Disability Case Manager (Temporary) - Virtual

The job

LIVE Live feed (private-sector employer) Source: The Muse public API · Data: listed 2026-11-06

Job description

Our Story

At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. Alight embraces values that come directly from our people - purposeful, human, united and growth-minded - reflecting our inclusive culture and promise that our clients expect. We are passionate about connecting purpose with impact. Alight empowers clients to build a healthier and more financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, navigation, and absence management.

Our Benefits

With a comprehensive total rewards package, Alight offers programs and plans that support your mind, body, wallet, and life. Benefits include health, dental and vision coverages starting Day One. Additionally, Alight colleagues enjoy wellbeing programs, retirement plans with contribution matching, generous time off, parental leave, continuing education, and career growth opportunities - all within a thriving global organization.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and "Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs" 6 years in a row.

Great Place to Work

Thanks to the work of every colleague, Alight has received multiple awards of recognition including "Great Place to Work" for the past 7 years and Fortune's "Best Companies to Work For." To learn more about our company culture and awards Click Here.

We invite you to join our team! Learn more at careers.alight.com .

About the Role

The temporary Disability Case Manager is responsible for administering and case managing assigned Group Disability claims. They will follow the plan provisions, state and federal guidelines, and established protocols. They work jointly with other team members within STD, and LTD and Risk Management resources.

Responsibilities

• Using most efficient and effective means of proactive outreach to obtain and/or dispense information. Involving information to and from claimants, departmental managers, physicians, HR, Payroll, or any other sources.
• Communicating claim status and decisions via telephone and in writing.
• Initiating communications to claimant, physician, and /or plan holder to obtain information, make assessment, and initial claim decision.
• Prioritizing and reviewing new claims to adhere to established departmental productivity. Meeting productivity requirements as established by department for handling "fast track" disability claims with limited durations.
• Investigating and analyzing claim information to determine coverage and benefit eligibility. Performing pre-existing condition investigation and draft adverse determination letter, if applicable.
• Determining disability by comparing functionality with job. Setting up claim for initial benefit approval including physician statement(s) and medical records.
• Following claim management procedures and identifies potential return to work, job accommodation opportunities when applicable.
• Utilizing claim management resources, i.e. MDA (Medical Disability Advisor), and other disability guidelines. Working with the goal of returning claimant to active work status.
• Assessing claim when other sources of income are received to ensure accurate offsets are applied. Recalculating benefits as needed determining under/overpayments.

• Demonstrate independent problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Able to clearly communicate claim decisions and contract language verbally and in written correspondence.
• Demonstrate math aptitude, ability to multitask, and analytical skills.
• Have 4-year college education or equivalent work/education experience.
• Experience of 2 years of disability claim management experience, or other previous Group insurance experience.
• Have experience with candidate regulatory and compliance standards.

Explore around this job

Field: Operations and Management Sub-niche: Executive and general management All jobs at Alight Solutions LLC Jobs in Mississippi Jobs in Starkville, MS Starkville city guide Mississippi state guide Oktibbeha County economy

View this job and apply on The Muse →

You apply on The Muse or on the employer's page; AtiveSite does not receive or process applications and is not affiliated with The Muse. The description above is shown as the source published it.

About the role

This is a Senior Level role in the Operations and Management field (Executive and general management) at Alight Solutions LLC. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.

We could not match this job title to one occupation in the official wage statistics, so no pay estimate is shown. Pay is not in the source listing; ask the employer for the range and compare in the 240 job niches.

Does the pay work here? (estimate)

How to prepare and behave

This is editorial guidance, not information from the employer.

• Read the whole description and match your examples to its requirements; use the same words the posting uses where they are true for you.
• Research the employer before the interview: what it does, who its customers are and recent news; prepare two or three questions about the work.
• Arrive early (or log in early for a video call), dress one step above the daily dress code, and test your camera and audio beforehand.
• Answer with short stories: the situation, what you did and the result. Give numbers when you have them and never invent them.
• Be honest about gaps; say what you did to learn and how fast you can close them.
• Ask about the team, the first 90 days, how success is measured and the schedule; do not open with salary and time off.
• When pay comes up, know the market range for the occupation and your lowest acceptable offer before you answer; ask for the full package in writing.
• Send a short thank-you message within a day, mentioning one thing you discussed.
• The listing mentions a remote or flexible location. Confirm with the employer whether remote work applies to your state: taxes, licensing and benefits can depend on where you live.

Know your rights as a candidate and an employee:

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: prohibited employment practices
• U.S. Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division
• CareerOneStop (U.S. Department of Labor): job search help, interview tips and resumes
• USA.gov: avoiding job scams

The city

The job is in Starkville, MS. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Starkville compares. Among the 60 largest places in Mississippi, Starkville is #15 by population, #59 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #5 for college degrees (#1 = most), #44 for household income (#1 = highest). Its county, Oktibbeha County, is #24 of 82 counties for average pay ($47,613).

