SENIOR DIRECTOR, RISK MANAGEMENT 2026-2027

Salary Schedule

To manage insurance products and systems ensuring quality service and cost efficiency in the delivery of these products requiring skilled communications with external vendors and internal OCPS customers. Manage the OCPS Employee Benefits Trust to ensure financial soundness; premium increases are less than national trends, clinical outcomes are measured, evaluated, and enhanced. Based on current data, create expectations for healthcare, workers’ compensation, student accident, and retirement plan vendors that show improved clinical and cost outcomes. Oversee the performance of the third-party administrators (TPAs) for workers’ compensation, property and casualty, student interscholastic accident, and retirement plan consultant (403(b) and 457(b)). Ensure that the district has adequate protection for its human resources and tangible assets and that all insurance policies are updated and renewed in a timely manner. Ensure that employees have an opportunity to be educated and informed regarding their retirement benefits.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Master’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration or public administration and experience in insurance, risk management and employee benefits or any equivalent combination of related education, training and/or experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential job functions.
2. Seven (7) years of experience in employee benefits and risk management, five (5) of which must have been in a supervisory capacity (management of self-insurance desirable).
3. Experience in managing health plans and/or employee benefits with budgets in excess of $50 million.
4. Experience in property casualty insurance.
5. The incumbent is considered to be “essential personnel” during an emergency and can be subject to being held over or called back to a district location at all times.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of healthcare financing, actuarial analysis, claims adjudication, cost analysis, provider contracting, current healthcare patterns and trends, and management theory. Ability to develop and manage a departmental budget which includes risk funds for property/casualty/liability/workers’ compensation, the self-insured Employee Benefits Trust in excess of $143 million. Ability to negotiate vendor contracts. Knowledge of the principles of strategic planning and continuous quality improvement. Ability to substantiate the District’s needs for insurance products as part of the District’s strategic planning. Ability to communicate quantitative and qualitative insurance data to multiple audiences upon request. Knowledge of and commitment to decentralized decision making and accountability for results. Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

REPORTS TO: Chief Financial Officer

SUPERVISES: Director – Insurance Benefits; Senior Administrator, Financial Analyst; Senior Manager, Worker’s Compensation; Senior Business Process Specialist; Senior Manager, Risk Management and General Liability.

MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT:
Machines, tools, equipment, electronic devices, vehicles, etc., used in this position. Telephone, Computer, (Personal Computer and Mainframe), Automobile, Copier

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Describes physical conditions of this position.

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated as Light Work.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:
Physical activities of this position. Percent of a typical day involved in each applicable activity is noted.

Percentage
70 Sitting: Resting with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs.
10 Standing: Assuming an upright position on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
10 Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
5 Bending: Lowering the body forward from the waist.
5 Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
5 Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position through the use of the upper extremities and back muscles exerting up to 10 pounds of force.
80 Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
70 Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
90 Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately, loudly or quickly.
90 Hearing Acuity: The ability to perceive speech and other environmental sounds at normal loudness levels.
90 Visual Acuity: The power to see at a level which allows reading of numbers and text, operation of equipment, inspection of machines, etc.

Note: Will total more than 100 percent as several activities may be performed at one time.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Conditions the worker will be subject to in this position.

Indoors and Outdoors: The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
* Manifests a professional code of ethics and values.
* Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
* Models the routine, intentional and effective use of technology in daily work, including communications, organization and management tasks.
* Lead strategic and operational planning for the development, evaluation and coordination of all insurance products purchased or managed by OCPS.
* Oversee the financial integrity of the self-insured Benefits Trust, ensuring long-term financial stability and compliance with federal, state, and district requirements.
* Develop and deliver presentations to a wide range of stakeholders, including the Board and labor unions.
* Reviews and analyzes financial and healthcare utilization reports to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for cost management and plan improvement.
* Develop strategies, initiatives and routine objectives that are tracked monthly as part of the strategic plan for the department; with and through staff, plan and identify expected goals for each section in the department.
* Direct and evaluate the ongoing delivery and operation of all insurance programs so that the district is provided with the best available coverage at the best price with superior service.
* Lead the continuous improvement of the OCPS risk management processes and infrastructure.
* Evaluate, select, implement and maintain cost-effective insurance and wellness programs and utilize data collected through the evaluation of these programs to recommend substantive improvements to the employee benefits trust, the superintendent and school board.
* Plan and schedule the quarterly meetings for the employee benefits trust. Provide quarterly financial reports to trustees; if indicated make recommendations to ensure the financial soundness of the trust. Ensure that all motions made by the trustees are completed in a timely manner.
* Negotiate service-level agreements with vendors and monitor performance to hold vendors accountable for meeting these service levels either quarterly and /or annually.
* Negotiate contracts and monitor performance of the third-party administrators for workers compensation, student accident, property and casualty (self-funded) and retirement plan (403(b) and 457 (b)) consultants.
* Working with the broker of record, ensure all insurance policies are reviewed, updated and renewed annually.
* Develop and maintain risk management policies and standards, including financial soundness, relating to the purchase, implementation and operation of a full range of risk management programs
* Oversee all operations and functions within the department consistent with district goals.
* Oversee and evaluate each manager reporting directly to him regarding productivity in achieving and supporting district goals.
* Keep the Chief Financial Officer informed of critical issues within his unit and incidents about which the superintendent and/or board should be aware.
* May be required to serve as a Disaster Incident Management Team (DIMT) member during a disaster or emergency caused by severe weather, fires, power failures, pandemic, or event challenging our security.
* Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to all HRMD guidelines, executive limitations, the district’s instructional initiatives, and the school district’s charter guidelines.
* Follow the district’s policies and procedures as related to fixed assets.
* Develop leadership in subordinates.
* Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
* Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.
* Responsible for self-development and keeping up to date on current research, trends and best practices relevant to the area of responsibility.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

* Essential Performance Responsibilities

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Non-bargaining unit compensation plan, twelve months, 8.0 hours per day.

EVALUATION
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.

07/01/2026