Customer Service Supervisor - Cigna Healthcare

Position

Customer Service Supervisor

Reporting To

Operations Manager

Job Purpose

The Customer Service Supervisor is responsible for leading end-to-end customer service operations to ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality service delivery across all customer touchpoints. The role is accountable for building and sustaining a world-class customer service team that consistently delivers exceptional customer experiences, operational excellence, and strong business outcomes.

The incumbent will drive customer-centricity, employee engagement, talent development, and data-driven decision-making while leveraging technology and AI-enabled solutions to enhance service quality, operational performance, and continuous improvement. The role also ensures strong governance, compliance, and accountability across all aspects of service delivery.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Customer Service Operations, Service Excellence & Governance

• Lead and develop a world-class customer service team that consistently delivers exceptional customer experiences across all customer touchpoints.

• Foster a customer-first culture focused on professionalism, empathy, responsiveness, ownership, and service excellence.

• Oversee end-to-end customer service operations across all channels (e.g., calls, emails, chat, and digital platforms), ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to approved service standards and operating procedures.

• Ensure customer interactions are handled within agreed service levels by actively monitoring volumes, queue performance, turnaround times, and case ageing.

• Drive service excellence by continuously reviewing customer journeys, identifying pain points, and implementing actions that improve customer outcomes and satisfaction.

• Establish and maintain high service quality standards through effective monitoring, coaching, and performance management.

• Proactively manage workforce allocation and workload balancing to optimize productivity and service delivery.

• Act as an escalation point for complex, sensitive, or high-impact customer issues, providing leadership, guidance, and effective service recovery where required.

• Ensure compliance with internal governance requirements, audit standards, data privacy regulations, and information security policies.

• Identify, manage, and escalate operational, service, compliance, and conduct risks appropriately to ensure service continuity and regulatory adherence.

• Build strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless resolution of customer issues and delivery of positive customer outcomes.

2. Performance Management, Analytics & Insights

• Monitor individual and team KPIs, including productivity, service level attainment, Average Speed of Answer (ASA), quality scores, adherence, customer satisfaction, and Net Promoter Score (NPS).

• Utilize operational data, dashboards, and reporting tools to monitor trends and drive evidence-based decision-making.

• Demonstrate strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities to identify root causes of service issues and implement corrective and preventive actions.

• Proactively analyze customer feedback, repeat contacts, complaints, service failures, and operational risks to improve customer outcomes.

• Drive a data-driven culture within the team through performance visibility, accountability, and continuous measurement of results.

• Leverage AI-enabled tools and digital technologies to enhance productivity, operational efficiency, and customer experience.

• Develop actionable insights and recommendations to support business priorities and service improvement initiatives.

• Participate in audits, root cause reviews, and remediation activities while ensuring timely completion of agreed action plans.

3. People Leadership, Talent & Capability Development

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, mentoring, and performance management to team members.

• Conduct regular team meetings and one-on-one sessions to review performance, provide feedback, and align teams with business priorities.

• Lead talent development initiatives through structured coaching, succession planning, and career development discussions.

• Identify and develop high-potential employees while creating opportunities for capability growth and advancement.

• Support onboarding, training, and upskilling of new and existing employees to ensure readiness for current and future business needs.

• Promote a culture of continuous learning, innovation, AI adoption, and professional development.

• Identify skill gaps and recurring service or quality issues and partner with Quality, Training, and Operational Excellence teams to implement targeted development plans.

• Drive employee engagement, recognition, accountability, and retention initiatives.

• Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture aligned with company values and customer-centric behaviors.

4. Continuous Improvement

• Lead and support operational improvement initiatives focused on enhancing service quality, customer experience, productivity, and efficiency.

• Participate in cross-functional projects, business transformation initiatives, and strategic programs that support organizational objectives.

• Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation, and digital transformation.

• Support implementation of new technologies, operating models, and customer service enhancements.

• Ensure consistent understanding and application of service standards, customer handling principles, and operational procedures across the team.

• Lead leadership-assigned initiatives and projects, ensuring progress is tracked, risks are managed, and business outcomes are achieved.

• Demonstrate ownership, accountability, and professionalism in delivering business results and customer outcomes.

Requirements & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.

• 5-7 years of relevant customer service, operations, or contact center experience.

• Minimum 2-3 years of leadership or supervisory experience managing customer service teams.

• Experience within the insurance, healthcare, financial services, or other regulated service environments preferred.

• Strong understanding of customer service operations, contact center management, workforce planning, service quality, and customer experience management.

• Demonstrated analytical skills with the ability to interpret operational data, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable business improvements.

• Proven experience driving operational performance through data-driven decision-making.

• Exposure to AI-enabled productivity tools, customer service technologies, automation solutions, or digital platforms.

• Experience leading projects, process enhancements, operational transformation, or customer experience initiatives.

• Proven ability to develop talent, manage performance, coach employees, and support succession planning initiatives.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple functions and levels.

• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, and time-management skills.

• Strong problem-solving capabilities with the ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and operational reporting tools.

• Ability to work effectively within a high-volume, customer-focused environment.

• Flexible to work rotational shifts and staggered weekends, as required

Core Leadership Competencies

• Customer Obsession & Service Excellence

• Operational Excellence

• People Leadership & Coaching

• Talent Development & Succession Planning

• Performance & Results Orientation

• Data-Driven Decision Making

• Strategic & Analytical Thinking

• AI & Digital Fluency

• Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Decision Making & Problem Solving

• Change Management & Execution

• Emotional Intelligence & Pr