Customer Operations Manager - Customer Experience & AI Enablement

SymphonyAI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading enterprise AI company in Greater London is seeking a Customer Operations Manager to lead the transformation of support services to a Customer Experience model. You will enhance service quality and customer satisfaction while driving the adoption of AI and automation in operations. The ideal candidate should have experience in customer operations within a SaaS environment, strong team management skills, and a solid understanding of incident management processes. The role offers significant impact on the company's customer experience journey.

Qualifications

• Experience in Customer Operations or Customer Support within a SaaS environment.
• Proven people management experience with a coaching focus.
• Strong understanding of incident management and SLA-based delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support the evolution from Customer Support to Customer Experience.
• Lead a team ensuring high performance and accountability.
• Act as a primary escalation point for customer issues.

Skills

Customer Operations experience

People management

Incident management

Communication skills

Experience with service tools (Jira)

Tools

Jira Service Management

Job description

Introduction

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We are seeking an experienced Customer Operations Manager to support and help deliver the transformation of our Customer Support function into a modern Customer Experience (CX)-led organisation across EMEA and North America.

This role will be hands-on, people-focused, and customer-facing, working closely with senior leadership to improve service quality, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency. The role will play a key part in driving adoption of AI and automation within Customer Operations and improving day-to-day execution across incidents, backlog, and customer engagement.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Support the evolution from Customer Support to Customer Experience, helping improve CSAT and customer effort through better processes, tooling, and communication.
• Lead and develop a team of Customer Operations and Support professionals, ensuring high performance, accountability, and customer focus.
• Act as a primary escalation point for customer issues, leading incident calls and supporting recovery discussions with customers.
• Own day-to-day backlog management, workload balancing, and MTTR improvement across assigned regions.
• Drive practical adoption of AI and automation, including:
  • Jira Service Management AI and Agentic Agents
  • Rovo for knowledge discovery and ticket resolution
  • Workflow automation to reduce manual effort
• Track and report on operational and AI adoption metrics, escalating risks and opportunities to senior leadership.
• Participate in service reviews and operational governance calls with customers.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Professional Services to improve service readiness and handover quality.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and standardisation across regions.

Skills & Experience

Required

• Experience in Customer Operations, Customer Support, or Service Management within a SaaS or enterprise software environment.
• Proven people management experience with a focus on coaching and development.
• Strong understanding of incident management, backlog control, and SLA-based delivery.
• Experience using Jira Service Management or similar service tools.
• Confident communicator with customers and internal stakeholders.

Desirable

• Experience supporting or implementing AI-enabled service tools.
• Exposure to CX metrics such as CSAT or Customer Effort.
• Experience working with distributed or global teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Improved team performance and customer feedback.
• Increased adoption of AI and automation within Customer Operations.
• Healthier backlog with fewer aged tickets.
• More consistent, confident customer communication during incidents.
• Tangible contribution to the organisation's CX transformation.

About Us

SymphonyAI is building the leading enterprise AI SaaS company for digital transformation across the most critical and resilient growth industries, including retail, consumer packaged goods, financial crime prevention, manufacturing, media, and IT service management. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI today serves 1500+ Enterprise customers globally and has grown to 3,000 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals across over 30 countries.

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