Lincoln Financial Media

Manager, Short Term Disability Claims

Lincoln Financial Media$72K — $131K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of managerial or supervisory experience
  • Strong relationship management skills
  • Excellent organizational abilities with attention to detail
  • Experience in managing change effectively
  • Ability to analyze data and trends
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Project management skills with a focus on deadlines
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent insurance-related experience

Responsibilities

  • Manage and evaluate team performance to meet standards
  • Ensure compliance with claims processing policies
  • Provide training and development for team members
  • Identify opportunities for individual and organizational improvement
  • Hire and retain top talent effectively
  • Resolve complex escalated issues and concerns
  • Collaborate with distribution teams to address customer needs

Benefits

  • Defined career tracks and job levels
  • Leadership development and training opportunities
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Competitive 401K and employee benefits
  • Financial counseling and health coaching
  • Tuition assistance program
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Access to productivity tools and training resources
Full Job Description
Alternate Locations: Charlotte, NC (North Carolina); Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana); Greensboro, NC (North Carolina); Omaha, NE (Nebraska); Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania)

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid : Employee will work 3 days a week in a Lincoln office

Relocation assistance: is not available for this opportunity.

Requisition #: 76254

The Role at a Glance

We are excited to bring on a highly motivated Claims Team Manager to our ever-growing Organization!

As a Claims Team Manager, you'll be responsible for coaching and developing a team of claims specialist, navigating individual and team priorities, and supporting organizational initiatives with a strong emphasis on relationship building and change management. If you enjoy working with people and helping them achieve their best, then please read on!

What you'll be doing
• Managing and evaluating individual and team performance, while taking appropriate action to meet or exceed performance standards
• Ensuring claims processing is consistent with applicable policies, procedures and department guidelines
• Providing training and development opportunities, including stretch assignments, for team members. This includes giving honest and open feedback to aid in the development of talent
• Identifying areas of opportunity on both an individual and organizational level, and working with other managers to drive improvement through various initiatives
• Ensuring that top talent is hired and retained within your assigned area of responsibility
• Reviewing and resolving more complex escalated issues and concerns
• Collaborating with distribution teams to ensure customer expectations are considered and addressed

What we're looking for

Must-haves:
  • 2+ years of managerial, supervisory, and/or demonstrated leadership experience
  • Demonstrated strong relationship management skills with internal and external clients (e.g. customers, management, peers and colleagues) and a proven ability to develop collaborative approaches
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and multi-task while maintaining strict attention to detail
  • Experience in navigating through environments with significant change
  • Experience in defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions, and evaluating trends in data or information
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • Project management skills including the ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, under pressure, and meeting deadlines
  • 4 Year/bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) in Insurance


Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted through July 17, 2026 and posting may come down earlier due to applicant volume.

What's in it for you:
  • Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
  • Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
  • PTO/parental leave
  • Competitive 401K and employee benefits
  • Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
  • Tuition assistance program
  • Work arrangements that work for you
  • Effective productivity/technology tools and training


The pay range for this position is $72,900 - $131,600 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln's total rewards package for employees. In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual. Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln's standard benefits package.

About Lincoln Financial Media

Lincoln Financial Media is a subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation, a Fortune 250 American holding company, which operates multiple insurance and investment management businesses through subsidiary companies. Lincoln Financial Media was a subsidiary of Lincoln Financial Group until 2014, when it was sold to Entercom Communications. The company owned and operated radio stations in Atlanta, Miami, and San Diego. The company was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Learn more about Lincoln Financial Media
Market Cap
$655 million
Industry
Net Income
-$242.2 million
Founded
1905
5 Year Trend
+20.7%
Revenue
$1 billion

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