Administration Support Specialist
Guidant Financial
Senior Manager, A&H Claims, Customer Service
ISC (Integrated Specialty Coverages, LLC)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for INF travel insurance policies and plans, ensuring deep knowledge of coverage, compliance, and product details.
- Train Customer Service Team on policy elements (refunds, cancellations, coverage types).
- Monitor customer feedback to provide recommendations for product and service enhancements.
- Support broker partners, resolving escalations and policy-related issues.
- Resolve complex escalations with empathy and expertise; step in to deliver expert-level customer service when required.
- Ensure communication channels are effective, customer feedback is captured, and improvement opportunities are identified.
- Evaluate customer interactions for quality assurance and provide coaching to team members.
- Design and implement proactive service strategies that focus on preventing issues before they escalate.
- Lead, inspire, and motivate the Customer Service team (through third party agencies), ensuring alignment with ISC’s values.
- Mentor and develop Team Leads, focusing on accountability, and performance improvement.
- Deliver reporting, prioritization, and execution of operational objectives.
- Build a collaborative, high-performance environment leveraging principles of The Great Game of Business.
- Assess team resource capacity and support the hiring of new team members to meet business needs.
- Foster a strong feedback culture by implementing continuous improvement and retrospective practices.
- Collaborate with ISC’s CEC to ensure centralized operational procedures are adhered to.
- Document and standardize core procedures and SOPs.
- Track team performance against KPIs.
- Analyze data to identify trends, risks, and areas for improvement, creating reports and recommendations.
- Oversee CRM implementation and management, including reports, KPIs, and staffing needs.
- Ensure adherence to quality assurance standards across customer interactions.
- Manage the relationship with INF’s TPA, ensuring performance and adherence to contract terms.
- Establishes efficient and balanced workflows that maximize efficiency and produce high levels of service quality and customer satisfaction
- Provides support and input to SVP budgeting process and ongoing management of P&L
- Collaborate with Product and Tech teams to troubleshoot platform issues and enable seamless digital customer experiences.
- Support Process Excellence initiatives, partnering with teams to optimize workflows and operations.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in related field
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in insurance operations, claims, or customer service management, preferably with travel or health insurance products with minimum 3 years experience managerial experience
- Experience with managing BPO arrangements on a global basis
- Exceptional leadership, team development, and coaching experience, with a track record of building high-performance teams.
- Demonstrated expertise in complex claims handling, policy administration, regulatory compliance, and escalation management.
- Proficiency with CRM platforms, data analytics tools, and reporting frameworks to drive operational efficiency and customer experience.
- Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally—especially with Product, Tech, Compliance, and external partners (TPAs, brokers)—for continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to represent the organization with clients, partners, and regulators.
- Agility, ownership, and focus to deliver high-impact results in dynamic environments.
- Travel Insurance Product Mastery: Proven expertise in travel insurance policies, coverage options, and regulatory compliance; ability to train internal teams and broker partners on product details and claims procedures.
- Customer Service Excellence: Demonstrated skill resolving complex customer and broker escalations with empathy, efficiency, and professionalism; adept at designing proactive service strategies to drive satisfaction.
- Quality Assurance and Coaching: Experience evaluating customer interactions, providing feedback, and coaching team members to high performance and consistent service standards.
- Leadership and Team Development: Strong ability to mentor, inspire, and develop Customer Service Leads and staff, driving accountability, change readiness, and a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Operational Management: Expertise in documenting and managing standard operating procedures, tracking KPIs, and overseeing centralized processes for claims and customer service.
- CRM and Technology Skills: Proficiency in CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Zendesk) and digital customer service tools; skilled at data integrity, reporting, and supporting seamless digital experiences.
- Data Analysis and Reporting: Advanced ability to analyze customer, claims, and operational data to identify trends, risks, and actionable insights; experience developing scalable, data-driven processes and reporting frameworks.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Track record of successfully partnering with product, technology, compliance, and process excellence teams to optimize workflows and support strategic initiatives.
- Change Management and Adaptability: Skilled at championing change, driving operational improvements, and adapting team strategies in a dynamic, growth-oriented insurance environment.
- You are intellectually agile; a strategic thinker who can think deeply about business problems, break down the key issues, and implement solutions.
Benefits
- Employee Ownership Program - every eligible employee shares in the financial rewards that grow when the company grows
- Professional development opportunities
- Owner Referral Program
- Work from home reimbursement for remote/hybrid roles
- Canary emergency financial assistance program
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision
- Life/AD&D Insurance
- Confidential, Employee Assistance Program
- Health Savings Account, includes company contribution
- Short-term disability
- Voluntary benefits - supplemental accident, critical illness, hospital insurance
- Employee discounts
- 401(k) Plan with company match contribution
- Various Time Off Programs
- 11 company paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
insurance operationsclaims handlingpolicy administrationregulatory complianceescalation managementdata analysisreporting frameworksstandard operating proceduresKPI trackingcustomer service management
Soft skills
leadershipteam developmentcoachingcommunicationnegotiationstakeholder managementempathycollaborationchange managementstrategic thinking
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree
