Consultant, Health & Benefits Consulting

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG); Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Career development opportunities

Collaborative culture

Global reach with local impact

Job summary

Gallagher Benefit Services in the United States seeks a Health & Benefits Consultant to independently manage client deliverables, build strong relationships, and contribute to strategic engagements. You will support clients' health and wellbeing strategies and collaborate with actuarial and practice teams.

You will lead day-to-day engagements, design benefit programs, benchmark plans, manage vendor relationships, and prepare client-ready analyses and presentations while guiding junior staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Typically 3–5 years of health and welfare consulting or related experience.
• Active Life & Health License or ability to obtain within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management and execution of client engagements with cross-functional teams.
• Design, implement, and manage health and wellbeing benefit programs.
• Benchmark plans, evaluate costs, and analyze funding strategies with actuarial teams.
• Manage vendor relationships, renewals, and service delivery, including RFPs.
• Prepare analyses and client-ready presentations, and drive follow-up with clients.

Skills

Health & welfare knowledge

Project management

Client relationship

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Outlook

Job description

Introduction

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.

Overview

Gallagher, we believe in creating tailored solutions that help businesses thrive and people grow. As a Consultant within our Health & Benefits Consulting Practice, you will play a key role in supporting our client's health and wellbeing strategies. This is an opportunity to make a real impact while growing your career in a collaborative and supportive environment. This role is ideal for a benefits professional who can independently manage client deliverables, build strong client relationships, and contribute to strategic consulting engagements while supporting the growth and development of team members.

How you'll make an impact

• Lead the day-to-day management and execution of client engagements, serving as the primary project manager and coordinating timelines, deliverables, action items, and internal resources across client teams.
• Act as a key contact for clients, proactively managing routine communications, resolving issues, and ensuring timely follow-up on client requests and priorities.
• Support the strategic design, implementation, and ongoing management of health and wellbeing benefit programs.
• Lead benefit plan benchmarking, plan design evaluations, cost‑saving opportunities, and funding strategy analyses in partnership with actuarial and specialty practice teams.
• Manage vendor relationships and ongoing service delivery, including renewals, implementation activities, performance reviews, and resolution of vendor performance, billing, enrollment, and escalated member issues.
• Lead the preparation, analysis, and execution of vendor RFPs and market evaluations for health and wellbeing programs.
• Oversee the development and review of client deliverables, ensuring analyses, presentations, and recommendations are accurate, strategic, and client‑ready.
• Facilitate client meetings, develop agendas and presentation materials, drive discussions, document decisions, and ensure accountability for follow‑up activities.
• Take on special projects and assignments to support the client and practice objectives.

About You

You are a proactive and strategic thinker who can balance multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail. You take ownership of client deliverables, understand how your work supports broader client objectives, and are comfortable providing guidance to junior team members.

You enjoy building relationships, solving complex benefits challenges, and working collaboratively to deliver innovative solutions that help clients achieve their goals.

What You Bring

• Strong knowledge of employer-sponsored health and welfare benefit programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience utilizing technology and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and service delivery.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Typically 3-5 years of health and welfare consulting, brokerage, carrier, TPA, or related employee benefits experience.
• Active Life & Health License or willingness to obtain and maintain licensure within 6 months of hire.

Why Join Gallagher?

At Gallagher, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside industry-leading consultants while helping employers navigate an increasingly complex benefits landscape. You'll gain exposure to strategic consulting, vendor management, financial and plan design strategy, and client relationship management, all within a collaborative culture focused on growth, innovation, and client success.

Compensation and benefits

At Gallagher, we believe supporting our colleagues goes far beyond the role itself. For more information, visit our Benefits page.

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support your well-being
• Career development opportunities and ongoing learning
• A collaborative, people-first culture with accessible leadership
• The opportunity to do meaningful work with global reach and local impact

At Gallagher, we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace.

At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.

Gallagher is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)