Health & Benefits Placement Associate Manager

As a Placement Associate Manager, you will significantly contribute to a client’s benefits strategy through assisting, managing and/or leading the entire vendor/carrier bid, procurement, and negotiation process. You will have opportunities to learn the full spectrum of employer health and group benefit programs including medical, dental, life, and disability. You will interface with vendors and client teams, prepare client deliverables, and ensure quality standards are met for large market clients.

The Role

• Materially contributes to clients’ benefits strategies by leading the entire carrier/vendor bid, procurement, and negotiation process for clients
• Support WTW Clients on complex, strategic Placement marketings
• Understands and articulates broader impact of placement strategies and decisions for carrier/vendor marketings (Requests for Information or Requests for Proposal)
• Applies in-depth knowledge of industry trends, available products/solutions and carrier/vendor differentiators to inform and influence clients’ placement strategies
• Manages clients’ expectation and relationships positively and effectively
• Collaborates with Client Service teams and H&B Communities of Expertise (CoEs) to communicate and deliver placement results by preparing teams for meetings or directly co-presenting in meetings 
• Provides quality reviews for placement work created by the Global Delivery Centers (GDCs) and/or other Placement colleagues
• Maintains/cultivates strong carrier/vendor relationships to enhance WTW’s market position and brand

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