Operations Lead - Social Media (Remote in Portugal)
Portugal-Supports Full-time Senior Social Media
At a glance
Senior Social Media role at Otonomee. Portugal-Supports · full-time.
Pay not stated Operations Lead salary
RoleSocial Media
SenioritySenior
LocationPortugal-Supports
EmploymentFull-time
PostedAug 26, 2026 · 4w ago
Role brief
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Keep social operations on track against KPIs and SLAs while managing staffing, workloads, risks, and escalations
- Serve as the main contact for clients and stakeholders, turning their goals into operational actions
- Oversee comments, messages, mentions, crises, and de-escalations while keeping responses aligned with brand standards
- Lead Social Care Managers and Representatives through coaching, reviews, and continuous-improvement work
- Create business reviews and performance updates with analysis, recommendations, and service-improvement opportunities
What you bring
- Bring at least five years of experience leading operations or social media teams
- Have people-management experience in BPO or social media settings
- Know social scheduling, listening, and analytics tools such as Sprinklr, Nectar, or Hootsuite
- Understand social KPIs and how to use metrics to improve engagement and content
- Work effectively from home, communicate proficiently in English, and plan and prioritize independently
Who this fits
You’ll suit a senior operator who is organized, methodical, proactive, and comfortable supporting both teams and customers. This is a permanent, full-time home-based role for someone in Portugal, with Monday-to-Friday rotating shifts and occasional weekends. Remote-work capability and spoken and written English are required.
From the employer
Job Title: Operations Lead -
Location: Remote based in Portugal
Terms: Permanent Contract / Full-Time 40h weekly
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8h rotation shifts (9am to 17:30 and 15:30 to 12pm). Occasional weekends may be included
Role Overview:
The Operations Lead – is responsible for leading the delivery, performance, and strategic direction of Social Media operations while ensuring alignment with broader marketing and business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Leadership & Delivery:
Location: Remote based in Portugal
Terms: Permanent Contract / Full-Time 40h weekly
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8h rotation shifts (9am to 17:30 and 15:30 to 12pm). Occasional weekends may be included
Role Overview:
The Operations Lead – is responsible for leading the delivery, performance, and strategic direction of Social Media operations while ensuring alignment with broader marketing and business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Leadership & Delivery:
- Own end-to-end delivery of Social Media operations and ensure KPIs and SLAs are met.
- Act as the key point of contact for clients and stakeholders.
- Manage day-to-day operations, resourcing, and workload planning.
- Oversee escalation management and resolution.
- Identify and manage risk – including brand risk management
- Monitor responses to comments, messages and mentions to foster community engagement and enhance member experience
- Ensure all responses are on brand and in line with company values and goals
- Manage social media crises and support with de-escalations.
- Manage social media tools and platforms used for scheduling, listening and analytics
- Stay up to date with social media trends, algorithm changes and best practices
- Develop and implement social media strategies aligned with business goals
- Analyze current marketing efforts to pinpoint weaknesses and make improvements
- Implementation of operational efficiencies and deployment of industry best practices to improve client outcomes and service effectiveness.
- Lead and develop a team of Social Care Team Managers and Social Care Representatives
- Conduct performance reviews and ongoing coaching
- Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
- Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor.
- Produce regular business reviews (weekly, monthly, and quarterly review) with insights and recommendations.
- Deliver presentations and performance updates.
- Ensure client satisfaction and alignment.
- Proactively identifying opportunities for service enhancement
- Translating client objectives into operational actions
To thrive in this role, you should possess the following qualifications and attributes:
- 5+ years in operations or social media leadership roles.
- Experience managing teams in BPO or social media environments
- Familiar with Social media tools (e.g., Sprinklr, Nectar, Hootsuite) and Analytics platforms
- Understanding of social media KPIs; Assist with tracking and interpreting metrics to enhance user engagement, suggest content optimization
- Competent in providing high-level support to both team members and customers
- Can demonstrate high levels of initiative with the ability to plan and prioritise tasks
- You are proven to be organised, methodical and rigorous.
- Have a growth mindset and are a proactive, self-motivated individual
- Have remote working experience and capabilities.
- English Proficiency & Comprehension (spoken and written)
- Fully Remote work from home role based in Portugal
- A competitive salary
- €20 Monthly Internet Allowance
- €10.46 Meal Allowance per working day
- Equipment provided
- Home office allowance
- Online Gym and Wellbeing Studio
- The opportunity for professional growth
- Fun company events and team outings
- Autonomy and Responsibility
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