Operations Director

Foundation Risk Partners; Farmville (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

PTO + holidays

Job summary

Foundation Risk Partners, together with Pierce Insurance, is seeking an Operations Director to lead all operational functions and drive a scalable, high-touch client experience. You will partner with agency leadership to execute strategic priorities while enabling growth and profitability.

You will design processes, establish standards, and create KPI dashboards to monitor revenue, commissions, profitability, and client retention, while overseeing enrollment, implementation, and client service

Qualifications

• 10+ years of operational leadership experience.
• Experience within insurance, employee benefits, brokerage, or consulting organizations.
• Strong financial and operational management capabilities.
• Experience leading multi-functional teams.
• Demonstrated success scaling service organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day agency operations.
• Design and implement scalable business processes.
• Establish operational standards, policies, and performance expectations.
• Create accountability frameworks across departments.
• Reduce dependency on individual knowledge and manual workflows.
• Develop agency-wide operational and financial reporting.
• Establish KPI dashboards for revenue, commissions, profitability, client retention, enrollment performance, and service metrics.
• Partner with finance to improve forecasting and budgeting.
• Monitor operational efficiency and resource allocation.
• Oversee account management and customer service teams.
• Create clear ownership models for client servicing.
• Establish service standards and escalation procedures.
• Improve client retention and satisfaction.
• Drive strategic account review processes.
• Build a formal project management framework.
• Standardize implementation timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Improve cross-functional coordination between sales, technology, enrollment, account management, and carriers.
• Ensure successful onboarding of new clients.
• Oversee open enrollment execution.
• Optimize counselor deployment and enrollment workflows.
• Improve staffing and capacity planning.
• Measure participation, enrollment success, and operational performance.
• Establish centralized RFP management process.
• Develop proposal templates and content libraries.
• Create review and quality-control procedures.
• Track proposal metrics and win rates.
• Ensure consistency across carrier and client responses.
• Lead technology strategy and operational modernization.
• Oversee agency platforms, enrollment systems, billing systems, and reporting tools.
• Prioritize automation opportunities.
• Improve data governance and reporting accuracy.
• Drive technology initiatives that improve scalability and client experience.
• Evaluate organizational structure and staffing requirements.
• Develop succession planning strategies.
• Improve role clarity and accountability.
• Build management capabilities across departments.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills

Operational leadership

Insurance industry

Financial management

Cross-functional leadership

Scaling service organizations

Job description

• Client retention
• Client retention

Foundation Risk Partners, one of the fastest growing insurance brokerage and consulting firms in the US, is adding an Operations Director to their team at Pierce Insurance.

Position Summary

The Operations Director is responsible for leading all operational functions of Pierce Insurance Agency and ensuring the organization delivers a consistent, scalable, and profitable client experience. This role partners with agency leadership to execute strategic priorities while maintaining the agency's high-touch service model and supporting continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

• Lead day-to-day agency operations.
• Design and implement scalable business processes.
• Establish operational standards, policies, and performance expectations.
• Create accountability frameworks across departments.
• Reduce dependency on individual knowledge and manual workflows.

Financial Visibility & Reporting

• Develop agency-wide operational and financial reporting.
• Establish KPI dashboards for:
  • Revenue
  • Commissions
  • Profitability
  • Client retention
  • Enrollment performance
  • Service metrics
• Partner with finance to improve forecasting and budgeting.
• Monitor operational efficiency and resource allocation.

Client Service & Account Management

• Oversee account management and customer service teams.
• Create clear ownership models for client servicing.
• Establish service standards and escalation procedures.
• Improve client retention and satisfaction.
• Drive strategic account review processes.

Implementation & Project Management

• Build a formal project management framework.
• Standardize implementation timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Improve cross-functional coordination between:
  • Sales
  • Technology
  • Enrollment
  • Account Management
  • Carriers
• Ensure successful onboarding of new clients.

Enrollment Operations

• Oversee open enrollment execution.
• Optimize counselor deployment and enrollment workflows.
• Improve staffing and capacity planning.
• Measure participation, enrollment success, and operational performance.

RFP & Proposal Governance

• Establish a centralized RFP management process.
• Develop proposal templates and content libraries.
• Create review and quality-control procedures.
• Track proposal metrics and win rates.
• Ensure consistency across carrier and client responses.

Technology & Process Improvement

• Lead technology strategy and operational modernization.
• Oversee agency platforms, enrollment systems, billing systems, and reporting tools.
• Prioritize automation opportunities.
• Improve data governance and reporting accuracy.
• Drive technology initiatives that improve scalability and client experience.

Organizational Development

• Evaluate organizational structure and staffing requirements.
• Develop succession planning strategies.
• Improve role clarity and accountability.
• Build management capabilities across departments.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Financial

• Revenue growth
• Operating margin
• Commission leakage reduction
• Budget adherence

Operational

• Implementation cycle time
• Open enrollment completion rates
• Service ticket resolution times
• Capacity utilization

Client

• Client retention
• Net Promoter Score (NPS)
• Client satisfaction scores
• Renewal success rates

Team

• Employee retention
• Productivity metrics
• Training completion
• Succession readiness

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of operational leadership experience.
• Experience within insurance, employee benefits, brokerage, or consulting organizations.
• Strong financial and operational management capabilities.
• Experience leading multi-functional teams.
• Demonstrated success scaling service organizations.

Preferred

• Employee benefits or voluntary benefits industry experience.
• Enrollment and benefits administration expertise.
• Technology transformation experience.
• M&A integration experience.
• Project management certification (PMP or similar).

Success Profile (First 12-18 Months)

• Establish agency-wide financial and operational reporting.
• Standardize implementation and project management processes.
• Formalize the RFP governance model.
• Separate and optimize customer service and call center operations.
• Improve capacity planning and workload visibility.
• Build a scalable operating model that preserves Pierce's high-touch client experience while supporting future growth

Disclaimer

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

FRP provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other classifications protected by law.

Benefits

• FRP offers a comprehensive range of health-related benefit options including medical, vision, and dental. We offer a 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, STD, LTD and a generous PTO policy starting at 18 days per year plus 10 paid holidays & 2 floating holidays!