- Western Cape Remote
- Salary: R35 000.00 - R85 000.00 Per Month (Negotiable)
- Bonus: Yes
- Commission: Yes
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Call Centre
- Reference: 2357418
Vacancy Details
Employer: Cervont
Senior Operations Manager – Call Center Cervont | South Africa (Remote)
Senior Operations Manager – Call Center Cervont | South Africa (Remote)
Cervont is a US-based contact center operating across legal intake and lead generation campaigns. We're growing fast, and we need a proven operations leader based in South Africa to build, lead, and scale our outbound operation.
This is a senior leadership role — not a supervisory position. You will own performance, recruit and develop your own team, manage Team Leads, drive dialer results, and work directly with ownership to build a high-accountability, high-performance operation from the ground up.
Be honest with yourself before applying: This is heavy outbound work. Our agents face high call volume, frequent rejection, hang-ups, and demanding US clients every single shift. We need a leader who thrives in that environment — someone who can walk the floor (virtually), hold the line on standards, and keep agents motivated when conversion gets tough. Soft managers don't last here. Hard-nosed builders who lead from the front do.
If you've built outbound teams from scratch, know your numbers, and take pride in developing leaders under you — this role was built for you.
Candidate Requirements
- Partner with HR to recruit agents and Team Leads at scale
- Define hiring profiles for outbound performers and build screening processes that identify them
- Sit in on final-round interviews for all leadership hires
- Build a bench for promotion from within and develop your own succession pipeline
- Own agent onboarding outcomes from day one through ramp
- Ride along with new hires through their first two weeks on the floor
- Identify skill gaps in real time and build coaching cadences for Team Leads
- Run daily floor-walks and live coaching sessions
- Work with training teams to close systemic gaps
- Be visible on the floor every single day
- Drive energy through tough shifts and bring agents back when conversion dips
- Handle the emotional reality of cold outbound work — celebrate wins, reset after losses
- Take calls yourself when needed to model the behavior you expect
- Hold Team Leads accountable for the morale and output of their teams
- Oversee daily performance across multiple outbound campaigns
- Manage and develop Team Leads and Supervisors
- Drive accountability across attendance, productivity, and results
- Monitor real-time metrics and act on them quickly
- Maintain a high-performance culture across all teams
- Optimize dialing performance and pacing strategies
- Monitor contact rates, conversion rates, and agent productivity
- Ensure staffing and lead volume are properly aligned
- Support the setup and launch of new campaigns
- Forecast staffing needs and manage headcount
- Align agent schedules to lead volume and campaign demand
- Monitor attrition trends and build hiring plans to stay ahead
- Own KPIs across all teams and campaigns
- Identify performance risks early and implement corrective action
- Provide daily and weekly performance reporting to leadership
- Ensure Team Leads are actively managing their teams
- Review and improve scripts and call flows on a regular basis
- Identify training gaps and work with training teams to close them
- Drive continuous improvement across all operational areas
- 5+ years of call center leadership experience
- 2+ years managing Team Leads or Supervisors
- Proven experience managing large outbound teams (50–200+ agents preferred)
- Track record of recruiting, training, and developing agents and Team Leads at scale
- Hands-on experience with auto-dialers (Five9, Genesys, NICE, Avaya, or similar)
- Strong workforce planning and staffing management background
- Experience improving scripts, call flows, and operational processes
- Experience in legal intake, lead generation, or hard outbound sales call centers
- Experience running US or UK outbound campaigns
- Experience building or scaling a call center operation from the ground up
- Remote team management experience
- Hard-nosed, floor-present, and not afraid of difficult conversations
- Motivates teams through pressure rather than caving to it
- Takes ownership and drives accountability at every level
- Makes fast, data-driven decisions
- Builds strong leaders under them
- Communicates clearly with both agents and executive leadership
- Holds teams accountable while keeping morale and energy high
- What is the largest number of agents you have directly or indirectly managed, and what performance metrics were you personally responsible for?
- Describe a time you had to turn around a struggling outbound team. What did you personally do on the floor, and what were the results?
Recruitment & Team Building
Training & Development
Floor Leadership & Motivation
Operations Leadership
Dialer & Campaign Management
Workforce Planning
Performance Management
Script & Process Improvement
Candidate Requirements (Skills and Experience)
Experience Required
Preferred Background
Leadership Qualities
Compensation Base Salary: R35,000 – R65,000/month depending on experience and team size managed
Performance Incentive: Earn significantly more when your team hits targets — we reward leaders who deliver
Total earning potential for the right candidate: R75,000 – R85,000+/month
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