Our story
At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Our Values:
Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com.
About the Role
We are seeking a seasoned and highly credible consultant relations leader to join Alight as Vice President, Consultant Relations – Leaves, Absence & Disability. This role is responsible for building, deepening, and sustaining multi‑level relationships across the consulting and brokerage firms that influence employer decisions related to leave of absence, disability, and integrated absence management solutions.
This role plays a critical part in driving growth, strengthening advocacy, and positioning Alight as a market-shaping authority within the leaves and disability ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Multi‑Level Consultant & Broker Relationship Leadership
Own and manage strategic, multi‑level relationships within consulting and brokerage firms, including executive leadership, national and regional practice leaders, subject‑matter experts, and field consultants.
Establish and maintain credibility ownership for Alight across the leaves, absence, and disability market—ensuring the firm is trusted, understood, and appropriately positioned at all levels of influence.
Act as Alight’s senior representative within the consultant community, shaping perception through consistent presence, insight, and follow‑through.
Revenue Influence & Broker Book Growth
Drive indirect revenue accountability by expanding Alight’s influence within broker and consultant books of business tied to leave and disability solutions.
Partner with sales leadership to translate consultant relationships into measurable pipeline impact, including opportunity creation, RFP inclusion, finalist positioning, and win rate improvement.
Influence growth not through transactional selling, but through early-stage positioning, sustained advocacy, and trusted advisor status.
Market Intelligence & Competitive Positioning
Serve as a central point for competitive intelligence, maintaining a clear understanding of how competitors are positioned, evaluated, and recommended by consultants.
Monitor and interpret trends impacting the leaves and disability marketplace, including regulatory complexity, compliance risk, technology enablement, service delivery expectations, and vendor consolidation.
Use market insight to proactively shape Alight’s positioning, messaging, and strategic priorities.
Market-Shaping Thought Leadership
Elevate Alight’s presence as a thought leader and market shaper by engaging consultants in forward-looking discussions about the future of leave and disability administration.
Influence how consultants frame problems, evaluate solutions, and guide employer decision-making—beyond individual deals.
Support the development of differentiated narratives that reinforce Alight’s leadership and long-term relevance.
Internal Leadership, Reporting & Escalation Management
Collaborate closely with sales, product, delivery, marketing, and executive leadership to ensure consultant feedback informs strategy and execution.
Own consultant and broker reporting, including broker book of business visibility, relationship coverage, influence tracking, and performance metrics.
Lead consultant-related escalations, ensuring issues are addressed decisively, relationships are protected, and trust is preserved.
Establish and monitor KPIs that reflect relationship depth, influence effectiveness, credibility, and revenue impact, not just activity.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred.
Significant experience in consultant relations, advisory leadership, or benefits sales within the leaves, absence, disability, or broader health and benefits ecosystem.
Demonstrated ability to drive measurable influence and indirect revenue growth through consultant and broker channels.
Deep familiarity with how leave and disability consultants evaluate vendors, shape RFPs, and influence employer decisions.
Proven success managing multi‑level relationships within complex consulting and brokerage organizations.
Strong executive presence paired with credibility among hands‑on practitioners and subject‑matter experts.
Strategic, market‑oriented mindset with strong judgment and business acumen.
Excellent communication skills across executive briefings, consultant engagements, and internal leadership forums.
Comfortable operating in a matrixed environment with accountability but without direct line authority.
Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.
Flexible Working
So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Inclusion
We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact alightcareers@alight.com.
Equal Opportunity Policy Statement
Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
Salary Pay Range
Minimum :
185,000.00 USDMaximum :
200,000.00 USDPay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: Wellbeing and Benefits Selector Page - Alight
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.