Real Time Specialist

About Us

Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.

Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.

Visit www.perk.com to learn more.

About the role

The Real-Time Specialist (RTS) plays a vital and high-impact role within the Workforce Management (WFM) team, serving as a key driver of operational excellence across Customer Care. This role ensures that service levels are met by continuously monitoring performance, proactively managing staffing across multiple HUBs, and facilitating real-time decisions to support business continuity.

Reporting directly to the Real-Time Team Leader, the RTS acts as a central link between frontline operations and strategic performance goals. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across teams and regions, analyzing staffing data, coordinating live channel flows, and responding to changes in real time.

This is a unique opportunity to join a high-visibility function and help shape the day-to-day efficiency of our global support organization. You will contribute to cross-HUB collaboration, ensure consistency in real-time operations, and be instrumental in driving best practices that directly impact the customer experience.

What you will do:

• Monitor live performance across all support channels to ensure service level (SLA), AHT, and occupancy targets are met in real time.

• Share regular intraday and daily performance updates with key insights highlighting risks to KPIs and recommending immediate actions.

• Manage real-time adjustments to schedules, handle same-day absences, and respond to operational needs as they arise.

• Optimize use of scheduled activities (breaks, meetings, coaching, etc.) to maximize productivity without impacting coverage.

• Keep open, consistent communication with Team Leads, Managers, and fellow RTAs across HUBs to ensure alignment throughout the day.

• Support the planning and scheduling of coaching, training, meetings, and events balancing business priorities and coverage requirements.

• Analyze trends in staffing and volume, and support decision-making by offering actionable recommendations to improve efficiency and service delivery.

• Respond quickly to escalations and urgent requests via Slack, Zendesk, or in person ensuring visibility and timely follow-up.

• Deliver concise updates during syncs and stakeholder meetings, including performance summaries and incident reports.

• Partner with WFM and Ops teams on administrative tasks like onboarding support, attendance tracking, and leave management.

• Support execution of real-time contingency actions (e.g. volume spikes, disruptions) using documented playbooks and triggers.

• Facilitate or contribute to quick huddles or syncs to align on intraday action plans when service is at risk.

• Confidently communicate real-time performance data and trends to stakeholders and leadership to support visibility and informed decisions.
  

What we are looking for:

• Experience working in a fast-paced, multi-channel contact center environment (tickets, chat, calls).

• Comfortable navigating and using tools like Excel or Google Sheets for reporting and analysis.

• Familiarity with customer support platforms (e.g. Zendesk, Slack) and telephony systems.

• Ability to interpret and work with large data sets to identify trends and performance gaps.

• Strong attention to detail even under pressure or in rapidly changing situations.

• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and pivot quickly when needed.
  

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in a data-focused or analysis-driven role (real-time, reporting, or performance insights).

• Experience using Workforce Management tools such as Calabrio for scheduling, monitoring, and reporting.

Working Hours

• From 14:00 to 22:30 Monday to Sunday

• 2 consecutive rest days per week

• Weekend rotation; at least 2 weekends per month
  

What we offer

• Receive competitive compensation and equity ownership in Perk.

• Rest and recharge with our generous allocation of vacation days plus public holidays.

• Take control of your physical health with your choice of private healthcare or a gym allowance.

• Know that your loved ones are protected financially through your Life Insurance if the worst were to happen.

• Join our unforgettable Perk events, including our spectacular annual summer party.

• Always feel supported with Spring Health, our market-leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones.

• Make your money go further with our flexible compensation plan.

• Focus on your family with 17 weeks’ paid parental leave during your child’s first year.

• Contribute to your community with 16 paid hours per year to spend volunteering for your dearest charitable causes.

• Broaden your horizons with up to 20 "Work from Anywhere" days per year.

• Nurture your language skills with in real-life English, Spanish and Catalan lessons.

• Follow your passions and take a four-week, fully paid sabbatical once you reach 5 years

• Let us help you move to one of our hubs with relocation support.
  

AI at Perk

AI is embedded in how we work across every function. The tools you'll use day-to-day are AI-enabled so you can move faster and spend more time on the work that matters. In practice, that means using AI to research and prioritise accounts, draft and refine outreach, handle customer interactions more effectively, synthesise information, and cut through shadow work - the invisible tasks that pull people away from the work only they can do - so you can focus on relationships and outcomes.

We don't expect you to be an AI expert, but we do expect you to be curious and intentional about it. The bar is judgment: knowing when AI makes your work better, when to verify what it produces, and when to rely on your own expertise instead.

We'll ask about how you use AI in your interviews, not to test tool knowledge, but to understand how you think about it. That reflects how we work every day.

How We Work

At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams

All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to security [at] perk .com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.