The place in numbers

Starkville has 25,721 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.9% of the population of Mississippi. It covers 28 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 926 people per square mile. The median age is 26.0, 33% younger than the state median (26.0 against 38.6).

Housing

The median gross rent is $916 a month (rent plus utilities), 4% below the state median ($916 against $954). Over a year that is 26.1% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $299,900, which is 7.1 times the median household income ($42,125); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 34.0% of households own their home, 51% below the state average (34.0% against 70.0%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Oktibbeha County was 3.2%. 63.0% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Oktibbeha County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 84.2% drive alone, 1.1% use public transit, 1.1% walk, 7.1% work from home. 9.6% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 34% below the state average (9.6% against 14.4%).

People and education

50.5% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 101% above the state share (50.5% against 25.1%). 7.0% of residents were born outside the United States, 185% above the state share (7.0% against 2.4%). The poverty rate is 30.7%, 62% above the state rate (30.7% against 18.9%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 82°F (28.0°C), and the coolest is Jan at 42°F (5.6°C). About 1,453 mm (57 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Feb is the wettest month (149 mm) and Nov the driest (100 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: West Point (14 miles, rent 19% lower); Columbus (24 miles, similar rent); Amory (41 miles, rent 9% lower); Philadelphia (51 miles, rent 14% lower). Rent differences are against Starkville; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

Full guide to Starkville →Mississippi guideAll jobs in Starkville

Official links for Starkville

• Census Bureau data profile for Starkville
• Official state website: ms.gov
• BLS Economy at a Glance: Mississippi

These links go to official sources and open in a new window. The first one is the government's or company's own site as listed in Wikidata (property "official website"); check it before relying on it.

Where to live

The job city has no coordinates we can place on the map, so no housing comparison is shown. Use the 250 largest cities table to compare rent and income.

Career paths

We could not match this title to one occupation, so here are the other sub-niches in Operations and Management, where your skills may carry over:

Project management (207) Program management (144) Supply chain and logistics (293) Business operations and strategy (944)

Distances

This job has no single city we can place on the map (remote, flexible or unmatched location), so no distance table is shown. Browse all Operations and Management jobs with distances from any of the 20 largest cities.

The employer

Alight Solutions LLC is the employer in this listing. See all its open jobs here →

We do not hold headcount or revenue for this employer. Check its careers site and, if it is listed on a stock exchange, its public filings (SEC EDGAR search).

What it is like to work at a company (culture, schedules, benefits) is not in the source data, so we do not describe it. Read the description and ask the questions under "How to prepare".

Other open jobs at Alight Solutions LLC

Similar jobs

Same sub-niche: Executive and general management

All Executive and general management jobs → · All Operations and Management sub-niches →

FAQ

What is the Disability Case Manager (Temporary) - Virtual job at Alight Solutions LLC?

A senior level role in operations and management (executive and general management) listed 2 days ago. The full description is on this page and on The Muse.

Where is this job?

Starkville, MS. A remote or flexible location is listed; confirm with the employer which states are accepted.

How do I apply?

Use the "View this job and apply on The Muse" button. AtiveSite does not receive applications.

How much does it pay?

The listing does not publish pay, and we could not match the title to one official occupation.

What is the cost of living there?

Median rent in Starkville is $916 a month and median household income $42,125 (ACS 2020–2024).

How old is this listing?

It was posted on 2026-11-06 (2 days ago). Jobs older than 90 days are not shown.

Are there similar jobs?

Yes: browse executive and general management jobs in Mississippi.

Sources and terms

• Job data: The Muse public API (listing dated 2026-11-06). The job disappears from this site when it disappears from the source.
• Wages and projections: BLS OEWS (May 2025) and Employment Projections 2025–35.
• City and county figures: Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, BEA, BLS QCEW and LAUS, NASA POWER climatology; distances from Census Gazetteer coordinates.

AtiveSite is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Muse, the employer or any government agency, and does not process applications. Verify every detail with the employer before acting.

Sources

• BLS OEWS (wages and employment by occupation, May 2025)
• BLS Employment Projections 2025–35
• BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
• BLS JOLTS
• BLS State and Metro Area Employment
• Census Bureau American Community Survey (via Census Reporter)
• BEA GDP by state and Regional Price Parities
• IRS 2026 tax adjustments
• U.S. Department of Labor, minimum wage by state
• Tax Foundation state income tax rates 2026
• USAJOBS
• USCIS
• U.S. Department of State, visas
• NASA POWER climatology
• GeoNames / Census Gazetteer (coordinates)