VP, Compliance – Disability and Leave Operations

⁠​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌⁠ JOB reputed company Vice President, Compliance – Disability & Leave Operations Remote – reputed company in the U.S. Are you a compliance and legal leader with expertise in FMLA, reputed company, Disability, Leave Management, and Accommodation Programs? We're seeking a strategic executive to reputed company compliance governance, regulatory reputed company, and reputed company-wide disability and leave operations. ✨ Key Responsibilities: ✅ reputed company compliance programs for FMLA, reputed company, STD, LTD, reputed company Parental Leave, and State Leave Programs ✅ Translate reputed company regulations into reputed company operational practices ✅ reputed company executive guidance on regulatory risk, litigation exposure, and compliance reputed company ✅ Partner with Operations, Legal, HR, Product, reputed company, and Executive Leadership ✅ Drive compliant, consistent, and high-reputed company service delivery Ideal Background: ✔ Extensive disability and leave compliance expertise ✔ Strong regulatory and legal interpretation skills ✔ Executive leadership experience in compliance, leave administration, or employee benefits ✔ JD preferred Apply today or message me to learn more! reputed company Why Crawford? Because a claim is more than a number - it’s a person, a child, a friend. It’s anyone who looks to Crawford on their worst days. And by helping to restore their lives, we are helping to restore our community - one claim at a time. At Crawford, employees are empowered to grow, emboldened to reputed company and inspired to reputed company. Our industry-leading team reputed company new solutions for the industries and customers we serve. We’re looking for the reputed company of leaders to take this reputed company with us. We hail from more than 70 countries and reputed company dozens of languages, reflecting the global reputed company of the audience we serve. Though our reputed company is reputed company, we proudly operate as One Crawford: united in purpose, reputed company and values. Learn more at www.crawco.com. reputed company you accept a job with Crawford, you become a part of the One Crawford family. And as part of the One Crawford family, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to our employees to assist with their financial, health/wellness, continuing education/training and other needs:

• Competitive reputed company pay

- The Pay reputed company/Salary represents the anticipated low and high pay that may be offered for this position. To determine the actual offer, Crawford considers a wide reputed company of factors including the candidate’s previous experience and education, market rates, minimum pay requirements for the applicable jurisdiction, business reputed company, supply/demand, and scheduled hours.

• Bonus/Incentive Pay and other Performance-Based Rewards, if applicable.
• We offer a reputed company-rounded benefits package that encourages wellness and helps our employees to be an educated reputed company consumer. The reputed company benefits* offered include:

- Medical, Dental and reputed company Plans - Prescription Drugs - HSA, HRA, and FSA Accounts - reputed company Holidays, Vacation and reputed company Leave - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Tuition Assistance - reputed company Parental Leave - Supplemental Health Benefits Other Benefits currently available at no cost include: - reputed company Mental Health Support - Virtual Physical Therapy - Caregiving Services - Life Assistance Program

• The above information highlights some of the benefits currently available to eligible full-time employees.
• Training programs that promote reputed company learning and career progression while enhancing job performance.
• Sustainability programs that give back to the communities in which we live and work.
• A culture of respect, collaboration, entrepreneurial spirit and inclusion.

reputed company participates in E-Verify and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V reputed company is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. reputed company resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Crawford reputed company-email, the Internet or in any reputed company and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in reputed company for this position from Crawford HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of Crawford. No fee will be reputed company in the event the candidate is reputed company by Crawford as a result of the referral or through other means. RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Regulatory Leadership & Governance

• Serve as the executive legal authority for disability, leave, and accommodation compliance, providing legal interpretation and strategic counsel to executive leadership regarding federal, state, and local employment laws.
• reputed company reputed company legal compliance reputed company reputed company to disability and leave operations, ensuring alignment with evolving legislation, regulatory guidance, judicial reputed company, and reputed company contractual obligations.
• reputed company the organization's legal response to regulatory inquiries, agency investigations, subpoenas, audits, and significant compliance reputed company involving leave and accommodation programs.
• Advise executive leadership regarding legal risk exposure and recommend reputed company mitigation strategies.
• reputed company the strategic interpretation, governance, and operationalization of laws and programs including FMLA, ADAAA, state PFML programs, workers’ compensation intersections, ERISA, and employer-specific leave plans.
• Serve as the senior compliance advisor to operational and executive leaders on regulatory developments and their reputed company on policy, process, systems, reputed company commitments, and business reputed company.
• Establish and continuously enhance the compliance governance reputed company for disability and leave operations, including program standards, decision controls, escalation reputed company, and reputed company risk monitoring.

