Job title Debt Contact Optimisation Manager Ref 42019 Division Retail Location Hybrid - Walnut Court - SN2 8BN Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Salary Salary £47,000 to £57,000 dependent on experience, plus benefits Job grade B Closing date 22/08/2025

Are you passionate about improving customer engagement and driving innovation in contact strategies? Join us as a Debt Contact Optimisation Manager and help shape how we connect with our customers through smarter, more effective communication channels.

What you’ll be doing as a Debt Contact Optimisation Manager

As a Debt Contact Optimisation Manager, you’ll lead the identification and delivery of improvements to our non-dialler contact methods—such as SMS, IVM, email, and emerging channels. You’ll work closely with Collections Operations, Credit Strategy, Digital, and Delivery teams to ensure solutions are customer-centred, thoroughly tested, and aligned with business needs.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading end-to-end delivery of approved contact optimisation initiatives.
• Developing business cases and solutions using customer feedback and data insights.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to define problem statements and shape effective solutions.
• Building trusted relationships and gaining buy-in across teams.
• Prioritising initiatives based on business value and measuring impact.
• Communicating clearly and consistently to influence and engage stakeholders.

Base location: Hybrid/ Swindon with Occasional travel to Clearwater Court, Reading

Working pattern or hours: 36 hours – Full time

What you should bring to the role

• Ability to manipulate and interpret data to identify opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-centred thinking.
• Tenacity and energy throughout the change lifecycle.
• Experience in continuous improvement and cross-functional delivery.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to elicit requirements using structured analysis techniques.
• Understanding of business environments, trends, and constraints.
• Experience with Agile delivery lifecycle.
• Background in change and transformation.
• Ability to create business cases and develop benefit structures.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with Thames Water systems such as SAP ISU and SAP C4C.

What’s in it for you?

This role offers a unique opportunity to innovate how we engage with customers while contributing to our mission of building a better future.

• Competitive salary from £47,000 to £57,000 per annum
• 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Wellbeing support, Cycle to Work scheme, shopping discounts, and more

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process . Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support .

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.