Policy Administration & Contact Center Manager

emcins; United States; Remote; USD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EMC Insurance Companies is seeking a senior operations leader to oversee the Policy Administration and Contact Center teams across the United States. You will set performance goals, coach staff, and manage budgeting while ensuring service levels and accuracy.

Qualifying candidates have a bachelor's degree in a related field, 7+ years in policy administration and leadership experience, plus familiarity with life insurance products and IRS regulations. Remote work is available nationwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in insurance, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Seven years of policy administration experience in life insurance and annuities; contact center experience preferred.
• Prior leadership experience.
• LOMA coursework and ACS designation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees workload and performance of the Policy Administration and Contact Center teams.
• Collaborates with team members to set performance goals and conducts reviews; interviews and hires.
• Develops team expertise and succession plans.
• Conducts quality audits and improves accuracy and efficiency.
• Owns workforce management and staffing forecasts for the contact center.
• Leads continuous improvement of customer experience across teams.

Skills

Leadership

Policy administration

Team coaching

Budgeting

Quality assurance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

7 years policy administration experience

Prior leadership experience

LOMA ACS designation preferred

Tools

Policy administration systems

CRM/Contact center technologies

Job description

At EMC, we're all about working together to make an impact. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to grow, contribute, and gain experience that matters. We strive to be caring leaders, close partners, and responsive experts-always supporting each other to do our best work. Join us, and let's improve lives together.

This position is eligible to work from home anywhere in the United States

Essential Functions

• Oversees and monitors the workload and performance of the Policy Administration and Contact Center teams.
• Collaborates with team members to establish performance goals and monitors status. Conducts performance reviews and provides coaching. Interviews, hires, and recommends salary adjustments for team members.
• Develops team expertise and assists with succession planning, including identifying talent and implementing development plans for critical positions.
• Conducts quality audits and makes changes to improve accuracy and efficiency of the teams.
• Engages in the department budgeting process.
• Owns workforce management for the contact center; builds volume and staffing forecasts, sets the scheduling plan against forecasted demand and adjusts staffing in real time to hold service level and response-time targets.
• Manages the workflow and processing of policyowner service requests handled by the policy administration team.
• Develops and monitors procedures and correspondence including contract provisions, replacement rules, forms usage, confidentiality, privacy, and all other mandates.
• Leads continuous improvement and oversight of the customer experience across the policy administration and contact center teams, including evaluation and adoption of contact center technology and digital self-service channels.
• Monitors customer experience results and directs corrective action.
• Owns overall process controls for policy administration and contact center processing: defines control points, quality check and sign-off requirements across the end-to-end workflow, and monitors adherence to them. Leads periodic control self-assessments and audits and remediates gaps identified through internal or external review.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and monitors federal and state tax regulations including reporting requirements and contribution limits.
• Provides guidance and training to team members to ensure compliance.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in insurance, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• Seven years of policy administration experience in life insurance and annuities or related experience; contact center experience preferred
• Prior leadership experience
• LOMA coursework and Associate Customer Service (ACS) designation preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Advanced proven knowledge and understanding of life insurance industry products and procedures
• Excellent knowledge of state insurance and IRS regulations
• Working knowledge of contact center operations, including service level, scheduling, and quality monitoring practices
• Strong technical knowledge of computers and insurance administration systems, including contact center/telephony platforms
• Excellent leadership abilities and interpersonal skills with the ability to foster a cooperative work environment
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and customer service skills
• Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and team environment
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

The hiring salary range for this position will vary based on geographic location, falling within either of the following: $85,799 - $118,545 or $94,826 - $130,394 A hiring range represents a subset of the full salary range. The actual salary will depend on several factors, including relevant education, skills, and experience of an applicant, geographic location, and business needs.

For information relating to the benefits EMC Team Members receive as part of a comprehensive rewards package, please visit www.emcins.com/careers .

Our employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination due to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, active military status, citizenship status, marital status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

All of our locations are tobacco free including in company vehicles.