Director, Disability & Absence Management Own the Relationship. Drive the Results. Work from Anywhere! Lead with heart. Deliver with excellence." ✨ Work remotely-your office, your vibe! Empower a team and shape success Build strong client partnerships that matter Work remotely-your office, your vibe! We're looking for a compassionate, strategic leader to guide our disability and absence management programs across multiple claim teams. You'll support operations for STD, FMLA/Absence, Paid Leaves, LTD, and integrated programs-ensuring exceptional service, strong client relationships, and consistent performance

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Minimum of eight years progressive experience in managing integrated disability and absence management programs with preference for employer-based experience
• Six years in a supervisory or leadership capacity required
• Expertise with IDAM best practice benchmarking and metrics
• Demonstrated ability to establish critical relationships at all levels of the organization and with external partners
• Exceptional communication skills, change management skills, and customer focus
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills
• Demonstrated experience in building high performance teams - ability to inspire a shared vision and empower and motivate a team.

Desired:

• Experience in a broader integrated health and productivity model including healthcare, on-site clinics, wellness, and EAP
• Experience with middle to large complete company e.g. 7,000 + employees, union representation and industrial, highly physically demanding jobs.
• Licensed disability adjuster

Desired:

+ Current membership/leadership in professional organization critical to the field

+ Must complete continuing education requirements as outlined by Crawford Educational Services

+ Nationally accredited certification in a related profession such as Certified Disability

+ Management Specialist (CDMS) or Certified Case Manger (CCM) #LI-DV1

• Facilitates the implementation, continuous improvement and integration of all disability and absence management programs/processes within the unit.
• Provides proactive leadership in developing a continuous improvement culture within the IDAM department.

Ensures that all aspects of the department's operations are meeting corporate guidelines, federal, state, and local law and are in accordance with professional standards and confidentiality. Concurrently, assessing the various programs ensuring they meet their defined objective and are meeting the needs of our clients.

• Manages, hires, trains, develops and motivates qualified individuals.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of industry trends in integrated disability and absence management to ensure that the various programs and processes are .

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