Description
The Manager, Customer Relations, HK Retirement is a key client-facing role responsible for managing a portfolio of strategic employer relationships, delivering exceptional service experiences, and driving engagement and retention outcomes.
The incumbent serves as a trusted advisor and primary relationship owner for corporate employers, intermediaries, and key stakeholders, while contributing to service excellence, member engagement, digital adoption, and business growth initiatives.
Position Responsibilities:
Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary relationship owner and key point of contact for assigned employer clients, intermediaries, and strategic business partners within Hong Kong Retirement.
- Develop and maintain strong, long-term client relationships through proactive engagement, regular business reviews, and solution-oriented discussions.
- Lead high-impact client meetings covering service performance, member experience, scheme administration matters, strategic initiatives, and engagement opportunities.
- Proactively identify service gaps, risk areas, and client concerns, and develop effective recovery and retention strategies to strengthen customer confidence.
- Lead escalation management and complaint resolution activities, coordinating with internal stakeholders to achieve timely and effective outcomes.
- Represent the business in complex or sensitive client situations, balancing customer expectations, regulatory requirements, operational feasibility, and business objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement in service quality, operational efficiency, client satisfaction, and customer engagement outcomes.
- Deliver employer briefings, member education programs, retirement planning seminars, and engagement campaigns.
- Provide strategic recommendations to enhance member understanding, participation, and confidence in retirement planning.
- Identify emerging customer needs and recommend innovative solutions that enhance client value and overall customer experience.
Business Growth & Engagement
- Partner with internal stakeholders to drive member engagement, digital adoption, financial wellness, and customer education initiatives.
- Promote digital servicing solutions and support employers and members in adopting digital platforms to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Support client retention initiatives and identify potential business opportunities through regular customer engagement and needs assessments.
- Partner with Account Management, Sales, and Distribution teams by referring qualified business opportunities and supporting lead generation activities.
- Analyze customer feedback, service trends, and engagement insights to identify opportunities for service enhancement and relationship strengthening.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives that improve customer loyalty, retention, and market competitiveness.
Stakeholder & Project Management
- Collaborate closely with Operations, Compliance, Legal, Sales, Marketing, Product, Technology, and external service providers to deliver positive client outcomes.
- Lead customer-related projects, transformation initiatives, process improvement programs, and service enhancement activities.
- Support business readiness, client communication, and stakeholder engagement activities arising from regulatory, operational, system, and platform changes, including eMPF-related initiatives.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and drive timely resolution of customer issues and service challenges.
- Influence cross-functional stakeholders to achieve client objectives while balancing operational, risk, and business considerations.
- Participate in strategic business initiatives that enhance customer experience and operational effectiveness.
Risk & Compliance
- Ensure adherence to all regulatory requirements, governance standards, company policies, and internal control procedures.
- Monitor operational risks within the Customer Relations function and implement appropriate mitigation and control measures.
- Ensure all employer, intermediary, and member interactions are conducted professionally and in accordance with contractual obligations and regulatory requirements.
- Support internal audits, compliance reviews, regulatory inspections, and reporting activities as required.
- Escalate emerging client, operational, compliance, or reputational risks in a timely manner to appropriate stakeholders.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Communications, or a related discipline.
- Strong knowledge of retirement schemes, pensions, MPF, ORSO, employee benefits, and the Hong Kong retirement industry.
- Minimum 6-10 years of experience in customer relations, client servicing, account management, relationship management, or related roles within financial services, pensions, insurance, asset management, or employee benefits.
- Proven track record in managing strategic client relationships, complex stakeholder engagements, and service delivery excellence.
- Experience in managing large corporate clients, NGOs, government organizations, public sector entities, educational institutions, or employee benefit programs will be advantageous.
- Strong experience in service recovery, complaint resolution, and client retention management.
- Holder of MPFA-regulated licenses and relevant licenses where applicable.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and project management capabilities.
- Ability to interpret customer insights, service metrics, and operational data to support business decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across multiple functions and levels of seniority.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, and collaboration tools.
When you join our team:
- We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
- We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
- As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.