
Complaints and Dispute Manager, Pacific
- Sydney, NSW
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the development and oversight of the customer complaints program in adherence to the global and local complaints handling policies and procedures in the Pacific region.
- Establish and maintain effective complaint resolution processes and service level agreements to ensure complaints are addressed timely and prudently, with any issues escalated to the proper management teams.
- Manage and develop a team of dispute resolution specialists and subject matter experts, providing coaching, training, and performance management.
- Produce timely and meaningful country specific management information to the Global Head of Complaints, local management teams, and regulators, where required.
- Analyse complaint trends and provide subject matter expertise to help management understand the root cause of complaints and develop remediation plans to prevent future occurrences.
- Collaborate closely with local department heads to identify process improvement opportunities with feedback to the Global Complaints Management team to improve global processes/tools (GCMS), efficiency, and quality of customer complaints handling.
- Maintain current knowledge of local regulatory requirements that have potential to impact AIG, participate in regulatory change discussions with Legal, and provide updates to senior leadership for input into business strategies.
- Participate in all relevant local committees and forums to facilitate resolution of root causes, developing issues, and risks posing a barrier to good complaint handling and achieving fair customer outcomes.
- Encourage, support, and exemplify a culture of continuous improvement across all functional business areas to ensure prompt resolution of complaints that enhances the customer experience, fair outcomes & product design.
- Proven experience in a Customer Relations, Customer Experience, Complaints or Service Delivery Management role.
- Understanding of the Australia and New Zealand complaint handling Regulatory requirements, including the practices and principles of the applicable regulators.
- Experience in developing, implementing and monitoring complaint handling frameworks across consumer & commercial insurance lines.
- Strong communication and influencing skills capturing verbal, written, relationship management at all levels, including Senior leadership and external bodies.
- Creative thinker, including creating and implementing dynamic solutions to often complex issues.
- Skilled in analysing complex dashboard data to identify trends, root causes, and emerging issues. Able to translate key performance Indicators (KPIs) and complaint metrics into actionable insights to drive operation improvements, enhance customer experience and support regulatory reporting.
- Exposure to product governance and customer vulnerability frameworks.
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant tertiary qualifications preferred.
- Self-motivated, collaborative leader with minimum 5+ years’ experience in senior leadership position.