Role : Head of Delivery (Insurance Operations)
Department : Insurance Business Services (Business Process Outsourcing Division)
Location : Chennai, India
Key relationships : Operations team, Customer, IT delivery Team, Development team, Infra teams
Role Description :
Functional responsibility will cover service delivery both onshore and offshore.
- Initially taking on management of Offshore operational resources in Chennai and Lucknow
- Responsible for improving Turnaround time, Active time, Customer Satisfaction
- Increasing and driving more work offshore
- Implementing RPA and other automation
- Working with IT to deliver customer innovation – eg new “Digital” processes for our clients
- Supporting new sales opportunities to deliver refined and new service offerings for our existing and new clients
Skillsets required
15 years + operational management experienceTrack record for delivering end to end process improvements and transformation, including offshoring of complex processesFirst-hand experience of RPA and driving Lean change a strong advantageOnshore / offshore operating structure, including responsibility for managing significant teams based outside India (preferably UK or US)Complex process background, preferably including Insurance process . Not necessarily in life & pensions sector but familiarity with financial services highly desirable.Ability to work in matrix / dotted line structureStrong communication and influencing skills – very important because of number of UK-based direct reportsPersonal flexibility and willingness to travel at short noticeCandidate needs to be credible both to FCA as an Approved Person (hence importance of relevant experience) and to ClientsResponsible for up to 300 peopleReporting to the COO