Vice President, Consultant Relations - Leaves, Absence & Disability - Virtual

About Alight

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. We champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose, and encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

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.

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 consulting and brokerage firms that influence employer decisions related to leave of absence, disability, and integrated absence management solutions. This role drives growth, strengthens advocacy, and positions 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.

Additional Statements

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” five years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life. Benefits include health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity/paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training, and 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 SSN/SIN validation, education and employment verification, and criminal checks, among others. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Inclusion & Equal Opportunity

Alight celebrates differences and fosters an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and welcome applicants regardless of background. We provide reasonable accommodations for the hiring process upon request at [email protected].

Authorization to Work

Applicants must have work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment in the employing country.

Other Policies

Note: This job description does not restrict management’s right to assign or reassign duties to other entities, including subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units. Alight Solutions is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Salary & Benefits Details

Salary Pay Range: Minimum 185,000.00 USD; Maximum 200,000.00 USD. Pay Transparency Statement and detailed benefits information are provided in the Wellbeing and Benefits Selector Page.