Senior Manager, Access Center
Array Behavioral Care
Location
Chicago HQ (Remote)
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Remote
Department
Corporate
Array Behavioral Care is the nation's leading virtual psychiatry and therapy practice. As the leading mental health provider, Array is on a mission to transform access to quality, timely behavioral health care through innovative telepsychiatry solutions and services that span the entire care continuum, from the hospital to the home. Array partners with an extensive network of hospitals, health systems, community healthcare organizations, and payors to improve access and deliver the highest quality of care to patients.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Manager, Access Center oversees the daily operations of Array’s virtual call center team, which provides support to hospital staff and clinicians within the OnDemand virtual behavioral healthcare practice. This role is responsible for managing all operational aspects of the Access Center, including hiring, training, coaching, and leading remote representatives. The Manager ensures that workflows are efficient and effective, makes data-driven decisions to enhance team performance, and collaborates with stakeholders across the organization to maintain high levels of partner and patient satisfaction. The position is accountable for implementing Access Center initiatives and maintaining access to quality behavioral care in a fully remote environment.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Oversee daily operations of the Access Center, ensuring service quality and efficiency
Develop and implement policies, objectives, and KPIs for performance monitoring
Manage workforce planning, scheduling, and resource allocation
Lead training programs and coaching initiatives for supervisors and Access Center team members
Drive customer experience improvements and adopt new technologies
Handle escalated issues and coordinate with other departments for resolution
Supervise, interview, hire, train, coach, and lead virtual behavioral healthcare call center representatives as they provide support to patients and clinicians
Develop skills, retain talent, and ensure team member and customer satisfaction, leverage systems, and improve efficiency
People management tasks including but not limited to, managing vacations/PTO, leading team and individual meetings, conducting performance reviews, managing performance and improvement plans, and scheduling to ensure coverage for 24/7 call center operation
Promote quality and efficiency by guaranteeing Access Center Representatives are proficiently identifying action steps and efficiently handling service coordination and clinician availability
Respond promptly to representatives’ questions, guiding them through difficult calls or issues, diffusing frustrated situations, or handling issues; step in as needed for call coverage
Oversee and maintain multiple system logins for Access Center Representatives, including but not limited to: Electronic Medical Record, phone and chat program functions, other internal systems
Assist operations and other functions to improve processes for efficiency as well as establishing call center KPIs and goals
Assist in the formulation of individual performance targets and team goals and metrics
Facilitate and coordinate weekly and monthly metric and performance reports with Access Center staff and deliver reports and data in meetings and direct conversations
Develop and update performance objectives metrics and SOPs for the Access Center’s day-to-day activities (e.g., calls received, handle times)
Other duties as assigned
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
7-10 years of call center or contact center operations experience within healthcare or behavioral health
4-6 years of supervising experience within a call center or contact center operations environment
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Communications, or a related field (optional)
Strong leadership and people management skills
Expertise in call center technologies, CRM systems, and workforce management tools
Proficient in Excel and data management tools
Working knowledge of MS Office, Salesforce, and Outlook
Analytical skills for interpreting performance metrics and driving improvements
Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities
Ability to manage large teams and influence cross-functional decisions
Ability to work in fast-paced, high-volume environments
Familiarity with compliance standards and quality assurance frameworks
Organization and time management skills with the ability to multitask
Experience in dealing with highly sensitive and confidential information in a discreet and appropriate manner
POSITION LOGISTICS
100% remote position
Required to have a private office space in home or elsewhere for confidentiality
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The pay range for this role is $110,000 - $120,000 per year. This information reflects the anticipated salary range for this position using current market data. The final offer will be determined based on an individual's skills, years of experience, education, capacity, licenses, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employer paid life & long-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits include short-term disability, voluntary employee, spousal and child life insurance, accident, critical illness, hospital, or confinement insurance and flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA) contributions
15 days of accrued PTO annually, plus 8 paid holidays and 3 floating holidays
401k
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