Employee Benefits Consultant - American Heritage

The Standard Opportunity

The next part of your journey is right around the corner with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams across the nation, we've been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

The Standard has completed the acquisition of the Employer Voluntary Benefits business from Allstate. This deal enhances our competitive position in the market with a comprehensive offering of workplace benefits products and capabilities.

Job Summary

Our Voluntary Benefits Division is growing! The Employee Benefits Sales Consultant is responsible for top line premium growth, case count and producer recruiting for Oklahoma. This position works with national, regional and local Employee Benefit Brokers, Consultants, General Agents, Technology Partners and Enrollment Firms by consulting, training, educating, and motivating in order to ensure profitable growth and to meet sales objectives established for an assigned market within the territory.

• Build consulting relations with new and existing National, Regional and local Employee Benefit Broker Partners, General Agents, Technology Partners and Enrollment Firm partners with voluntary group and life insurance with long term care product suites.
• Be a resource for partners by being the subject matter expert on suitable enrollment technology solutions as well as product solutions for their client companies.
• Employee Benefits Consultants provide training and on-going development of producers, agencies and general agents in their assigned region.
• Responsible for maintaining a strong working relationship with our Home Office Sales Support, Underwriting, Policyholder Services, Billing Support, Compliance, and Compensation.
• Meet or exceed assigned production plan.
• Help analyze markets and formulate recruiting and marketing programs, with the goal of securing long term relationships with producers who will effectively produce quality business.
• Consult with producers to bring value to their existing book of business and develop new opportunities designed to generate solutions for their clients.
• Provide feedback on changes in the marketplace.
• Help implement and support the corporate strategy.
• Must reside in DFW or Oklahoma City area to be considered for this role.
• Must have an established broker network within the territory to be considered for this role.
• Ability to travel 3 days per week within the defined territory is required for this role.

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Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect :

In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance.

Salary Range : $125K-$200K+, which includes a base salary and target incentive compensation

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.