Senior Manager - Real Time Delivery Manager EMEA

Live Nation, Inc; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Nation, Inc. is seeking a Senior Real Time Delivery Manager – EMEA to lead intraday performance across a global multi-channel contact centre. You will balance demand with capacity, govern BPO partners, and ensure fan experience remains within forecast while controlling costs.

The role reports to the Senior Director, Workforce Planning and Forecasting and supports a digital-first, agile Fan Experience team across Europe and beyond. Flexible location: Manchester or Europe.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Workforce Management, specifically real-time/intraday operations.
• Strong analytical capability to interpret data and translate into action.
• Experience managing outsource partners and performance governance.

Responsibilities

• Own real-time performance across EMEA, delivering against SLA, ASA, backlog, and forecast bandwidth targets.
• Maintain control of backlog across channels, especially digital, with defined recovery plans.
• Manage delivery against forecast bandwidth at interval level, balancing over/under delivery and cost impact.
• Ensure alignment between scheduled capacity and actual demand distribution.
• Lead real-time interventions by BPO partners (break movement, shift extensions, reallocation, overtime).
• Lead cross-market resource reallocation to meet demand.
• Optimise utilisation of shared and flexible resource pools across regions.
• Act as primary escalation point for all real-time delivery issues across BPO partners.
• Hold partners accountable for schedule adherence and action execution.
• Lead daily intraday performance calls with clear risk communication and outcomes.
• Partner with forecasting, planning, and scheduling teams to align plan and execution.
• Develop and lead a team of analysts, driving continuous improvement.
• Contribute to long-term strategy and operational design with Regional Heads of Fan Experience.

Skills

Workforce Management

Real-time operations

Omnichannel

BPO governance

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Tools

Peopleware

Five9

Zendesk

Job description

## Senior Manager - Real Time Delivery Manager EMEAApplylocations: Manchester, Dale Street, M1: Europe – Flexibletime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR-90445Job Summary:**Location**: Manchester, UK or Europe (Flexible)**Division**: Ticketmaster UK**Line Manager:** Senior Director, Workforce Planning and Forecasting**Contract Terms:** Permanent, Full-Time**THE JOB**The Senior Real Time Delivery Manager – EMEA is responsible for leading real-time service delivery across a global, multi-channel contact centre environment.This role ensures that customer demand is met efficiently and effectively through proactive intraday management, strong governance of BPO partners, and alignment between forecasting, scheduling, routing, and real-time execution.You will act as the central point of accountability for intraday performance, service stability, and fan experience across EMEA markets, ensuring delivery remains within forecast bandwidth while balancing cost, efficiency, and fan outcomes.This role is a critical part of the Fan Experience team as we move towards a global, *digital first, agile Contact Centre environment.***WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING*** Own real-time performance across EMEA, delivering against SLA, ASA, backlog, and forecast bandwidth targets* Maintain control of backlog across all channels, particularly digital, ensuring recovery plans are defined and executed* Manage delivery against forecast bandwidth at interval level, balancing over/under delivery and commercial impact* Ensure alignment between scheduled capacity and actual demand distribution* Direct and govern real-time interventions executed by BPO partners (e.g. break movement, shift extensions, reallocation, overtime)* Lead cross-market resource reallocation, dynamically moving capacity to meet demand* Optimise utilisation of shared and flexible resource pools across regions* Act as primary escalation point for all real-time delivery issues across BPO partners* Hold partners accountable for schedule adherence, responsiveness, and execution of agreed actions* Lead daily and intraday performance calls, ensuring clear communication of risks, actions, and outcomes* Partner with forecasting, planning, and scheduling teams to ensure alignment between plan and real-time execution* Develop and lead a team of analysts, building capability and driving continuous improvement* Partner with Regional Heads of Fan Experience to contribute to long-term strategy and operational design**WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)*** Proven experience in Workforce Management, specifically in real-time/intraday operations* Strong understanding of omnichannel contact centre environments (voice, chat, email)* Experience managing real-time delivery across multi-market, BPO-led environments* Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret complex data and translate into action* Strong working knowledge of WFM and routing tools (e.g. Peopleware, Five9, Zendesk)* Experience producing operational insight and performance reporting* Experience managing outsource partners and performance governance* Proven experience of leading, coaching, motivating and developing a Resource & Planning team, ideally within a Contact Centre environment**YOU (BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS)*** Respected Leader – Recognized by direct reports for consistency in support, guidance, and trustworthiness. A leader who motivates a team through hard work, commitment, and willingness to learn/understand, makes every effort to create a path for employees to grow and succeed, and creates and supports a culture of accountability.* Motivated Learner – An individual motivated by new challenges and opportunities. One who is always willing to take on more responsibility and not shy away from areas where learning is required. A leader who can take on areas of great opportunity and drive the change required for improved results.* Collaborate with others; share information openly; listen and take time to empathise and understand where others are coming from; show recognition and appreciation for the contributions of others.* Demonstrated ability to build and motivate an effective team and desire to continuously improve employee satisfaction.* Motivation to improve and guide operational and technical change that will improve fan experience and satisfaction.* Results driven, energetic, creative, and hardworking, with a commitment to the highest quality of care and service**LIFE AT TICKETMASTER**We are proud to be a part of Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live entertainment company.Our vision at Ticketmaster is to connect people around the world to the live events they love. As the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the leading global provider of enterprise tools and services for the live entertainment business, we are uniquely positioned to successfully deliver on that vision.We do it all with an intense passion for Live and an inspiring and diverse culture driven by accessible leaders, attentive managers, and enthusiastic teams. If you’re passionate about live entertainment like we are, and you want to work at a company dedicated to helping millions of fans experience it, we want to hear from you.**Our work is guided by our values:****Reliability** - We understand that fans and clients rely on us to power their live event experiences, and we rely on each other to make it happen.**Teamwork** - We believe individual achievement pales in comparison to the level of success that can be achieved by a team**Integrity** - We are committed to the highest moral and ethical standards on behalf of the countless partners and stakeholders we represent**Belonging** - We are committed to building a culture in which all people can be their authentic selves, have an equal voice and opportunities to thrive**EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES**We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.**HIRING PRACTICES**The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.Ticketmaster recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Ticketmaster may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms. Ticketmaster may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support application screening and assessment. All hiring decisions are made with human review.#TM #LI-CG1