Role Overview :
The Manager - Client Services (Level 4) is a leadership role responsible for the operational delivery and management of Team Leaders, Recruiters, and Sources for a large, complex regional solution or multiple regional teams. This role is client facing, responsible for ensuring client success and a People Manager therefore is critical to driving the function's commercial and people strategy.
Key Purpose and Position :
- Operational Leadership : Provides operational leadership to ensure the team fulfils all contractually agreed service and quality thresholds.
- Strategic Support : Supports the Senior Manager / Client Services Director in achieving the function's commercial and people strategy.
- Trusted Partner : Acts as a trusted partner to the Client Services Leadership team and the primary point of escalation for day-to-day operational issues.
- Team Enablement : Ensures the team has the necessary tools, training, and support to attract, find, and engage great talent, delivering an authentic, engaging, and professional candidate experience.
Key Responsibilities & People Management :
Talent Strategy : Executes the people strategy across the team, focusing on hiring, development, wellbeing, engagement, and retention.Coaching & Development : Leads, coaches, and develops direct reports (Team Leaders) with a clear focus on tangible outcomes, talent development, and career pathways.Performance : Conducts quarterly Talent Review Meetings, performance appraisals, and mid / end-of-year reviews.2. Delivery Management, Performance, & Finance :
Capacity & Budget : Responsible for scaling teams up / down to meet targets and budget. Inputs into account budget and reforecast processes.Performance Reporting : Accountable for accurate and timely reporting of operational performance (Native and client perspective). Conducts weekly Capacity reviews (workload, risks, challenges).Commercial Acumen : Ensures the team understands the account's commercial model and their role in achieving strategic priorities and KPI targets.Compliance & Profitability : Drives down non-compliance, increases account revenue and profitability, and ensures data integrity across ATS & CRM.3. Excellence in Sourcing :
Strategy Deployment : Executes and deploys the client fulfilment strategy across the portfolio.Tool Utilization : Works with Team Leaders to ensure tools and channel strategy support key metrics (e.g., source mix, time to shortlist) and that all sourcing and admin =teams utilize tools effectively.Innovation : Works with Native peers to understand best practices and opportunities for innovation.Required Proficiency :
1. Behavioural : People Performance Management, Escalation Management, Drives Outcomes, Service Excellence, Client Centricity
2. Technical : Data Literacy
3. Other : Stakeholder Partnering, Effective Communication, Recruitment Strategy Development, Commercial Awareness (all Level 3).
(ref : iimjobs.com)