About the Role
The Office Manager is responsible for leading and executing a new office operating model focused on a consultative client experience. This role involves people leadership, coaching, sound judgment, and disciplined execution to ensure positive client outcomes and strong associate performance.
Responsibilities
- Own consistent delivery and evolution of the consultative client experience within assigned offices.
- Lead teams through adoption of new operating processes and behaviors, managing resistance and reinforcing expectations.
- Identify patterns in associate behaviors and client interactions to coach teams and address execution gaps.
- Evaluate execution quality and client impact, modeling expected consultative and leadership behaviors.
- Ensure new client experience processes, technology, and office-level tests are implemented as designed.
- Conduct client interviews to gather feedback and translate insights into actionable feedback.
- Adapt execution, behaviors, and priorities based on feedback and observed outcomes.
- Ensure disciplined operational performance and readiness within assigned offices.
- Lead and develop associate performance through coaching, feedback, and clear expectations.
- Exercise sound judgment and independent decision-making in addressing client needs, associate performance, and operational priorities.
- Plan, prioritize, and adjust execution to ensure consistency, quality, and alignment to expectations.
- Participate in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding decisions.
- Accountable for seasonal workforce readiness and performance.
- Establish a performance-driven, collaborative office culture.
- Reinforce team norms that support professionalism, inclusion, and collective responsibility.
- Recognize progress, reinforce behaviors, and address culture or performance misalignment.
- Accountable for office-level performance outcomes, including client experience, associate results, and execution quality.
- Identify patterns of underperformance or misalignment and take timely corrective action.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- 3 years minimum related work experience.
- Managerial experience leading people in a retail, service, or multi-unit environment, with accountability for execution, performance outcomes, and team results.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion in planning, prioritization, and day-to-day decision-making.
- Strong client-centric mindset with a commitment to delivering a differentiated, consultative client experience.
- Strong people leadership capability, with proven ability to coach, develop, and hold associates accountable.
- Experience leading teams through change and evolving expectations.
- Ability to evaluate execution quality and translate client and performance feedback into corrective action.
- Demonstrated professionalism, sound judgment, and clear communication skills.
- Comfort operating in test-and-learn environments, adapting execution based on feedback.
- Data and insight fluency, including comfort interpreting performance data and using insights to inform actions.
- Willingness and ability to maintain consistent on-site leadership presence.
- Experience working in a consultative, client-facing environment requiring judgment, trust-building, and problem-solving.
- Prior responsibility for leading or influencing front-line leaders.
- Exposure to pilot, Proof of Concept, or innovation environments.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally to improve execution and client outcomes.
- Prior experience supporting recruiting, onboarding, or workforce readiness for seasonal or variable staffing models.
Skills
- Leadership
- Coaching
- Judgment
- Execution
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Client Experience
- Performance Management
- Change Management
- Data Analysis
- Problem-Solving
- Team Building
- Collaboration
- Professionalism
- Inclusion
Location
- South Austin
Work Type
- On-site
Experience Level
- 3 years minimum related work experience
- Managerial experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Comprehensive benefits
About the Company
- At H&R Block, our purpose is to provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere.
- For more than 70 years, we’ve led the tax industry and continue to evolve through our Block Next strategy, blending human expertise with digital innovation.
- We are building a High Performing, Connected Culture built on strong relationships, continuous learning, and a shared commitment to making a meaningful impact.
