Operations Manager, Employer Support

Thatch; United States; Remote; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Thatch is a fully distributed early-stage company reinventing healthcare benefits. As the leader of the Employer Support team, you’ll shape how we partner with C-level executives, HR admins, and brokers to deliver fast, personal, and trustworthy support across the business.

You’ll build and scale a high-performing team, set operational strategy with clear metrics, and drive a customer-first culture while collaborating closely with sales, GTM, and operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and leading support teams in fast-changing environments.
• Experience managing support managers, specialists, and premium support functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a rapidly growing support org, standing up new teams as the business demands.
• Hire, coach, and grow a team of support specialists.
• Set operational strategy and metrics, and hold the business to clear accountability.
• Collaborate with operations and cross-functional leaders to scale without eroding customer experience.
• Track and report on team performance on a regular cadence.
• Champion Thatch’s customer-centric philosophy and drive accountability.
• Lead organizational improvements through recruitment, training, and policy development.

Skills

Leadership & people management

Operations strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Excellent communication

Job description

About the role

Thatch’s mission is to build a healthcare system people love, and our employers and brokers expect a support experience that’s fast, personal, and trustworthy at every touchpoint. The Employer Support team works directly with customer key stakeholders – C-level executives, HR admins, operations managers, and brokers – supporting them proactively with a consultation model, and reactively to solve their most complex issues, enabling them to offer wonderful health benefits to their employees.

As the manager overseeing the Employer Support team, you will set the standard for key stakeholder support at Thatch, partnering closely with the sales and go to market organisations, alongside the entire operations team. You will lead a high performing team, managing leads and specialists who are motivated by delivering a healthcare experience people love. And equally important, you will cultivate a customer first culture, with high accountability and a scale mentality by setting team goals, and using metrics to efficiently measure and guide team performance in pursuit of those goals.

What you’ll do

• Lead and scale a rapidly growing support org, standing up new teams as the business demands
• Hire, coach, and grow a team of support specialists
• Bring seasoned judgment to setting operational strategy and metrics, and hold the business to clear accountability
• Work hand-in-hand with operations and cross-functional leaders to scale the business without eroding the customer experience
• Track and analyze how the team is performing, and report on it on a regular cadence
• Carry our values forward – acting as a champion for Thatch’s customer-centric philosophy
• Strengthen the organization through management work: recruiting, training, drafting team policies, defining process, and other structural improvements

Background we’re looking for

• 5+ years building and leading support teams in fast-changing environments
• Experience managing support managers, specialists, technical account managers, and/or premium support functions
• A strong collaborator with a demonstrated ability to navigate complex environments and build relationships that move things forward
• Proven ability to deliver complex operational projects spanning multiple stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Experience we’d be particularly excited about

• Background in fintech, healthtech, or a comparable industry
• Strong AI fluency and an AI-first instinct – you’ve used AI tools to make operations more efficient, lift team output, or improve how customers experience support
• Comfortable zooming between the tactical and the strategic – as effective working alongside the team day-to-day as you are helping shape where it’s headed

What to expect

We interview rigorously based on integrity, talent, and drive; the trust we display in our teammates from day 1 is a reflection of the confidence we have in this process. We aim to evaluate the things you’ll be doing every day as best we can, and we move quickly. Here’s what to expect:

• 30 minute video meeting to talk through your background and interest in Thatch
• 30 minute video meeting with the hiring manager to dive deeper into your experience and the role
• 30 minute video meeting to meet 2-3 members of the team
• 30 minute video meeting with the hiring manager to work through a live case study
• 30 minute video meeting with our founders to discuss your approach to culture and our operating principles

Estimated Compensation Range

$135,000—$175,000 USD

About Thatch

We’re a fully distributed early stage company using technology to change the way America does healthcare. We’re a happy, friendly, high-velocity team. You can read more on Thatch here.