The Role
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The Operations Strategy and Oversight Manager will play a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of our insurance operations and ensuring effective execution of key initiatives to deliver against this. This role involves overseeing the Operations Business Change Manager and Operations Product Owner, ensuring alignment with company goals, and optimizing operational efficiency and ensuring budget control.
You will be responsible for overseeing the performance and development of the following roles:
1. Operations Business Product Owner
2. Operations Business Change Manager
Key Responsibilities:
3. Support the implementation of the HSB Building Warranty Insurance Services’ annual operational and strategic plans and priorities in line with HSB UK and Ireland’s 2025 and beyond ambitions.
4. Understanding and documenting the end-to-end customer journey and responsible for digital process and journey improvements. Hosting internal and external meetings and workshops to support this.
5. Responsible for development and launch of Programs to deliver on strategic plans e.g. the company’s digital first approach including customer portal development etc.
6. Senior stakeholder engagement reporting to relevant steering committees on benefits delivery and future change.
7. Implementing and building strategic roadmap:Accountable to align and deliver digital operations with strategic goalsDirector and Steering sign-off of roadmapCommunication and alignment of roadmap to all interested parties
8. Delegation and management of through Business Product Owners.
9. Work closely with the Customer Service Leadership team to support the operational activities in aligning with regulatory requirements and risk mitigation strategies.
10. Ensure alignment of product development with operational needs and strategic goals.
11. Monitor product performance and customer feedback, driving continuous improvement.
12. Build and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
Key Skills & Experience:
13. Proven leadership and project management experience
14. Effective stakeholder management
15. People management skills and experience
16. Experience in digitising customer journeys and new process development
17. Ability to lead the development and interpretation of numerical trends and analysis, identify key issues based on this information to enable well-informed business decisions.
18. Awareness and understanding of regulatory framework and requirements.
Qualifications & Educations Requirements:
19. University degree or equivalent (preferred)
Benefits:
20. Annual bonus
21. Excellent pension scheme
22. Private Medical Insurance
23. Enhanced Maternity/Paternity leave (after 2 years’ service)
24. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service
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