Director - Health and Benefits Consulting

The Role

Serve as lead project manager for clients; materially contribute to project plan creation and leading the team on delivery; ensure progress against established objectives, budgets, timelines, deliverables and quality standards.

Proactively advise clients and ensure the delivery of superior client service.

Play a key role in vendor procurement, negotiation, implementation, and optimization activities.

Facilitate specialist resources and subject matter experts in health management, absence and disability management, pharmacy, data analytics and compliance.

Support the generation of new business by participating in prospecting opportunities as part of a broader team.

Build relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams.

Lead the client team, assign project roles/responsibilities, and ensure accountability.

Mentor junior colleagues.

Conduct review of client deliverables to ensure alignment to client objectives, leverage of optimal WTW services and solutions, and adherence to WTW professional excellence standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience and demonstrated success in the design/management of increasingly complex health and welfare plans gained in a consulting or brokerage environment or similar experience in a consultative role gained at a carrier or vendor
• Ability to expand relationships with current clients
• Polished and well developed oral and written communication skills
• Flexibility and proven ability to identify and resolve issues
• Strong analytical, creative and integrative skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint
• State Life and Health license required within 90 days of joining
• CEBS designation, or health and welfare actuarial or underwriting training desired
• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred

Company Benefits

Health and Welfare: Mental health/emotional wellbeing (including Employee Assistance Program), medical (including prescription drug coverage and fertility benefits), dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Accounts, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D, group accident, group critical illness, group legal, identity theft protection, wellbeing program, adoption assistance, surrogacy assistance, auto/home insurance, pet insurance, and other work/life resources.

Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off.

Retail Benefits: Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k). All Level 38 and more senior roles may also be eligible for non-qualified Deferred Compensation and Deferred Savings Plans.

Note that visa employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.