Lead Health & Benefits Consultant

Marsh McLennan•Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The role primarily involves comprehensive project and renewal management activities focused on employee benefits plans. Key responsibilities include managing plan design updates, serving as a resource for those reviewing and coordinating carrier submissions and rates, preparing and reviewing budgets, charters, and invoices. The role requires extensive collaboration and communication through meetings, emails, and calls with client stakeholders, internal teams, and carriers. It also involves detailed documentation, integration with other workstreams, tracking action items, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements. The Engagement Manager will lead and coordinate complex health and employee benefits projects and renewals for a large employer client. This role combines project and renewal management, benefits plan design oversight, carrier coordination, financial stewardship, and stakeholder engagement across internal teams, carriers, and client. The role will ensure timely, compliant delivery of renewals and associated deliverables, and provide strategic support.

Requirements

BA/BS degree.
Minimum of 8 years of experience in identifying, designing, recommending, and implementing efficient, innovative business solutions to clients' complex healthcare benefits challenges.
Renowned expertise and industry reputation in the health & benefits field.
Client-facing experience in a consulting environment.
Life & Health License

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end renewal and project cycles, identify risks and mitigation strategies, and ensure on-time delivery of project milestones.
Manage plan design change requests and implementations; act as a subject-matter resource for design impacts, eligibility, and contractual considerations.
Serve as primary internal resource for reviewing and coordinating carrier rate filings, network/administration changes, and carrier deliverables; validate carrier submissions versus plan designs and assumptions.
Review and manage budgets, charters, and client invoices; monitor expenses and ensure financial controls and transparency.
Attend regular status calls and meetings with client stakeholders, internal teams, and carriers; maintain clear, timely communication across audiences.
Support project documentation, track action items, change logs, and ensure audit-ready records to meet contractual and regulatory requirements.
Provide ongoing strategic and operational support for retiree and nonunion benefit programs, including renewals, vendor oversight, and compliance.
Additional responsibilities, as assigned as needed, for other client work.