Senior Client Services Manager - Risk Management

Gallagher•Rolling Meadows, IL

About The Position

This role manages a portfolio of up to 25 clients, serving as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact while developing service strategies, leading client meetings, analyzing and presenting data, implementing client-specific initiatives, and proactively identifying opportunities and challenges to support client goals, retention, and overall program success. The position requires strong knowledge of products, services, pricing, and profitability, along with the ability to collaborate across teams, mentor others, manage projects, and make strategic business decisions that balance client needs with organizational objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 5 years related experience.
Insurance license required.
Often travels for client needs (e.g., claim reviews, stewardship discussions).
Able to create success stories and capture learning’s within own book of business and that of team members.
Able to provide synthesized summaries to senior leadership within AM team.
Focuses on what matters most, where there is risk and where senior management intervention may be required. Always gets his/her point across in interactions.
Frequently able to lead group meetings and/or provide value-added input where not the primary presenter.
Is accessible by team members when they encounter roadblocks with their work.
Able to provide value-added suggestions and approaches to make the team more successful.
With supervisors, understands what matters most and where/when to escalate issues.
Consistently delivers direct, honest feedback to team members regarding performance against the AM skill continuum.

Responsibilities

May manage up to 25 dedicated clients, depending on complexity and/or client requirements.
Book of business may cover multiple industries, but with focus in select industry (or industries).
Serves as single point of contact for clients; highly responsive to requests and often identifies issues/challenges before client.
Works with minimal supervision, and knows when to engage supervisor and/or peers throughout the company.
Aligns self and external resources around client’s goals by understanding of what client is trying to accomplish in their programs and how we can contribute to these goals.
Develops service plans to capture goals and ensure progress.
Structures and uses data to tell a compelling story.
Presents data confidently and anticipates questions from supervisor and clients.
Significant knowledge of product and service capabilities.
With some assistance can implement and oversee client specific initiatives, i.e. closure projects, cost reduction projects, performance guarantee compliance.
Perceived as critical link between client, management and claims operations. Proactively works with supervisor to plan for and ensure maximum retention rate.
Limits downside surprises by identifying and rectifying issues early.
Leads group meetings across audiences (e.g., claim reviews, stewardship meetings, and partnership meetings) with modest support.
Sets and communicates roles for all internal participants prior to critical meetings.
Ensures appropriate pre-brief and de-brief communication to drive successful client interactions.
Can scope out work-related projects, including time and resources needed to complete.
May assist in orienting and mentoring lower level employees.
Has complete understanding of program pricing.
Understands the basics of program profitability to the company.
Able to make appropriate trade-offs between pricing levers to reach best outcome (e.g. multi-year deals, LOP, etc.).