Pension Brokerage Manager
Job Summary
The Company
WTW is an award-winning advisory broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
With a rich story dating back to 1828 WTW has been involving in some of the most significant moments in insurance and risk management from the Titanic in 1912 to the Moon Buggy mission in 1971.
Do you want to be part of a strategic project focused on innovation and excellence delivering client value The Lisbon Regional Delivery Center (Lisbon Center) is a WTW center of excellence that enables WTWs business operations and consulting teams in the grow simplify and transform strategy. The Lisbon Center is in place for more than 15 years and works in close partnership with consulting teams software developers business specialists as well as with WTW remaining Regional and Global centers.
Today the Lisbon Center has more than 400 colleagues that collaborate with strong commitment to WTW values: Client Focus Teamwork Excellence Integrity and Respect.
Retirement Health and Benefits Corporate Risk and Broking Outsourcing Employee Experience Enterprise Technology and Finance are some of the areas that the Lisbon Center works with. Retirement is one of the Lisbon Centers main businesses.
The Role
As a Delivery Manager for the Pension Brokerage Administration team you will play a key leadership role within the team overseeing the delivery of services for our largest and most complex clients.
You will combine people management project leadership and performance governance acting as a trusted point of reference for both the delivery team and key stakeholders.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Lead mentor and develop a team of Pension Administrators fostering a positive collaborative and highperformance culture
Act as people manager for the delivery team supporting performance management engagement development and career progression
Build and maintain strong trustbased relationships with internal and external stakeholders including clients consultants and crossborder teams
Lead and coordinate clientrelated projects including planning prioritization dependency management and deadline control
Support the team in workload management and capacity planning to ensure sustainable delivery
Provide technical support acting as an escalation point for technical and operational queries
Monitor analyze and manage team KPIs and performance metrics ensuring quality productivity and service standards are consistently met
Identify performance trends risks or bottlenecks early and take proactive action to address them
Protect and strengthen the business by ensuring robust governance risk awareness and highquality delivery standards
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance processes efficiency and delivery outcomes
Act as a role model for WTW values promoting open communication constructive challenge and a positive working environment
Qualifications
The Requirements
You are a natural leader with proven project managementcapability strong people managementskills and a clear focus on team delivery combining these with technical credibility and business awareness to take ownership and responsibility.
You bring:
Proven experience in pension administration pension brokerage or a closely related field ideally with exposure to complex or large clients
Experience in people management or senior leadership roles with a genuine interest in developing and supporting others
Strong project management capabilities with the ability to manage multiple priorities deadlines and stakeholders effectively
Strong analytical skills with the ability to monitor team performance through KPIs and translate insights into concrete actions
Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong relationships and influence effectively at different levels
A proactive and solutionfocused mindset with the ability to anticipate risks and act decisively
Comfortable working in a service-oriented environment and experience in a service center model is a plus
Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a clear focus on protecting the business quality standards and reputation
Confidence to speak up and challenge constructively while maintaining a positive respectful environment
Curiosity and motivation to continuously learn grow and develop as a leader
Excellent communication skills in English
Strong organizational skills attention to detail and resilience in complex environments
Above all you are a role model someone people naturally look up to and trust and someone stakeholders rely on to deliver results with integrity.
Required Experience:
Manager