Thumbtack Manager, Partner Operations at Thumbtack leads strategic programs to grow and scale the partnerships business. The role manages a distributed team and drives cross-functional alignment for new capabilities.
Responsibilities
As the Manager, Operational Foundations, you will lead the team responsible for the systems, processes, and support capabilities that make partnerships easier to launch and scale. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Partnership Operations, you’ll manage a globally distributed team of three to four people across the U.S. and the Philippines and own core functions spanning partner onboarding, integrations, partner finance, reporting, and internal tooling.
Own developer and partner onboarding: Lead the end-to-end intake process from application through launch, defining acceptance criteria, review SLAs, approval workflows, ownership, and handoffs.
Improve onboarding performance: Track application-to-launch time, conversion, drop-off points, and time in stage; identify bottlenecks and drive improvements that reduce time to integration.
Lead integration support: Oversee the team that resolves partner integration issues and establish a clear, prioritized escalation path with Product and Engineering for API issues, bugs, and feature gaps.
Scale the support experience: Build a knowledge base and self-serve troubleshooting resources that improve the partner experience, deflect repeat tickets, and allow support to scale efficiently.
Turn operational insights into product improvements: Report on ticket volume, resolution time, satisfaction, and recurring issue themes; quantify systemic problems and translate them into clear roadmap input for Product and Engineering.
Own Business Development tooling and automation: Set the strategy for Salesforce, Salesloft, ticketing systems, dashboards, API monitoring, and AI-enabled workflows that improve visibility and scale the organization without linear headcount growth.
Lead core Partner Operations functions: Manage and develop a globally distributed team responsible for partner finance, reporting, onboarding, integration support, and Business Development workflow enablement, with clear priorities and accountability for SLA targets.
In order to be successful, you must bring
5+ years of experience in partnership operations, developer operations, technical program management, business operations, revenue operations, or a related field.
2+ years of people-management experience, with a demonstrated ability to set direction, develop talent, and lead a team of operators.
Experience designing and improving onboarding, implementation, or support processes, including clear workflows, service levels, ownership, and performance measures.
