Director of Contracting

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For over 50 years, AmeriLife has been a leader in the development, marketing and distribution of annuity, life and health insurance solutions for those planning for and living in retirement.

Associates get satisfaction from knowing they provide agents, marketers and carrier partners the support needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving industry.

Job Summary

AmeriLife’s strength is its mission: to offer insurance and retirement solutions to help people live longer, healthier lives. By putting its mission into practice, AmeriLife has become recognized as a national leader in developing, marketing, and distributing life and health insurance, annuities and retirement planning solutions to enhance the lives of pre-retirees and retirees. For more than 50 years, AmeriLife has partnered with the nation’s leading insurance carriers to provide value and quality to customers served through a national distribution network of over 200,000 insurance agents and advisors, over 40 marketing organizations, and nearly 50 insurance agency locations.
AmeriLife is in the midst of an exciting and significant transformation of its operational infrastructure to better serve the evolving needs of its stakeholders across the country. As such, we’re looking for a Director of Contracting to help us continue pushing our ambitious roadmap forward.
The Director of Contracting is highly visible and a key contributor to various initiatives throughout the organization. This person must be well organized, able to facilitate meetings and work with various insurance carrier representatives, internal operational and IT areas simultaneously. They will further be responsible for all the Agent Contracting related activities and onboarding process for multiple distribution channels across Marketing and Career Distribution.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Accountable for effective and efficient delivery of Agency Operations strategies pertaining to Agent Onboarding and Contracting:

• Provide leadership to the agent contracting department’s day-to-day operations

• Assist in execution of Agency Operations growth enabling strategies

• Ensure all agents and agencies are onboarded accurately and in a timely manner • Develop and facilitate internal and external reporting requirements as requested by carrier partners, key stakeholders and agency operations

• Serve as primary contact for all contracting related inquiries from insurance carriers and distribution partners, including issue escalations

• Responsible for team hiring, training, coaching, development and performance management utilizing company platforms, processes and systems

• Ensure development and maintenance of department policies and procedures

• Perform ongoing, detailed analysis of department procedures and processes, delivering continuous improvement results

• Other duties and projects as assigned by leadership

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or equivalent experience

• At least 5-years mid-level management experience (Manager of Managers)

• Demonstrated experience in developing high-functioning leadership teams

• Contracting and licensing experience in the insurance or financial services industry preferred

• Strong analytical, communication and trouble shooting skills

• Excellent team building, process development and planning, organizational and execution skills

• Ability to effectively manage multiple, competing priorities

• Expert Level experience with MS Office Suite tools or similar