Litigation Senior Manager (Remote)

Reporting to the Core Litigation Director, this Senior Manager will provide leadership for staff whose primary tasks are the adjudication and settlement of claims involving the most technically challenging claims. You will possess extensive claims and litigation experience across all lines of our business. You will provide direction to staff on all aspects of claims handling and authority requests including those related to coverage and escalated through the team in working with Staff Counsel.

Position Compensation Range :

$111,000.00 - $190,000.00

Pay Rate Type : Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• You will manage the authority, guidance, and direction to Staff Counsel.
• You will create a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by facilitating and promoting trust, transparency, and inclusion. Work with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support on-going development.
• Lead with influence and expertise. You will actively contribute to division or department leadership team. You will communicate and support our organizations mission, vision, values and practices.
• You will lead teams to ensure delivery of services that exceed customer expectations and compliance with regulatory and company standards.
• Maintain awareness of existing and proposed legislation, court decisions and latest trends in claims litigation to monitor our compliance and recommend procedure changes.
• Review, evaluate and maintain file-handling process to meet company and statutory guidelines for Staff Counsel Authority Group
• You will participate in corporate claims initiatives including quality file handling, process improvement, training, and development of staff.
• Prepare and manage annual operating budget. You will also help prepare business plans.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvements.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

Licenses

Travel Requirements

Physical Requirements

Working Conditions

Additional Information

Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks

Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions

Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

In this primarily home-based role, you will spend 80% of your time (4+ days per week) working from home. On occasion you may be asked to travel to an office location for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, trainings and cultural events.

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We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and / or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email AskHR@AmFam.com to request a reasonable accommodation.