Operations Manager career switch after layoff in London

If you are applying for Operations Manager roles in London, the hard part is not finding one listing. The hard part is making each application look specific enough to pass the recruiter screen and the ATS scan.

128 live listings right now.

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Live Operations Manager jobs in London

128 open listings match Operations Manager in London right now. The newest:

Skills employers ask for

Terms that keep coming up in the newest Operations Manager listings in London, and how many listings use each.
  1. defining17 posts
  2. conference9 posts
  3. end execution6 posts
  4. operational standard6 posts
  5. venues6 posts
  6. strategy14 posts
  7. take18 posts
  8. bringing7 posts
  9. european7 posts
  10. conferences6 posts
  11. suppliers8 posts
  12. run12 posts
  13. standard9 posts
  14. event6 posts
  15. execution10 posts
  16. emea6 posts
  17. operational13 posts
  18. revenue10 posts
  19. data20 posts
  20. operating system6 posts

Who's hiring

Employers with the most open Operations Manager listings in London.
  1. Private Equity Insights9 open jobs
  2. Deliveroo5 open jobs
  3. Hived4 open jobs
  4. Dwelly3 open jobs
  5. JLL3 open jobs
  6. JPMorgan Chase3 open jobs
  7. Second Nature3 open jobs
  8. Airwallex2 open jobs
  9. HRtechX2 open jobs
  10. Infopro Digital Services Limited2 open jobs

Advertised pay

From listings that state pay. Many don't, so treat it as a range, not a promise.

£50,000 to £180,000 a year, median £135,000.

What to rebuild after a layoff in London

Recruiters scan for role fit, delivery record, and keywords. For Operations Manager, your resume should show the projects or operations you ran, the budget, team, and timeline you managed, the methods and tools you used, and the result. A vague list of duties does not help. A specific line with budget size, team size, on-time delivery, cost saved, or process time cut works much better.

Check this before sending another application.

  • Transferable skills
  • Proof rebuild
  • Applications
  • Put the exact job title and adjacent titles in your summary.
  • Mirror the top skills from the job description naturally.
  • Use 3 to 5 achievement bullets that show measurable outcomes.
  • Keep formatting simple so ATS software can parse every section.

Resume keywords for Operations Manager

Do not stuff keywords. Put them where they belong: skills, project and operations bullets, work history, and certifications. For Operations Manager jobs in London, start with these clusters.

Core skills

planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk and change management, process improvement, and tools like Jira, MS Project, Excel, or an ERP

Business impact

on-time delivery, budget variance, cost saved, cycle time, quality, or customer satisfaction

Collaboration

sponsors, stakeholders, vendors, finance, operations teams, or leadership

Proof

projects delivered with scope and budget, process changes with before and after numbers, PMP, PRINCE2, Lean, or Six Sigma

A practical application plan

Reframe your recent experience, rebuild visible proof, and apply to adjacent roles where your old domain still helps.
  1. Pick 10 active Operations Manager listings in London and save the job descriptions.
  2. Group repeated skills and phrases. Those are your ATS keywords.
  3. Rewrite your resume summary for this exact market and role.
  4. Run the resume and JD through the JobRise ATS checker.
  5. Only apply after your resume clearly matches the must-have requirements.

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Before you apply

Paste the job description into JobRise, check the ATS score, then fix the missing keywords before you send the application. One focused application beats ten generic ones.
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