Manager Operations
Operations managers oversee the organizational activities of business organizations. These professionals are talented managers and leaders. They support operational leadership in a variety of departments.
At both large and small organizations, operations managers supervise, hire, and train employees, manage quality assurance programs, strategize process improvements, and more. Operations managers are ultimately responsible for maintaining and increasing the efficiency of a business or organization.
Role of Manager Operations
The person will typically need to take a lead role and:
- Ensuring both operational & financial KPIs are achieved, Partner with multiple teams to ensure smooth functioning.
- Manage and develop the operational relationships by conducting (where appropriate) operational stakeholder review meetings and day-to-day operations, liaison within key workstreams.
- Identify, highlight, and consult on further automation, optimization, and process improvement opportunities.
- Execute a well-defined Communication and Engagement model in place to ensure their teams understand the performance of our business and that they understand the needs of the teams.
- Ensure a focused engagement program for people is in place and implemented.
- Responsible for customer satisfaction
- Ensure identification and mitigation of risks within the process, people and technology
- Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols
- Lead, motivate, and support a large team within a time-sensitive and demanding environment, including setup and implementation of career development plans for all direct reports and problem resolution
- Manage multiple COEs to derive operational excellence
- Partner with cross-functional support teams to improvise the proprietary tools and systems.
- Work closely with compliance departments to ensure that all processes are compliant.
- Lead/manage ongoing transitions with adherence to transition tollgates.
- Responsible for Business continuity
Requirements to be Manager Operations
A seasoned professional with strong delivery experience having the below-mentioned core skills:
- Bachelors/Masters degree from a recognized institute or University
- Work experience of 15+ years
- Should have experience in managing a span of 50+ (direct and indirect) team members
- Knowledge of US healthcare products like supplemental health, Hospitalization, Accident, Critical Illness, Death, Leave and Disability.
- Knowledge of Healthcare policy administration, Supplemental Health claims, life claims, Implementation process, client management, and contract management.
- Highly results-oriented with ability to work under strict deadlines, meet deadlines, and maintain focus
- Strong managerial, planning, organizational, decision-making, networking, interpersonal, analytical, and lateral thinking skills.
- Good analytical and quantitative skills; excellent organizational skills for tasks, work environment and documentation
- Excellent communications skills
- Should be a self-starter, self-motivator, proactive & target oriented
- Should have good knowledge of MS Office applications
- Makes decisions within guidelines, balancing risk and service needs, seeking assistance from manager as necessary
- Should be flexible to work in evening/night shifts (US Shift) and must extend when business required
- Knowledge of SLA/Attrition/Quality
- Hands-on transition and project management experience in a global environment