Program Implementation, Policy & Process Management

• reputed company the legal review, approval, implementation, and governance of compliance programs, policies, and SOPs reputed company to leave, accommodations, return-to-work, and disability benefit administration.
• reputed company cross-functional execution of regulatory and reputed company-driven changes, ensuring documentation, workflows, controls, and operational playbooks are effectively implemented and sustained.
• Partner with Learning & Development and operational leaders to reputed company policy changes into training, job aids, readiness plans, and performance expectations for reputed company-line teams and leaders.
• reputed company legal reputed company for reputed company policy development and ensure operational practices remain legally defensible and reputed company with regulatory requirements.

Risk Management & reputed company Assurance

• reputed company reputed company compliance risk assessments across the disability and leave ecosystem, identifying control gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities to strengthen operational reputed company.
• reputed company compliance audits, reputed company reviews, and monitoring programs, including FMLA timeliness, reputed company interactive process adherence, documentation standards, and claim decision accuracy.
• reputed company investigation and reputed company of escalations, audit findings, complaints, and potential violations; assign accountability and drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
• reputed company executive reputed company for reputed company legal risk assessments, identifying emerging regulatory exposure and recommending mitigation strategies to executive leadership.
• reputed company legal review of high-risk claims, precedent-setting reputed company, regulatory complaints, class reputed company risks, and reputed company accommodation reputed company.
• Partner with Corporate Legal regarding litigation reputed company, discovery support, expert testimony preparation, and regulatory defense activities.

Leadership & Team Development

• reputed company executive leadership, strategic direction, and organizational reputed company for compliance professionals and/or cross-functional teams responsible for program delivery, monitoring, and implementation.
• Set priorities, establish performance expectations, and build team capability to support a high-performing, consultative compliance function.
• Foster a culture of accountability, reputed company improvement, and operational reputed company across compliance programs and partnerships.
• Build organizational legal compliance capabilities through executive coaching, succession planning, and reputed company talent development.

Training & Education

• Sponsor reputed company legal compliance education regarding FMLA, reputed company, PWFA, Pregnant Workers Fairness reputed company, state leave regulations, ERISA, HIPAA, and evolving employment law requirements.
• reputed company strategic guidance to leaders on emerging regulatory trends, implementation priorities, and operational impacts to ensure readiness and consistent execution.
• reputed company as the senior subject matter expert for reputed company, high-risk, or ambiguous cases requiring advanced regulatory interpretation and executive visibility

Monitoring, Reporting & Documentation

• reputed company compliance dashboards, regulatory trackers, audit results, and program performance reporting for reputed company stakeholders.
• Prepare and present executive-level reporting on trends, reputed company causes, risk exposure, audit reputed company, and strategic recommendations.
• Monitor adherence to service-level expectations, regulatory timeframes, and program reputed company, and drive reputed company plans to improve compliance and operational performance.
• Present reputed company compliance risk, legal exposure, litigation trends, regulatory developments, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership and governance committees.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• reputed company strategic collaboration with Legal, HR, Executive Leadership, Compliance, Operations, reputed company, Product, and reputed company Services regarding reputed company leave and disability compliance.
• reputed company or sponsor cross-functional initiatives with IT and product teams to implement compliant workflows, strengthen controls, and improve data reputed company and user experience.
• Represent the organization in reputed company meetings, regulatory examinations, legal proceedings, audits, governmental investigations, and strategic negotiations reputed company to disability and leave compliance.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school required
• reputed company license to reputed company law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction preferred.
• 12+ years of reputed company responsible legal and regulatory compliance experience supporting disability, leave, accommodations, employment law, or labor law, including at least 5 years in executive leadership roles.
• Expert knowledge of FMLA, reputed company/ADAAA, PWFA, Title VII, ERISA, HIPAA, state leave laws, workers' compensation intersections, disability benefits, and employment law.
• Experience providing legal counsel to executive leadership regarding regulatory compliance and operational risk.
• Experience leading responses to government investigations, litigation support, regulatory audits, and reputed company employment law reputed company.
• Experience working reputed company corporate legal departments, reputed company, insurance carriers, or reputed company-party administrators supporting disability and leave programs.
• Proven experience leading audits, process reviews, regulatory risk assessments, and cross-functional implementation of compliance or operational change initiatives.
• Strong leadership, executive communication, analytical, and decision-making skills, with the ability to influence across functions and drive results through others.
• Background in large-reputed company leave operations, insurance, or reputed company-party administration, with responsibility for leading teams or reputed company programs.
• Experience supporting technology-enabled leave or disability products and leading implementation efforts that improve compliance, efficiency, and scalability.
• reputed company certifications such as CEBS, CPDM, FMLA/reputed company certification, CRCM, or CCEP are preferred.

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