Employee Benefits, Vice President

Employee Benefits Vice President

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.

AssuredPartners is a leading insurance brokerage that prides itself on delivering more than insurance expertise. Our teams provide the highest level of service, tailored solutions, and forward-thinking risk management strategies that truly set us apart. With a culture based on integrity, collaboration, and technical excellence, we are proud to offer our clients, and our employees, the very best in the insurance industry. As part of Gallagher, you will be joining a team that delivers more than policies; you will provide proactive risk management consulting, innovative solutions, and an unmatched level of client service.

How You'll Make An Impact

The Employee Benefits Vice President works with the senior executive team, branch management, sales and service staff to address the organization's critical focus on operational discipline. The successful candidate in this role will be responsible for building and leading a multi-site (US locations) shared services team with a potential span of control over 75 100 people within 2 to 3 years. This includes both large and small projects with a focus on company-wide scale areas of cost reduction / containment, performance improvement, service enhancement, product development, and other operational initiatives.

Construct and lead the development of a Shared Services Model organization to address critical business issues such as organizational effectiveness, growth strategy, management reporting, customer service and overall performance improvement. Develop and lead a team with a focus on operational discipline, review / document process improvement hypotheses and analyze data and outcomes. Analyze and reengineer business processes, with input from management and staff. Document "as-is" processes and information flows and develop "to-be" process flows and process change diagrams to identify needed organizational and workflow changes. Support the development of action plans, including time frame, work to be performed, sequence of events, etc. Plan and execute the transition plan of services from one location to the new shared service center(s) in an organized and effective manner.

About You

Required : Bachelor's Degree and 10+ years of experience in client support services and support services optimization, strategy and execution 5 + years of experience managing / developing and / or building a customer-focused help desk team for both strategy development and process improvement Client-focused individual with large scale process changes Proven leadership within Executive level teams (project or otherwise) Demonstrated ability to think both strategically and tactically Strong project management skills Experience within a management consulting arena Appropriate licensing as required.

Preferred but not required : MBA preferred Demonstrated development of support centers and support process definition for on / offshore resources Solid quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. Ability to gather, synthesize and analyze data to draw logical conclusions. PMP designation preferred Behaviors : Must be highly organized in order to prioritize and meet deadlines and must be able to persuade others to provide items needed to complete job within pre-established timeframes. Must be amiable when encountering difficult situations with vendors and coworkers and have developed problem solving skills that allow tasks to be completed with the minimal amount of supervision. Must have initiative and be properly assertive in presenting new ideas to supervisors and management.

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...

We value inclusion and diversity. 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 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.