
Manager, Voluntary Benefits Consulting
Chicago, ILJob$85–110K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Health and Benefits Manager serves as a primary relationship manager for voluntary benefits clients, overseeing client projects and partnering with senior leaders on plan design and management. The role leads carrier relationships, renewals, marketing and RFPs, open enrollment, implementation, and performance analysis. It also provides strategic consulting and recommendations in coordination with Health & Benefits teams and other internal stakeholders.
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Description
As a Health and Benefits Manager, you will be a key member of our Voluntary Benefit team, engaging directly with clients and establishing relationships across all levels of the client organization. You will substantially contribute to the management of voluntary benefit projects, leveraging your experience as a benefits expert to partner with a senior director to make recommendations on plan design and management for the full array of voluntary benefit programs. You will have the opportunity to position yourself to grow into a senior relationship management and/or leadership role by serving as a pivotal point of contact on projects and working alongside industry experts on cutting edge solutions.
The Role:
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Serve as the primary client relationship manager for assigned voluntary benefits clients, providing end-to-end ownership across the client lifecycle, including ongoing consultation, issue resolution, and strategic support.
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Lead claims, billing, and service administration activities, including escalation management, commission oversight, carrier coordination, and ongoing program support.
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Manage carrier relationships and stewardship processes, including plan performance reviews, carrier meetings, accountability tracking, and strategic partnership development.
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Drive financial management and renewal strategies by analyzing plan performance, identifying optimization opportunities, negotiating rates, and presenting recommendations to clients.
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Lead voluntary benefits marketing and RFP initiatives, including carrier solicitation, proposal analysis, vendor evaluations, and recommendation development.
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Oversee open enrollment, implementation and client transition activities, including rate validation, communication review, carrier coordination, enrollment readiness, and new product implementations.
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Provide strategic consulting and performance analysis, including annual planning, enrollment results reviews, market trend analysis, and recommendations that support overall Health & Benefits strategies, partnering across Health & Benefits teams and other internal stakeholders to deliver integrated client solutions.
Qualifications
The Requirements:
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5+ years’ experience in voluntary benefits gained in a consulting or carrier environment
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Desire and ability to expand relationships with current clients
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Polished and well developed oral and written communication skills
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Self-starter attitude and ability to work independently and as part of a team
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Flexibility and proven ability to identify and resolve issues
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Strong analytical, creative and integrative skills
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State Life and Health license required within 90 days of joining
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary range and benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that base salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation.
Compensation
The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $85,000-$110,000 USD per year.
This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus
Company Benefits
WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
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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.
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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
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Retirement 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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Note that visa employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.
This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.
EOE, including disability/vets
How this job compares
Set against the 840 open Client Relationship Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$85–110K/yr
- US median$140–220K/yr443 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $98K, is 50% below the US median midpoint ($195K) — in the lowest quarter of Client Relationship Management salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 29 open Client Relationship Management jobs in Illinois and 840 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Edward Jones16 open
- Deloitte3 open
- Bank of America2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Client Relationship Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (624 postings).
- Education
- 153 of the 840 open Client Relationship Management jobs (18%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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