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Contact Center Manager, Western Africa West

Lagos, NigeriaFull-time2026-11-04 → 2026-11-11

Core

Manage Sun King's inbound customer service and outbound customer engagement across Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon, and Benin, overseeing 355 people across in-house and outsourced teams to own the end-to-end customer contact experience.

Role type

Senior regional Contact Center Manager

Builds

Customer contact experience across voice, WhatsApp, SMS, email, social media, and bots for Sun King's PAYGo and credit customers

Domain

Fintech / Consumer Lending / West Africa

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Multi-country operations management, BPO vendor management, Workforce planning and budgeting, Quality assurance frameworks, Data analysis (Looker, Excel), Team leadership and coaching, Campaign management (inbound/outbound)

Preferred skills

Experience in PAYGo, fintech, telecoms, or utilities, Knowledge of conversational AI and responsible-AI guardrails, MBA

Technologies

Zendesk, Kazi Plan, Exotel, Ameyo, Looker, IVR, WhatsApp bots

Responsibilities

Manage inbound service levels and digital queues, Run escalation and ticketing models, Manage outbound engagement programs (welcome, win-back, telesales), Manage BPO partners and vendors against SLAs, Own workforce planning and regional budget, Run quality frameworks and training programs, Spearhead technology rollout (IVR, bots, AI), Lead and develop country managers and team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership