Benefitfocus Client Relationship Manager

NAC Voya Services Company; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Benefitfocus, Inc., a Voya company, seeks a Senior Client Relationship Manager to cultivate high-trust relationships with Benefitfocus customers across the lifecycle. The role emphasizes SaaS knowledge, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration to maximize customer value.

The position offers flexible work location (remote or hybrid) and a focus on driving adoption, retention, and successful quarterly enrollments with large employers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Customer Success or Account Management.
• Experience managing a portfolio with high complexity.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with a portfolio of Employer customers across the lifecycle.
• Drive customer satisfaction and retention through proactive management.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver open enrollment wins.
• Educate customers on Benefitfocus governance and solutions.
• Mentor Channel Partners team and share best practices.
• Manage projects and document process improvements.
• Host internal trainings and ensure high quality work.

Skills

Customer success

Account management

Relationship management

SaaS understanding

Project coordination

Education

B.S./B.A.

MBA

PMP Certification

GBA/CEBS

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Together we fight for everyone's opportunity for a better financial future. We will do this together - with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone's access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough ... we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with - and those we acquire throughout our lives - are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

Are you ready to join a company with a strong purpose and a winning culture?

About Benefitfocus

Benefitfocus, Inc., a Voya company, is a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions for consumers, employers, insurance carriers and brokers. Benefitfocus has served numerous consumers on its platform that consists of an integrated portfolio of products and services enabling clients to shop, enroll, manage and exchange benefits information more efficiently. With a user-friendly interface and consumer-centric design, the Benefitfocus Platform provides one place for consumers to access all their benefits. Benefitfocus solutions support the administration of all types of benefits including core medical, dental, and other voluntary benefits plans as well as wellness programs.

Get to Know the Opportunity

The Client Relationship Manager (CRM) is responsible for developing high-trust relationships with Benefitfocus customers, measured through customer satisfaction, relationship health and customer retention. The CRM provides continuity and ensures a seamless experience spanning all stages of the customer lifecycle. This role requires a strong understanding of benefits administration, technology (particularly SaaS), business process outsourcing and strategic planning. The Client Relationship Manager is an extension of his/her customer's team, helping them to drive their desired outcomes while maximizing the value of their Benefitfocus solution. The Large-Market CRM is responsible for maintaining larger, more complex customer accounts, including triaging and promoting the resolution of occasional technical issues.

Work location for this role is flexible! This position allows 100% remote work from home or allows work to be performed in any of our major office locations with a hybrid schedule.

The Contributions You'll Make

• Build and maintain relationships with a portfolio of Employer customers through all stages of the customer lifecycle; Manage customer relationships to maximize desired outcomes for the customers while increasing customer satisfaction and retention.
• Stay abreast of industry and technology trends; Educate and advocate for customers on the basis of these trends.
• Demonstrate effective command of Benefitfocus governance and decision-making processes, products/solutions, organizational structures, and technology infrastructure.
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge of the platform and file processes.
• Demonstrates fundamental communication skills to facilitate client calls and resolve escalated interactions.
• Lead the internal Benefitfocus team on behalf of the customer, motivating the team, coordinating across departments, anticipating and addressing needs, and ensuring the highest possible quality of work generated by the team.
• Drive annual open enrollment success with customers, partnering with each customer to develop actionable steps with assigned owners, timelines and measurements while anticipating and removing roadblocks and orchestrating multiple resources.
• Serve as a leader and mentor on the Channel Partners team championing Benefitfocus core values and acting as a positive influence on peers.
• Manages program-level and team-wide projects, including the development and documentation of new processes/process improvements for the CSM team.
• Host internal training sessions as needed and regularly share best practices to facilitate growth across the team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience

• 10+ years' experience in Customer Success, Account Management or related roles.
• Successful experience managing a portfolio of customers consisting of companies with a high-level of complexity, focus and intensity.

Preferred Knowledge & Experience

• B.S. or B.A. required.
• MBA
• PMP Certification and/or GBA/CEBS
• Industry knowledge and