Senior Benefits Account Executive

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them. We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow. If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work; think of Gallagher.
Overview

We are looking for a Senior Benefits Account Executive to join a growing, high-performing team, supporting a portfolio of 15–20 large, complex, predominantly self-funded clients. This is a role for someone who thrives in complexity, enjoys leading strategic conversations, and is confident partnering with senior stakeholders.

Here, you won’t just manage accounts, you will shape strategy, influence decisions at the highest level, and make a lasting impact.

How you'll make an impact

In this role, you will act as a trusted strategic partner to your clients, leading sophisticated benefits conversations and delivering tailored, high-impact solutions.

You will:

• Manage a portfolio of 15–20 complex, self-funded accounts, ensuring strategic oversight and service excellence
• Build strong, credible relationships with C-Suite stakeholders, guiding decision-making through data-driven insights
• Lead strategic conversations, helping clients navigate risk, cost management, and long-term benefits planning
• Own and drive the renewal process, collaborating with internal specialists and producers
• Identify opportunities to expand services and deepen partnerships
• Work closely with a collaborative, growing team, contributing to shared success and continuous improvement
• Deliver measurable outcomes across client retention, satisfaction, and growth
• Travel up to 25% of the time to meet with clients and strengthen relationships

This is a role where your voice matters, and where your expertise directly shapes client strategy and business outcomes.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of client-facing benefits experience
• (or equivalent experience)
• Proven ability to manage complex accounts and competing priorities
• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders, including C-Suite executives
• Strong communication and consultative skills
• Active Life & Health license (or ability to obtain)
• Highly self-driven, organized, and results-oriented

Preferred

• Experience with self-funded and complex benefit structures
• Strong financial acumen and ability to interpret data into strategy
• Experience working in a collaborative, fast-growing environment

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Compensation and benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours. On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...

**The benefits summary above applies to fulltime positions. If you are not applying for a fulltime position, details about benefits will be provided during the selection process.

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.