Manager II, QA

Manager II, QA

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes. Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we'll build together.

About the Quality Team

The Quality Team's mission is to accelerate Thumbtack's business performance by evaluating interactions and uncovering insights that elevate experiences and mitigate risks. We monitor and analyze conversations between pros / customers and our operations teams to ensure every interaction aligns with Thumbtack's quality standards. By identifying trends, surfacing root causes, and driving data-informed improvements, we help teams enhance both efficiency and customer satisfaction. Our work ensures that every customer / pro touchpoint builds trust and contributes to Thumbtack's mission of making it easy for people to care for and improve their homes.

About the Role

As a QA Manager, you will lead the daily operations of the Sales / Success Quality team, ensuring that evaluations of customer and pro interactions are accurate, calibrated, and delivered on time. You will lead and develop QA Analysts, facilitate calibration sessions, and translate audit results into actionable insights that drive performance across our operations teams. Partnering closely with Operations, Enablement, and Product Operations teams, you'll ensure alignment on priorities and help teams act on quality trends and root causes. You'll be expected to understand operational metric performance through the lens of quality data and collaborate cross-functionally to drive continuous quality improvement across the organization.

What You'll Do

• Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of our Sales / Success Quality team, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of audits and insights.
• Drive calibration and scoring consistency across programs, teams, and QA analysts.
• Analyze QA data to uncover trends, root causes, and correlations to key operational metrics.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Enablement, and Product Operations teams to translate QA insights into process, policy, and performance improvements.
• Oversee the development and refinement of QA forms and monitoring methodologies to align with business objectives.
• Coach, mentor, and develop QA Analysts to strengthen analytical skills, calibration accuracy, and impact.
• Represent QA in meetings, business reviews, and planning sessions, providing data-driven recommendations to improve customer and pro experiences.

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