VP Care Team Operations

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

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Our teams connect! We collaborate onsite and have a hybrid work arrangement. All candidates must live near one of our centers of excellence: 

Dubuque, IA  : 4141 Westmark Drive, Dubuque, IA 52002 

Dublin, OH : 5500 Glendon Court Dublin OH 43016 

New Albany, OH : 7795 Walton Parkway New Albany, OH 43054 

Irving, TX: 2201 W. Royal Lane Suite 125 Irving, TX 75063 

Memphis, TN : 8125 Sedgwick Way, Memphis TN 38125 

Southfield, MI : 300 Galleria Officentre Southfield MI 48034 

Orlando, FL : 12650 Ingenuity Dr Orlando FL 32826 

PRIMARY PURPOSE:  To provide leadership, direction, and functional expertise on complex projects, initiatives, and daily operations for the Care Team Operations group supporting the disability and leave claims OR casualty and liability claims organization; to provide strategic leadership for assigned care team operational team and closely partner with disability and leave claims leadership team to identify and prioritize objectives focused on service delivery for assigned clients/customers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops and executes strategic initiatives and procedures in partnership with claims operations leadership teams, which have substantial impact in reducing customer effort/enhancing customer experience, improving disability and leave claims handling processes, and successfully meeting business operating priorities; partners with internal stakeholders to ensure overall risk, service, and administrative practices are delivered effectively.

• Directs/executes approved strategy decisions; establishes and implements priorities, performance goals, and objectives to ensure departmental results and enhance the capability for assigned area(s) of responsibility (up to 500 indirect reports).

• Partners with the care team and claims operations support teams to develop and implement process improvements that significantly improve quality across the team, department, and/or business unit for assigned area(s) of responsibility.

• Ensures direct reports understand and can articulate client needs, processes, and practices of the business unit, and can deliver KPI outcomes consistent with expectations of the enterprise, business unit, and the customers served.

• Leads, inspires, and motivates colleagues to deliver exceptional service outcomes (quantitative and qualitative) to internal and external clients served.

• Builds on existing relationships, establishes environment of trust, and inspires teamwork to encourage skill building and risk taking.

• Delivers well-structured and impactful business reports and presentations to senior and executive leadership internally and client leadership/decision makers.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Travels as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administers company personnel policies in all areas and follows company staffing standards and training recommendations.

• Interviews, hires and establishes colleague performance development plans; conducts colleague performance discussions.

• Provides support, guidance, leadership and motivation to promote maximum performance.

• Plans for staffing needs including succession, bench-strength, and new business.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Licensing

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred.

Experience
Ten (10) years of contact center/customer experience related to this position to include five (5) years of comparable work experience in a leadership role and a demonstrated track record of consistently meeting and/or exceeding performance expectations or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Skills & Knowledge

• Proficiency in current technology tools for contact center management, reporting tools, common office applications, and presentation software

• Ability to drive performance targets to completion

• Strong oral and written communication, including presentation skills

• PC literate, including Microsoft Office products

• Leadership/management/motivational skills

• Ability to operate effectively and decisively in a high-level business environment

• Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies

WORK ENVIRONMENT
When applicable and appropriate, consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations.

Mental:  Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines

Physical:  Computer keyboarding, travel as required

Auditory/Visual:  Hearing, vision and talking

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description.  They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances.  Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, consider applying for it anyway! Sedgwick is building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and recognizes that each person possesses a unique combination of skills, knowledge, and experience. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.