Chief of Staff, Employee Benefit Sales & Client Management
About The Position
The AVP, Chief of Staff, Employee Benefits Sales & Client Management, serves as a strategic partner and execution leader to the SVP, Regional Sales & Client Management and the SVP, National Accounts Sales & Client Management. In this highly visible role, you will align priorities, advance key business initiatives, and strengthen leadership effectiveness across the organization. You will provide strategic insights, oversee performance reporting and KPI management, lead cross-functional efforts, and develop a team of Impact Managers focused on critical business priorities. Success requires sound judgment, confidence, adaptability, and the ability to influence across all levels while balancing strategic perspective with operational discipline. This role is ideal for someone energized by connecting people, ideas, and initiatives to accelerate business results and organizational effectiveness. This role will play a critical part in helping shape and scale the Employee Benefits sales and client management organization, bringing together legacy teams, practices, and capabilities across National Accounts and Regional Accounts. As The Standard continues to evolve its go-to-market approach and engage in our growth strategy, this leader will help create alignment, clarity, and execution discipline through a period of meaningful transition and transformation. Ability to travel occasionally for planning meetings, leadership events, and team engagement activities is a requirement of the role.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or a related field required.
- Typically requires 10+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, sales operations, consulting, transformation, or related leadership roles.
- Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives in a complex, matrixed environment.
- Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives to drive strategic priorities and business outcomes.
- Experience leading and developing teams.
- Builds trust, navigates ambiguity, and influences effectively without formal authority.
- Strong analytical, communication, and executive presentation skills.
- Ability to travel occasionally for planning meetings, leadership events, and team engagement activities is a requirement of the role.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Employee Benefits, insurance, or financial services experience preferred.
- Prior Chief of Staff, strategy, consulting, or enterprise transformation experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Align priorities, advance key business initiatives, and strengthen leadership effectiveness across the organization.
- Provide strategic insights.
- Oversee performance reporting and KPI management.
- Lead cross-functional efforts.
- Develop a team of Impact Managers focused on critical business priorities.
- Help shape and scale the Employee Benefits sales and client management organization, bringing together legacy teams, practices, and capabilities across National Accounts and Regional Accounts.
- Create alignment, clarity, and execution discipline through a period of meaningful transition and transformation.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- An annual incentive bonus plan
- Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually
- PTO increases with tenure
- Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance
- An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
