Complaints Team Leader- C|aims in Halifax

About Zego

Insurance hasn’t changed much in over a century. The way we live, work and travel has. Good drivers are the entire point of Zego. Seven in 10 drivers on the road are consistently good, but until telematics came along there was no way to prove it, so nearly everyone paid a price based on averages. Zego is the company built to change that. At Zego, we’re leading the AI evolution in insurance. We move fast, without the layers that usually slow things down. AI takes the routine work off every team, from Finance to Product to Marketing, so people ship real code and launch custom dashboards in minutes. Engineering commits are entirely AI-assisted, which shifts the focus from team size to the quality of your thinking, and our data warehouse connects directly to an AI assistant for instant answers. Backed by a modern tech stack (Claude Code, Snowflake, Figma and Zapier) and a commitment to adopting new tools in days rather than quarters, you get complete ownership to do the most impactful work of your career.

Purpose of the role

Claims complaints at an insurer are where things get real — the customer is already in distress, the stakes are higher, and poor handling has direct regulatory consequences. As Team Leader for Claims Complaints, you'll own the day-to-day running of a team of case handlers, balancing hands-on case work with genuine people leadership. You'll ensure complaints are investigated thoroughly, resolved fairly, and handled in line with DISP and Consumer Duty — and you'll be accountable for the standard your team sets. You'll report to the Complaints Manager and work closely with the Customer Support & FOS Team Leader to keep standards consistent across the wider function.

What you will be doing

• Team Leadership
  • Manage day-to-day operations across case assignment, workload distribution, and queue management
  • Hold regular 1-2-1s, set development plans, and drive continuous improvement in your team
  • Escalate complex, sensitive, or high-risk cases to the Complaints Manager promptly
  • Monitor KPIs and identify areas for improvement
• Quality & Compliance
  • Sign off Final Response Letters, ensuring they are clear, fair, and evidence a full investigation
  • Keep complaints logged, acknowledged, and progressed within DISP timescales
  • Apply Consumer Duty and vulnerable customer standards consistently across all case handling
• Collaboration
  • Work with Claims Technical, Underwriting, and Legal & Regulatory Affairs on coverage, avoidance, or legal risk complaints
  • Partner with the Customer Support & FOS Team Leader to maintain consistent standards across the function
  • Contribute to QA reviews, training needs analysis, and complaint trend improvements

What you will need to be successful

• Essential
• Experience handling motor insurance claims or complaints within an FCA-regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of DISP and Consumer Duty as they apply to complaint handling.
• Experience leading a team, or clear readiness to step into a first-line leadership role.
• You work AI-first. You will use AI daily here, and we mean daily. You do not need to be an expert, but you do need to arrive curious, experiment fast, and take ownership of getting good quickly. People who wait to be trained will find this uncomfortable.
• Desirable
• Cert CII or working towards a financial services qualification.
• Experience of ShareDo, Snowflake, or Looker, or equivalent case management and MI tools.

What it’s like to work at Zego

At Zego, we operate like a high-performing sports team. We come together as one, driven by ambition, backed by real support, and united by a shared mission to win. Working here means having the backing, the coaching, and an inclusive community of Zegons across the UK and Europe who celebrate your wins and raise your game. It also means holding ourselves to high standards: moving with urgency, taking complete ownership, and embracing honest feedback that helps us continuously learn and evolve. This is your opportunity for a career-defining experience, and one you will own.

Benefits

• Market-competitive salary, benchmarked against your function and reviewed every year
• Annual performance bonus, linked to company performance and your contribution
• Share options, a real stake in the company and a share in the future you build
• Private medical insurance, for you and your family
• Pension, generous holiday, and £1,000 a year to spend on getting to the office or learning something new
• Cutting-edge systems and tools, so you always have what you need to drive your impact

If you’re ready to help build the real-time, data-driven infrastructure for an intelligent world, we want to hear from you. Zego, leading the AI evolution in insurance.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.