Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Truework’s operations function sits in a distinctly SaaS-like intersection of product execution, platform reliability, and customer outcomes. As a recently acquired business operating independently within Checkr, the role reflects a common SaaS pattern: maintaining startup-style iteration while aligning to the rigor and scale expectations of a larger parent company. The focus on manual verifications also highlights how many SaaS products depend on operational workflows that directly shape service quality and trust.
For a SaaS career path, this role builds durable operating muscle in metric-driven environments where SLAs, quality audits, and continuous improvement are core to how value is delivered. Leading a revenue-generating specialist team and producing weekly reporting reinforces the habit of managing work as a measurable system, not just a set of tasks. The cross-functional partnership and training design components also translate well to broader SaaS operations, including enablement, service delivery, and process optimization.
This position tends to suit managers who enjoy coaching, setting clear standards, and using data to diagnose performance gaps. It is a strong fit for professionals who prefer structured execution, documentation, and escalation judgment, and who are interested in roles that blend people leadership with operational problem-solving in a product-led business.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the Role
Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment, income information and asset information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more. We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents and outdated processes, with a better product and intense customer focus. Within Checkr, Truework operates independently, allowing rapid iteration while also being able to leverage the strengths and assets from our core business. Think of it like joining a startup within a startup!
Truework is hiring an Associate Manager, Operations to lead our Manual Verifications team – an essential function that sits at the core of our business. The Manual Verifications team delivers the cornerstone to Truework’s success by delivering high-quality service and ensuring each verification is handled with accuracy and care. The team operates at the intersection of product and platform execution, managing hundreds of thousands of verifications each month.
The Associate Manager will lead a team of revenue-generating specialists, driving execution on team goals, and maintaining high standards of operational excellence. The ideal candidate brings a strong understanding of KPI management, quality assurance, and team coaching, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
What you’ll do:
- Lead a team of verification specialists through performance management, coaching, mentorship, and professional development while overseeing attendance, schedules, and disciplinary actions
- Track individual and team metrics, prepare weekly reports, maintain comprehensive documentation, and escalate critical issues to leadership
- Analyze quality failures, conduct regular audits, and ensure team deliverables meet company standards and SLAs
- Identify performance trends, develop corrective action plans, and implement solutions to address gaps and inefficiencies
- Design and facilitate training programs on quality protocols, operational workflows, product offerings, and customer personas in collaboration with senior team members
- Partner with leadership on operational initiatives, stay current on product updates and customer needs, and ensure timely completion of cross-functional deliverables
What you bring:
- 2+ years or more of leadership experience in call center management, operations, team management, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in a customer-facing role
- 2+ years of experience in leading projects or peers to achieve common goals
- Outstanding organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize multiple issues and produce solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to establish relationships with direct reports, peers, executives and clients
- Strategic and Process-Oriented: Takes initiative to set priorities, drive results, and improve workflows by identifying inefficiencies.
- Mentorship and Data-Driven Problem Solving: Develops talent, upholds high performance standards, and uses data analysis to identify root causes and implement solutions.
- Collaborative and Communicative: Works cross-functionally, navigates multiple systems, and clearly conveys expectations, feedback, and updates.
- Organized and Adaptable: Balances priorities, meets deadlines, delivers quality work, and effectively responds to change.
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.
What you get:
- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental and vision coverage
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
