Account Manager Lives

Job Summary

You will be supporting our business growth, profitability, and retention of clients in your region by developing and maintaining an effective account management strategy for assigned accounts within our Employee Benefits Sales and Service office.

Assigned groups will include cases with 500-4999 lives.

These cases can have complicated plan designs, sensitive or problematic administrative issues, multiple divisions and locations or groups assigned to key producers. This will take you having the ability to develop effective business relationships and communicate with diverse audiences in many different settings. High level problem solving and decision making, while delivering top notch service to your clients.

* You will need to reside in the St. Louis/Kansas City/Springfield, IL area to be considered for this role.*

Education: Bachelor’s degree

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in group insurance account management in the 2500+ lives space.
• Life and Disability insurance license for all states within the office’s assigned territory.
• Personal automobile is available for business use with adequate insurance and a safe driving record.
• Ability to travel within territory for face to face client and broker meetings when requested.

Customer Focus: Exceeds customers’ expectations by transforming their needs into relevant service offerings.

Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility by willingly accepting new situations such as teams, projects or work processes.

Winning Together: Seeks out and encourages diverse perspectives; helps individuals relate to, understand and accept other perspectives.

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 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

• A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement

• Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.

The actual compensation for this role will be based on a combination of education and experience, knowledge and skills, position budget, internal equity, and market data.

Salary Range:

Base salary $95k-$105k plus excellent uncapped bonus incentive.

Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., Stan Corp Mortgage Investors, LLC, Stan Corp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are affirmative action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law.

Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The Standard offers a drug- and alcohol-free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on The Standard's property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited.

The Standard requires a criminal background investigation and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. After any conditional offer of employment is made, the background check will include an individualized assessment based on the applicant’s specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain and correct background information.

All employees of The Standard must be bondable.