Service Operations Lead (Full Time)

Marine Federal Credit Union; Jacksonville (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Marine Federal Credit Union is seeking a Service Operations Lead to provide day-to-day people leadership and operational oversight for the Service Operations team. You will coordinate workflow, priorities, employee development, and execution to ensure effective ownership of responsibilities.

The role emphasizes coaching, accountability, and continuous development of staff, with responsibility for maintaining controls, service standards, and risk awareness across functions.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1-3 years of experience in service operations or a similar leadership role.
• Experience leading teams and improving service delivery processes.
• Analytical skills and experience reviewing performance metrics and reporting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides operational oversight for assigned Service Operations functions (loan servicing, deceased accounts, escheatments, titles, and related support).
• Reviews exceptions and higher-risk transactions to determine handling, documentation, and follow-up.
• Maintains knowledge of programs, systems, vendor requirements, regulations, and controls.
• Ensures tracking, approvals, balancing, reporting, retention, and follow-up meet requirements.
• Coordinates with internal departments, vendors, and third parties to resolve issues.
• Performs technical processing or direct service support as needed.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and direction for assigned employees and functions.
• Assigns, prioritizes, and monitors work to meet service levels and risk management goals.
• Coaches, provides feedback, and conducts development planning with management.
• Participates in employee selection, onboarding, training, and development.
• Coordinates cross-training and workload coverage to strengthen resiliency.
• Serves as escalation point for complex issues and assists teams in solving them.
• Reinforces policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Identifies process weaknesses and recommends improvements.
• Coordinates testing, updates, and division initiatives as assigned.
• Escalates significant concerns to management.
• Contributes to department priorities and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Process improvement

Performance metrics

Communication

Education

Associate's degree in Business, Finance, Management (preferred)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The Service Operations Lead provides day-to-day people leadership and operational oversight for the Service Operations team, coordinating workflow, priorities, employee development, operational consistency, coverage, and execution. As the first level of formal people leadership within Service Operations, the Lead is responsible for supporting employee development, reinforcing accountability, and ensuring the team has the direction and support needed to effectively own and execute their responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in service operations or a similar leadership role.
• Experience leading teams and improving service delivery processes.
• Analytical skills and experience reviewing performance metrics and reporting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate's degree in Business, Finance, Management, or a related field preferred.
• Experience coordinating workflow, resolving complex operational issues, and working within established regulatory and internal control requirements.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a leader, subject matter expert, trainer, mentor, project lead, or informal leader.

Responsibilities:

• Provides operational oversight for assigned Service Operations functions, which may include loan and mortgage servicing, deceased accounts, unclaimed property and escheatments, vehicle titles, certificate maintenance, check ordering, brokered deposit processing, corporate mail, debt protection claims, overdraft protection, and investment-related support.
• Reviews function-specific exceptions, unusual situations, and higher-risk transactions to determine appropriate handling, documentation, and follow-up.
• Maintains working knowledge of assigned programs, systems, vendor requirements, regulations, and controls supporting Service Operations functions.
• Ensures required tracking, approvals, balancing, reporting, retention, and follow-up activities are completed in accordance with established requirements.
• Coordinates with internal departments, vendors, and other third parties to resolve issues, validate requirements, and support assigned functions.
• Performs technical processing or direct service support when needed due to complexity, volume, staffing, training, testing, or business continuity needs.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and operational direction for assigned employees and functions.
• Assigns, prioritizes, and monitors work to ensure service levels, quality, productivity, risk management, and organizational objectives are achieved.
• Provides ongoing coaching, feedback, recognition, and developmental support, including employee check-ins, performance evaluations, and development planning in partnership with management.
• Participates in employee selection, onboarding, training, and development activities in partnership with management.
• Coordinates cross-training, workload coverage, and knowledge transfer to strengthen operational resiliency.
• Serves as an escalation point for complex operational issues and assists employees in developing appropriate solutions.
• Reinforces established policies, procedures, controls, service standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Identifies process weaknesses, recurring issues, operational risks, capacity concerns, and opportunities for improvement, and recommends enhancements to procedures, workflows, systems, controls, or training.
• Coordinates operational testing, procedural updates, implementations, and division initiatives as assigned.
• Escalates significant personnel, operational, compliance, service, or risk concerns to management.
• Serves as a member of the Business Operations Leadership Team, contributing to department priorities, communication, planning, and continuous improvement.

The Service Operations Lead is responsible for creating an environment where employees can successfully own their work, develop their capabilities, exercise sound judgment, and understand how their responsibilities contribute to broader departmental objectives. This role promotes a culture of leadership at all levels by encouraging accountability, initiative, problem-solving, continuous development, and informed decision-making throughout the team.

Leadership at this level requires effective coaching, communication, prioritization, accountability, sound judgment, delegation, and employee development. The Service Operations Lead is expected to strengthen the team's operational expertise, independence, and effectiveness while maintaining strong controls, service standards, and risk awareness. Success in this role is demonstrated by a team that can confidently manage responsibilities, resolve issues, and make appropriate decisions within established authority.

This opportunity will close on Friday, September 11, 2026.