Service Team Manager
Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.
Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.
About the Service Team
The Thumbtack Service Team brings the Thumbtack mission to life! We focus on providing a great experience to our users through building customer loyalty and helping professionals grow their businesses.
About the Role
The Service Manager will be heading a team of Service Advocates responsible for ensuring that all professionals get best-in-class support whenever they contact Thumbtack Service by addressing their concerns correctly and accurately. A Service Manager's main responsibilities are ensuring that the team runs smoothly, KPIs and individual targets are met, team members are engaged and live up to our Thumbtack values, company policies are implemented, and continuous improvement of operations and processes are ensured. By effectively managing and leading the team, you help ensure that Thumbtack pros and customers are set up for success.
What you’ll do
Lead, coach, and develop team members through regular 1:1s, huddles, and calibrations; create personalized development plans and provide ongoing feedback to help each person reach their full potential.
Drive team performance and quality by monitoring KPIs, addressing performance issues, managing escalations, and ensuring consistent adherence to policies and service standards.
Foster an inclusive, high-trust culture that reflects Thumbtack’s values—encouraging collaboration, engagement, and psychological safety where team members feel empowered to share ideas and suggestions.
Communicate clearly and consistently by cascading updates, goals, and company programs in a timely and transparent manner, ensuring alignment across the team.
Collaborate cross-functionally with partners across Operations, Training, QA, Workforce Management, Analytics, and HR to resolve issues, improve workflows, and maintain smooth daily operations.
Manage core people operations including performance reviews, compensation discussions, coaching documentation, and accurate timekeeping to ensure compliance and fairness.
Identify trends and drive continuous improvement by surfacing insights, refining KPIs and processes, and contributing to key projects that enhance operational efficiency and team effectiveness.
In order to be successful, you must bring
At least 5 years of operations leadership experience in the BPO, shared services, or similar industry
Experience managing both voice and non-voice accounts handling SMS, chat, and email contacts
Experience leading teams with sales and customer service focus metrics — CSAT, Sales, AHT, and Quality
Experience supporting and resolving issues in online marketplaces, communities, e-commerce, or consumer/app products
Effective communication skills in English
Willingness to work graveyard shifts, holidays, weekends, and rotating rest days
Comfort working in a fast-paced tech startup environment
Experience in project management
Background and/or training in process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma
Background and/or training in COPC
Familiarity with Salesforce and Teleopti is a plus
Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.
Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.
Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: [email protected].
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