You will design seamless journeys, manage stakeholders, and lead a team to deliver cost-effective, engaging experiences while supporting transformation in a

Qualifications

• Proven experience in channel management, campaign management, marketing, communications, public relations, or service design especially in email and SMS channels.
• Expertise in designing and optimising end-to-end customer journeys.
• Experience leading journey managers and channel owners.
• Strong background in gathering insights, business intelligence, and dashboarding.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and continuously optimise customer contact journeys across all inbound and outbound channels.
• Lead and manage a team of journey managers and channel owners.
• Apply best practices in channel management and campaign strategy to drive performance outcomes.
• Integrate customer insights and dashboards to identify pain points and address drivers behind customer contact.
• Champion cross-channel storytelling and holistic experience design across the customer lifecycle.
• Prepare the organisation for adoption of new communications platforms and technologies.
• Facilitate collaboration across traditionally siloed teams.

Skills

Channel management

Campaign management

Marketing communications

Public relations

Service design

Journey mapping

Agile product delivery

Leadership

Data analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Digital transformation

Multi-channel experience

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

Adobe

AWS

Job description

Are you passionate about transforming customer experiences across every contact channel?

As our Contact Channel CX Lead, youll be at the heart of shaping how our customers interact with us, ensuring the right message reaches the right person, at the right time, through the right channel. Youll lead the charge in breaking down silos, knitting together journeys and channels to deliver seamless, engaging, and cost-effective experiences. If you thrive on storytelling, campaign strategy, and journey design, have experience with implementing communication platforms, and a knack for channel best practice (especially email/SMS), this is your opportunity to make a real impact.

What youll be doing as Contact Channel CX Lead

• Channel Oversight: Oversee and continuously optimise customer contact journeys across all inbound and outbound channels, including telephony, IVR, webchat, WhatsApp, email, SMS, online account management, and outbound communications.
• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of journey managers and channel owners, ensuring cohesive delivery and ongoing improvement of all customer touchpoints
• Best Practice Implementation: Apply best practices in channel management and campaign strategy to drive performance outcomes and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Insight Integration: Integrate customer insights, business intelligence, and dashboarding to identify pain points and address the drivers behind customer contact.
• Experience Design: Champion cross-channel storytelling and holistic experience design to create seamless and engaging interactions throughout the customer lifecycle.
• Technology Adoption: Prepare the organisation for the adoption of new communications platforms and emerging technologies, ensuring readiness for transformation and innovation.
• Collaboration Facilitation: Facilitate collaboration across traditionally siloed teams and processes, building unified and effective customer journeys.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage stakeholders effectively and provide leadership in driving cross-functional projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Base location: Hybrid/Reading (minimum one day in the office per week, with flexibility to attend additional days as required for team meetings, projects, or during onboarding)

Working pattern or hours: 36 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

What you should bring to the role

• Proven experience in channel management, campaign management, marketing, communications, public relations, or service design especially in email and SMS channels.
• Expertise in designing and optimising end-to-end customer journeys.
• Experience leading journey managers and channel owners.
• Strong background in gathering insights, business intelligence, and dashboarding.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage data for informed decision-making.
• Ability to bridge traditionally siloed teams and processes to foster integrated customer experiences.
• Familiarity with communications technology platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Adobe, and AWS.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.
• Deep knowledge of multi-channel customer journeys and channel best practice.
• Experience in service design, journey mapping, and customer research.
• Strong analytical skills and commercial awareness.
• Leadership experience managing high-performing teams.
• Experience in Agile product delivery environments. (desirable)
• Background in campaign management, marketing, communications, or PR. (desirable)
• Knowledge of new contact technologies and digital transformation. (desirable)

Whats in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £62,650 – £70,000 per annum depending on skills and experience.
• 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Car Allowance.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your familys health and wellbeing, and your finances from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
• Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

Who are we?

Were the UKs largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. Its a big job and weve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, youll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If youre looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of peoples lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, well be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Were committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether thats extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, were here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, youll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. Its also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Salary: £62650 – £70000/annum

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Reading