<p><strong>Robert Half is working with a fast-growing Series A fintech building the financial infrastructure for emerging markets trade to hire a Head of Customer Service</strong></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Their platform makes it faster, cheaper and more transparent for businesses to pay their international suppliers, helping companies across Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Backed by tier-1 venture investors and angels from some of the best-known names in fintech, and are scaling fast. This is a genuinely high-impact environment for someone who wants to build.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">They are looking for a Head of Customer Service to own the quality of every customer interaction and build the team, systems and processes that let customer service scale as the business grows.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>The role</strong></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will lead the Customer Service function and be the internal voice of the customer, holding the wider business to a high standard. This is a hands-on leadership role at the intersection of operations, customer experience and process design.</p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>What you will do</strong></p><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead, coach and develop the Customer Service team, scaling across markets and time zones</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Be the internal champion of customers, translating recurring pain points into prioritised asks for compliance, sales, product and engineering, and driving them to resolution</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Own customer service KPIs end to end</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Define what good looks like across written communication, tone, clarity and resolution quality</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Act as the escalation point for the most sensitive customer situations</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead the selection, implementation and roll-out of customer service tooling</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Drive automation and process improvement so the function scales without proportionally scaling headcount</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Build the dashboards and reporting that give leadership visibility on customer service health</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Own customer FAQs, internal playbooks and customer-facing documentation</li></ul><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>What they are looking for</strong></p><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">7+ years in customer service, operations or client-facing roles in startups, ideally in a WhatsApp-heavy environment</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">B2B customer service experience</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A track record of managing and developing teams, and of designing and improving CS processes, SLAs and tooling at scale</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience implementing or migrating CS tooling (for example Zendesk, Intercom or HubSpot Service)</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Fluent French and English, both spoken and written</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A strong analytical mindset, comfortable using data to diagnose problems and measure impact</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Hunger for a high-paced, rapidly growing environment with broad exposure and autonomy</li></ul><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Previous experience at a VC-backed startup or top-tier consultancy</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Familiarity with payments, compliance or cross-border financial flows</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Comfort using AI tools to work faster and smarter</li></ul><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>The details</strong></p><ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Competitive salary, plus share options and benefits</li><li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Hybrid: at least three days a week in the office, in London </li></ul><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"> </p><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. 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