About the role
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. The Role The Escalations Case Manager owns and resolves complex, high-impact customer cases end-to-end. This includes formal complaints, escalations, sensitive service failures, and reputational risk situations. The role combines investigation, decision-making, stakeholder management, and high-level communication to deliver fair, consistent, and commercially sound resolutions. Your scope will be: Escalated complaints from various sources Executive-level escalations Financial disputes Reputational risk cases Regulatory-sensitive matters Cross-functional cases requiring coordination What will you be doing? Complaint Handling & Resolution Own and manage escalated complaints from start to finish Investigate cases thoroughly (reviewing tickets, timelines, policies, internal notes, supplier information, etc.) Identify root causes and policy gaps Provide clear, fair, and commercially balanced resolutions Draft professional, empathetic responses tailored to the customer situation Stakeholder Management Collaborate with Account Managers, Operations, Finance, and external partners Escalate cases appropriately when financial, legal, or reputational risk is involved Act as a point of contact for complaint-related queries internally Risk & Quality Control Ensure resolutions align with company policies and processes Flag recurring issues and suggest preventive improvements Maintain high documentation standards in internal systems Continuous Improvement Contribute insights on complaint trends Support process improvement initiatives Help refine SOPs related to escalations and complaints What will you need to succeed? Experience in Customer Care and specifically in the travel industry Handling escalations or complex cases Experience working with SLAs and KPIs GDS Amadeus knowledge The ideal candidate: Enjoys solving complex problems, Is naturally investigative - Strong ability to review complex cases and extract relevant facts Is confident but not rigid - High resilience, Calm under pressure, Able to deliver difficult decisions clearly and empathetically Cares about customer experience but understands business impact - Good judgment when balancing customer satisfaction and business protection Thrives in ownership-based roles Communication Skills & Emotional Intelligence - Excellent written communication Decision Making - Confident making independent decisions within policy framework, Strong sense of fairness and consistency Stakeholder Management - Collaborative approach, Comfortable pushing back when needed What you will get in return - Our Benefits 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. 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.