Health Benefits Consultant

The Segal Company (Eastern States), Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Segal Company (Eastern States), Inc. is seeking a Health Consultant for a hybrid role across multiple East Region offices, including Boston.

You will collaborate with the lead consultant to deliver practical health and welfare guidance for public sector, multiemployer, and corporate clients. You will lead vendor procurements, analyze claims data, manage projects, support pricing and renewal work, and prepare client-ready reports.

Qualifications

• Experience leading defined components of vendor procurements for health benefits programs.
• Ability to analyze claims, utilization, cost data and translate findings into client guidance.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, budgeting and delivery of client-ready work products.
• Experience supporting pricing, renewal analysis, benchmarking and strategic work.
• Ability to prepare clear client-ready reports and presentations; strong communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined components of vendor procurements (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, stop loss, life, disability).
• Analyze claims, utilization and cost data to identify drivers and implications.
• Manage multiple projects with planning, resourcing and budgeting.
• Support pricing, renewal analysis and benchmarking for benefit programs.
• Prepare client-ready reports and presentations; coordinate with clients, carriers, and vendors.
• Mentor junior consultants and support thought leadership and business development.

Skills

Project leadership

Vendor procurement

Data analysis

Client advisory

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in health policy/public administration/related

Job description

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly motivated professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about driving results. This is a hybrid role based in Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Hartford, CT; New York, NY; or Washington, DC.

Join Segal’s East Region as a hands‑on Health Consultant serving a broad range of group health and welfare engagements for public sector, multiemployer, and corporate clients. This role offers meaningful client interaction, ownership of complex assignments, and increasing responsibility for project leadership and client advisory work. Successful candidates will serve as trusted contributors on client engagements, develop specialized technical expertise, and play an active role in mentoring junior colleagues while building toward broader client leadership responsibilities. The position works with multidisciplinary teams that may include actuaries, clinicians, attorneys, and analysts.

The Role:

You will collaborate with the lead consultant and client team to deliver timely, practical advice across health and welfare programs. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading defined components of vendor procurements for medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, stop loss, life, disability and other benefit programs, including RFP development, proposal evaluation and recommendation support.
• Analyzing claims, utilization, cost, funding and plan design data; identifying key drivers, investigating anomalies and translating findings into client implications.
• Developing and managing multiple concurrent projects and workstreams, including project planning, resource coordination, budgeting, quality review, and delivery of client-ready work products.
• Supporting pricing of benefit changes, budget projections, renewal analysis, benchmarking and other ad hoc financial or strategic work.
• Preparing client-ready reports and presentations that clearly frame the issue, analytical approach, tradeoffs and recommended actions.
• Coordinating with clients, carriers, vendors and internal specialists; maintaining timely communication and driving complex issues to resolution.
• Reviewing and providing guidance on the work of junior consultants and analysts, offering coaching, mentorship, and developmental feedback.
• Contributing to thought leadership, quality improvement initiatives, development of intellectual capital, and other efforts that enhance service quality and practice effectiveness.
• Supporting business development activities, including proposal development, finalist meetings, and identifying opportunities to expand client relationships.

Health Benefits Consultants are expected to work with a high degree of independence, frequently leading defined projects and serving as a trusted advisor to clients and project teams. Individuals in this role are expected to build subject matter expertise, take an active role in managing client relationships and serving as a trusted advisor on defined areas of responsibility, mentor junior staff, and take ownership of significant project components while helping ensure high-quality deliverables and successful client outcomes.