Senior Manager, Customer Support, Deliveroo Operations

About Wolt At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we're building the delivery of (almost) everything and you'll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe. Working at Wolt isn't always easy, but it's definitely exciting. Here you'll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You'll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you're a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life. Our mission is to transform the way people shop and eat, connecting consumers, restaurants, shops, and riders to bring the neighbourhood to their door. We're redefining convenience by giving customers the ability to buy what they want, as they want it, when and where they want it. Deliveroo is a technology-driven company at the forefront of one of the world's most dynamic industries. We are a relatively small team making a very large impact, moving fast, valuing ownership, and tackling some of the most interesting challenges in global commerce. We're driven by innovation, autonomy, and the ambition to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers, partners, and riders alike.

What You'll Be Doing

You will own frontline operational performance across two closely linked parts of Deliveroo's customer support network: an in-house Global Escalations team of around 50 agents based across the UK and Georgia, and the outsourced network delivering support on our behalf through three BPO partners and three Shared Service Centres, circa 1,500 agents across multiple locations, including the team leads and ops managers embedded within those outsourced functions. Global Escalations sits at the heart of Deliveroo's most critical customer moments. The team manages our most sensitive, high-risk, and high-impact contacts, including complaints escalated to the Executive team. As the leader directly accountable for this recovery-focused centre of excellence, you will ensure the team operates with exceptional skill, judgement, and empathy, protecting Deliveroo's reputation, driving improvement through root cause analysis, and embedding a culture of integrity and customer-first recovery across the organisation. For the outsourced network, you own how performance is delivered day to day, working closely with the team leads and ops managers embedded in each BPO and Shared Service Centre, not just the vendor relationship at arm's length. You own the operational rigour needed to make the network the best in class, from an experience and consistency perspective, across every market it supports. Your key objective is to drive qualitative improvements to the customer experience, measured through CSAT, while balancing cost metrics like average handling time (AHT) and refund costs, rather than trading one off against the other. You will be the voice of Support to Deliveroo's market General Managers, taking full accountability for the Support experience in your markets, and you will partner closely with cross-functional Support & Operations teams, including Workforce Management, Training, Quality, and Policy, to drive initiatives that positively impact all three sides of the marketplace: customers, riders, and merchants. You Will… Own frontline operational performance delivered through the in-house Global Escalations team (UK and Georgia) and the outsourced network (3 BPOs, 3 Shared Service Centres, circa 1,500 agents), including the team leads and ops managers within those outsourced functions Lead and develop the Global Escalations team directly, managing our most sensitive and reputation-critical contacts with judgement, empathy, and rigorous root cause analysis Drive qualitative improvements to the customer experience, tracked through CSAT, while balancing cost metrics like AHT and refund costs Act as the voice of Support to Deliveroo market GMs, taking full accountability for the Support experience in your markets and representing their priorities back into the function Partner with Support & Operations cross-functional teams, including Workforce Management, Training, Quality, and Policy, to drive initiatives that improve the experience for customers, riders, and merchants Design and run performance frameworks that hold BPO and SSC team leads and ops managers accountable for quality, SLA adherence, and CSAT, fostering a culture of partnership rather than pure oversight Standardise processes and playbooks across outsourced partners and sites where it drives consistency, while respecting genuine market and site-specific differences Diagnose and help bring down attrition and quality issues across the outsourced network, working with BPO and SSC leadership on the retention, engagement, and workforce planning changes needed Partner with Product and Technology to shape the roadmap for customer support systems and channel strategy, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and automation across both in-house and outsourced teams Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across HR, Legal, and Policy to ensure service delivery evolves in line with business priorities Drive data-informed improvement through analysis of contact drivers, escalation themes, and customer sentiment, translating insight into action for both Global Escalations and the outsourced network Represent the function at relevant Weekly Business Reviews and senior forums, providing visibility on performance, risk, and recovery across both the in-house team and the outsourced network Participate in the 24/7 Leadership Team on-call rota Shape functional strategy and set OKRs for contact centre Support across Deliveroo markets, growing the remit from directing your own team to leading leaders, in line with DoorDash's Team Mana