Associate Director - Operations

Firstsource; Estado de México; Presencial; MXN 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading financial services provider seeks an Associate Director - Operations for their Banking Financial Services division in Mexico City. The role involves leading contact center operations, managing a large workforce, and driving transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in Contact Center Operations, particularly in Banking, with proven stakeholder engagement and financial acumen. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a crucial operational role.

Formación

• 10+ years in Contact Center Operations, preferably in Banking.
• Experience managing large teams and supporting US-based clients.
• Proven track record in driving transformation in operations.

Responsabilidades

• Lead operations for BFS Mexico delivered Contact Center.
• Ensure contracted commitments are met with sustainable practices.
• Grow and manage teams while meeting revenue and growth targets.

Conocimientos

Contact Center Operations

Banking knowledge

Financial acumen

Transformational leadership

Stakeholder engagement

People management

Descripción del empleo

Associate Director - Operations for our Banking Financial Services vertical

Location: Mexico City (in-office)

Business Unit: Mortgage and Banking

Shift: Mid / US Time

Job Summary

The position is to lead operations for BFS Mexico delivered Contact Center operations for Firstsource’s US / North America Banking, Mortgage and Financial Services. The role is accountable for :

• Development and preparation of short-term and long-range plans and budgets based upon broad organization and business unit goals and objectives
• Understanding, reviewing, governing and ensuring contracted commitments (including but not limited to just SLA’s / KPI’s) are met sustainably and proactive actions are taken to do so
• Involvement in Sales, Solutions and Transitions to grow the business and establish differentiated Value proposition that is instrumental in growing wallet share and new client acquisition
• Bring best in class and Innovative contact center operations practices and strategic view to ensure continued and high levels of customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and value addition beyond the contract
• Growing and Managing teams across multiple engagements with best-in-class retention rates, employee satisfaction, loyalty and people development practices
• Meet and exceed revenue and growth targets; meet and exceed margin targets, cost management – strategic and tactical, on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
• Instrumental in establishing Firstsource as preferred partner or partner of choice positioning in client discussions, bring strong operational and executive stakeholder engagement skills
• Establishing and running a “Center of Excellence” for contact center delivery ops

Knowledge, Skills & Ability

• At least 10 years’ experience of Contact Center Operations, ideally in Mortgage and / or Retail Banking. Have experience managing teams of 500+ Mexico based workforce with at least 5 years having supported Large US / North America based Banks / Mortgage clients
• At least 15 years of Banking and Financial Services or related Industry
• Experience of driving large scale transformation into contact center operations
• Eye for detail and numbers, ability to understand call center operational parameters and keen understanding of what these parameters imply and translate to on the ground
• Entrepreneurial with strong Financial and business acumen with an eye for risk and proactive risk mitigation
• Hands on, decisive and independent operator, yet collaborative and brings stakeholders along
• Natural people’s person and ability to inspire confidence, trust in people and teams
• Enjoys customer interactions and has ability to use power of articulation, experience, data, logic, insights to drive change in customers minds

Position Reports to

• VP / COO Mexico site (directly)
• VP Operations- Global Contact center (indirectly)

Position Works with

• Transition Teams
• Sales Teams
• Solution Teams
• HR & Talent acquisition Departments
• IT Departments
• Executive Leadership
• Finance Teams
• Process Excellence and Transformation Departments
• External Partners