Director, Client Management-Alight Leave Solutions

Are you an expert in the Absence Management domain?

Amazing Opportunity and Great Place to Work!

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to "Be Alight."

Our Values:

Champion People - be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose - Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight - act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It's why we're so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com.

About the Role

The Director, Client Management, is an expert in Absence Management and oversees strategy, management, and retention for a complex, high-revenue client portfolio. They align account strategies with client goals, business needs, and desired outcomes to ensure customer success, value realization, and revenue growth.

Responsibilities

• Impacting outcomes related to client satisfaction, adoption, engagement, and business outcomes.
• Driving Alight's financial results, including solution expansion and contract renewals.
• Building, leading, and developing teams focused on strategic client/broker relationship management, client value realization, solution expansion, and client retention.
• Managing multiple client relationships and large-scale projects, ensuring successful execution while independently handling risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Communicating complex ideas, anticipating objections, and persuading others to adopt an alternative point of view, often at senior levels of leadership.
• Negotiating highly complex expansion and renewal contracts with external partners, clients, and vendors.
• Developing and building meaningful and trusted relationships across internal teams, customer stakeholders, and key influential third-party stakeholders, particularly broker consultants.
• Working closely with the Solutions Delivery team post-sale to ensure a smooth transition from Implementation to Service. Advocating to ensure business readiness and client success.
• Strategizing, preparing, and conducting Quarterly and Annual Client Business Reviews. Tailoring content to foster client-focused discussions and aligning value-driven messaging with client-specific needs, goals, and outcomes.
• Demonstrating a high degree of resiliency and adaptability. Taking responsibility for actions and decisions and is focused on solutions vs setbacks or obstacles.

Requirements

• 5+ years of direct Client/Broker Relationship management experience.
• Have education of a bachelor's or higher in related discipline.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, relationship development, negotiation, and issue resolution skills with C-Suite Executives and key Client/Broker contacts.
• Display compelling analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Have experience in managing pricing strategies and financial modeling.
• Have experience leading innovative and effective client engagement strategies focused on client satisfaction, retention, and expansion.
• Possess ability to partner with the Sales/Commercial Team to identify expansion opportunities.
• Be proficient in communication, business, financial expertise, and executive presence.
• Have experience in HR services, outsourcing, business management, or disability, absence, and healthcare.

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and "Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs" 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it's important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process.If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact alightcareers@alight.com.

Equal Opportunity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Salary Pay Range

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Pay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate's experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: Wellbeing and Benefits Selector Page - Alight

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.