Manager, Participant Services

Job Classification:

Corporate - People Team

At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions!

The Manager, Participant Services is the primary operational lead accountable for end to end service delivery across the Call Center, Resolution Center, and Claims & Appeals Management (CAM) vendors. This role ensures day to day service performance, escalation management, and vendor outcomes, using data to improve quality, reduce repeat contacts, and identify work appropriate for transition to the Concierge Team. The role also leads the implementation and scaling of data, analytics, and agentic AI capabilities—both agent assist and action taking—to improve efficiency, consistency, and participant experience, while ensuring solutions are well governed and operationally embedded.

This position follows a preferred hybrid work arrangement, requiring regular on‑site presence in our Newark, NJ office on a recurring basis as determined by business needs. The manager will provide additional details regarding the specific number of days expected on‑site. While a hybrid work arrangement is strongly preferred, fully remote candidates will be considered.

What you can expect:

• Own end to end Participant Services delivery across the Call Center, Resolution Center, and Claims & Appeals Management (CAM) vendors, with accountability for daily service outcomes.

• Lead operational performance management, including service quality, timeliness, participant experience, and escalation resolution.

• Establish and maintain clear intake, escalation, and resolution frameworks to enable consistent execution and predictable outcomes.

• Manage vendor performance through structured governance, SLA oversight, quality monitoring, and remediation planning.

• Use operational data and analytics to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities to reduce repeat contacts and prevent avoidable escalations.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase efficiency, stabilize performance, and improve participant experience.

• Identify work appropriate for transition to the Concierge Team and support effective handoffs through clear eligibility, routing, and enablement.

• Lead the implementation and scaling of data, analytics, and agentic AI capabilities (agent assist and action taking) within Participant Services operations.

• Ensure AI enabled tools are operationally embedded, well governed, and supported with appropriate human oversight and risk controls.

• Partner closely with Technology, Compliance, vendors, and frontline leaders to drive adoption, training, and sustained use of new tools and processes.

What you’ll need:

• Proven people leadership experience in complex, multi-channel participant or customer service operations.

• Demonstrated ability to own service outcomes and operate as the primary operational point of accountability.

• Strong vendor management experience, including SLA governance, quality oversight, and performance improvement execution.

• Data driven mindset with the ability to translate metrics and insights into practical operational actions.

• Experience designing or enforcing intake, escalation, and resolution processes within service environments.

• Working knowledge of analytics, automation, or AI enabled tools used to support frontline service delivery.

• Understanding of governance, risk, and compliance considerations in AI enabled or regulated operational settings.

• Strong change management and enablement skills, including training, communication, and adoption support.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including participant facing correspondence and leadership updates.

• Ability to influence across operations, technology, compliance, and vendor partners to drive aligned outcomes.

Prudential welcomes all applicants, even if you don't meet every requirement. If your skills align with the role, we encourage you to apply.

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We’re a global organization, full of outstandingly dedicated people who aren’t afraid to think differently, challenge the status quo and take sensible risks along the way. You will enjoy pushing boundaries as we build innovative technology that helps clients, customers and employees live their best lives. You will have access to leadership and learning opportunities and the resources needed to take your career in any direction. We will help you do your best work, offering flexibility, while delivering on our Purpose.

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What we offer you:

Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $114,500.00 to $188,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level. 

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave. 

• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%). 

• Company-funded pension plan. 

• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs. 

• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.  

• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.  

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service. 

Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.