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Operations Manager

Posted: 03/12/25
Recruiter:IT Answers
Reference:3040034967
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Operations
Salary:£35,000 - £40,000 Annual
Location:City, Liverpool
Description:

Operations Manager Liverpool Up to £40K & Great Benefits

Fantastic new opportunity for an experienced Operations Manager, with excellent leadership skills to join a dynamic, growing organisation.

At IT Answers, we ve spent over 20 years delivering secure, innovative, and business-critical IT services across the UK, USA, and India. Now, as our group continues to scale, we're looking for a high-performing, commercially minded Operations Manager to drive alignment, performance, and excellence across IT Answers and two additional companies within the group.

This is a pivotal senior role for a leader who thrives in fast-growing environments, champions operational discipline, and knows how to bring teams together under a clear vision.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary (£35k - £40k) + performance bonus
  • Pension and benefits
  • Clear pathway into group-level or board-level leadership
  • The opportunity to lead and shape the operations of a rapidly expanding international IT group

Key Responsibilities of the Operations Manager:

Operational Excellence

  • Oversee day-to-day operations across three group companies.
  • Ensure processes, structure, and service standards are consistently high.
  • Align Sales, Service Desk, Projects, Cyber, Finance, Development, and Support teams around shared goals.

Commercial & Sales Performance

  • Drive sales accountability, activity, and target achievement.
  • Review pipelines, forecasting, pricing, and proposals.
  • Support continued revenue growth and commercial decision-making.

Service Delivery Leadership

  • Ensure SLAs, response times, and service quality remain first-class.
  • Improve processes, documentation, and technical standards.
  • Act as a senior escalation point for key clients and internal teams.

Financial & Strategic Direction

  • Support budgeting, cost control, margin improvement, and forecasting.
  • Execute strategic plans set by Directors, ensuring real-world delivery.
  • Lead cross-company initiatives and operational improvements.

People & Culture

  • Lead and develop department heads and senior staff.
  • Build a unified, accountable, high-performance culture.
  • Manage performance, support growth, and drive team cohesion.

Skills & Experience:

Required:

  • 5 10+ years senior operational or leadership experience within an MSP, SaaS, telecoms, or IT services environment.
  • Strong commercial insight and experience managing multi-department performance.
  • Proven ability to enhance operations, processes, and team alignment.
  • Exceptional communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
  • Calm, confident presence during escalations and critical events.

Preferred:

  • Natural ownership mindset with strong financial understanding.
  • Process-driven, structured, and strategically minded.
  • Empathetic, fair, but firm when needed a respected leader across teams.

Why IT Answers?

We re a global MSP with two decades of trusted delivery but still agile, ambitious, and growing fast. Joining us means stepping into a role where your leadership will directly influence performance, culture, and long-term direction across multiple businesses.

If you re a driven, commercially sharp leader ready to make a real impact, we d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the next stage of the IT Answers Group journey.

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