Workplace Risk Account Director

• Requisition identifier: 202605777

• Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Employment type: Full time

Description

Join WTW as a Workplace Risk Account Director and lead a diverse portfolio of clients, delivering strategic workers’ compensation and return-to-work solutions that protect people and improve business performance. You’ll combine technical expertise, commercial insight and data-driven thinking to strengthen client outcomes, grow accounts and coach Account Executives. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a supportive, collaborative global organisation.

Role Purpose: Manage and grow a defined portfolio of Workplace Risk clients. Ensure consistent, high‑quality service delivery, provide technical expertise, and coach Account Executives.

Portfolio Management

• Oversee delivery of all WC/ORTW services across assigned clients.

• Maintain service cadence: review meetings, quarterly reporting, operational check‑ins.

• Manage escalations and ensure service issues are resolved.

Technical Leadership

• Provide multi‑jurisdictional WC guidance to AEs and clients.

• Quality‑assure claims, documentation and technical outputs.

• Identify systemic issues and implement portfolio‑level improvements.

Client Leadership

• Act as primary client contact for operational and mid‑level strategic engagement.

• Deliver proactive insights on claims trends, premium impact, and performance.

Commercial Responsibilities

• Manage project revenue, allocations, forecasting and scope variations.

• Support tender responses, proposals and renewals.

• Mitigate fee leakage and ensure project profitability.

Team Coaching

• Manage project revenue, allocations, forecasting and scope variations.

• Support tender responses, proposals and renewals.

• Mitigate fee leakage and ensure project profitability.

Qualifications

Technical Competencies

Workers Compensation Technical Expertise Strong multi‑jurisdictional knowledge and the ability to coach others. Identifies systemic issues across a portfolio and provides technical guidance to AEs. Applies early intervention and premium mitigation strategies for key clients. Reviews and quality‑assures technical outputs.

ORTW / Injury Management Service Delivery Delivers day‑to‑day ORTW activities, including RTW plans, insurer liaison, progress calls, documentation. Oversees ORTW program performance for assigned accounts. Ensures all deliverables meet scope, timeliness, and insurer expectations. Partners with operational managers to resolve complex barriers or disputes. Coaches AEs on best practice injury management.

Client Relationship & Stakeholder Management Primary day‑to‑day contact for a portfolio. Manages expectations, designs service schedules, and coordinates multi‑disciplinary teams. Handles mid‑level escalations and ensures client satisfaction.

Commercial & Financial Acumen Manages allocation, upland entries, scope changes, and proposal support. Identifies fee leakage risks and ensures profitability of accounts. Prepares inputs for renewals and proposals.

Data Analytics & Reporting Interprets premium and claims data trends, identifying actionable insights. Oversees client dashboards and reporting quality. Uses advanced data tools (ACP, diagnostics, performance reviews).

Communication & Influence Confident, structured communicator; manages difficult conversations.

Collaboration & Team Leadership Coaches junior staff; facilitates knowledge sharing.

Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Diagnoses patterns across a portfolio; implements improved processes.

Planning, Prioritisation & Autonomy Manages multiple accounts, deadlines, scopes and priorities with autonomy.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement Leads service enhancement projects, improves quality, identifies automation opportunities.

Growth Mindset Proactively identifies growth opportunities (cross-sell, additional services, prospects). Actively support Business Solutions to pursue and successfully secure new engagements and projects.

At WTW, we believe that a culture of inclusion and diversity is critical to our business. It's not a separate initiative – rather it’s fundamental to everything we do. We are an equal-opportunity employer who is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and embrace diversity including gender, nationality, disability, age, marital/parental status, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. In the spirit of reconciliation Willis Towers Watson acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email candidate.helpdesk@willistowerswatson.com