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USAA

AVP, Casualty Claims Litigation Management

USAA

. Accountable for teams handling complex auto and property litigation to deliver operational litigation results at scale.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timePhoenix • Arizona, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $224,250 - $403,650 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Accountable for teams handling complex auto and property litigation to deliver operational litigation results at scale.
  • Responsible for member service, paying what we owe, controlling legal expenses, employee engagement, quality, operational risk and compliance across multiple operational areas.
  • Sets operational goals and measures to achieve overall claims litigation targets.
  • Designs and implements claims strategies supporting enterprise objectives.
  • Collaborates and influences P&C strategies coordinating with peers to affect P&C mission objectives.
  • Responsible for identifying and advancing broad strategic improvements to the litigation operation including efficiency, effectiveness, compliance and regulatory adherence.
  • Sponsors and shapes large transformational efforts across Operational areas.
  • Provides executive leadership guidance on technical matters and extends litigation settlement authority within their process (or as delegated).
  • Identifies and evaluates internal and external issues of strategic importance to the litigation landscape.
  • Demonstrates executive-level thought leadership, strategy development, and financial and operational planning.
  • Leads broad functional Litigation, Claims and P&C projects and may serve as an executive sponsor for projects.
  • Oversees the development and implementation of functional policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • Identifies opportunities and facilitates major improvements to processes and systems and works with internal partners to accomplish shared accountabilities.
  • Engages with and represents USAA with external law firms and other partners as appropriate.
  • Collaborates with internal partners to establish appropriate controls within operational litigation area.
  • Responsible for organizational leadership, communication, employee engagement and coordination of business and Enterprise initiatives.
  • Influences and executes claims litigation servicing solutions across process, technology, workforce, third party, and/or analytics in support of P&C product competitiveness.
  • Influences and executes claims litigation strategy, plan, goals, and objectives in support of Claims Strategy.
  • Inspires a high performing team to deliver exceptional experiences to the members, engaged employees, and achieve exceptional results.
  • Hires, develops, and coaches claims leaders for results delivery.
  • Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
  • 10 years of progressive customer service, operational, legal or military experience to include a minimum of 8 years of demonstrated insurance litigation proficiency and experience.
  • 6 years of people leadership experience in building, managing and/or developing high-performing teams required.
  • Experience in developing legal service delivery solutions to include building a business case for change, creating influence and delivering results.
  • Executive-level business and technical acumen in the areas of effective claims litigation handling processes, claims risk and compliance, law firm vendor management, integrated change management and front-line communications leading to operational excellence.
  • Management experience overseeing a distributed office and/or remote workforce.
  • Jurisdictional knowledge and experience managing litigation Countrywide, with focused experience on California, Nevada, and Washington and the Western U.S.
  • Claims Operational experience, to include leading teams handling complex litigation, implementation of aggressive litigation management strategies, and proficiency in creating and managing strong trial strategies.
  • Business analytics experience and/or experience working with data and metrics to manage the work and drive results.
  • Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders, influencing decisions, and managing work to achieve strategic goals required.
  • Executive-level business acumen in the areas of business operations, industry practices and emerging trends required.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
  • 401(k)
  • pension
  • life insurance
  • parental benefits
  • adoption assistance
  • paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
  • various wellness programs
  • career path planning and continuing education

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Hard Skills & Tools
insurance litigationclaims managementlegal service deliverybusiness analyticsrisk compliancelitigation management strategiestrial strategiesoperational excellencechange managementvendor management
Soft Skills
executive leadershipteam developmentinfluencing decisionscommunicationemployee engagementstrategic thinkingcollaborationproblem-solvingorganizational leadershipcoaching