Branch Operations Manager

At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report, and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth - by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all.

You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.

Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies. To learn more about Stewart, visit stewart.com/about.

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Job Description

Job Summary

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for the efficient operation, profitability, supervision of a specific branch(es) or department(s) while assuring customer satisfaction
• Seen as the individual in charge and serves as the go-to person for a variety of issues needing escalation
• Supervises the day-to-day activities of employees responsible for operational tasks
• Aligns branch goals with business unit goals by monitoring branch metrics and providing recommendations to leadership for change based on branch results
• Provides leadership to managers, supervisors and/or individual contributors
• Accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams
• Develops departmental plans, including business, production and/or organizational priorities
• Decisions are guided by resource availability and Stewart objectives
• Applies knowledge of key business drivers and the factors that maximize department performance
• Guided by functional or regional business plans, impacts the department results by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies Identifies and solves complex, operational and organizational problems leveraging resources within or outside the department
• Persuades managers and leaders to take action and/or negotiates with external partners/vendors/customers
• Manages multiple related teams, sets departmental priorities and allocates resources to align with business objectives and annual plan

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred

Experience

• Typically requires 8+ years of related work experience

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at [email protected].

Pay Range & Benefits

The base salary range provided is consistent with similar roles at the Company. The base salary range is not an absolute, but a guide, and actual offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, education, experience, location, market conditions, and other compensation components. Depending upon all of the preceding considerations, the base salary may be lower or higher than the stated range.

Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts