Assistant Vice President, National Accounts Sales (Life, Disability & Voluntary Benefits)

Assistant Vice President, National Accounts Sales

The next part of your journey is right around the corner with The Standard. A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we've been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

The Assistant Vice President, National Accounts Sales leads the sales strategy, performance, and execution for the National Accounts segment (5,000+ lives) within our Employee Benefits portfolio.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, National Accounts Sales and Client Management, this role provides organization-level leadership and alignment across product lines to drive growth, retention, and profitability. You'll oversee two Senior Directors and play a critical role in shaping the sales model, fostering collaboration, and building a unified market presence.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and execute strategic sales plans to achieve National Accounts targets (35%)
• Lead, recruit, and develop a high-performing team through two Senior Directors (25%)
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities with large national employers (15%)
• Partner across Distribution, Product, Underwriting, Sales Operations, and Client Management to evolve offerings and ensure market competitiveness (15%)
• Monitor pipeline performance, forecasting, and goal attainment; ensure compliance with policies and regulations (10%)
• Ability to travel regularly and work in a flexibility-first environment is a requirement of the role.

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Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect :

Compensation is made up of a base salary, incentives, and / or other bonuses when applicable. This is a minimum range that can be increased based on performance and sales activity.

Base $185K+ DOE, Incentive + guarantee

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The Standard offers a drug- and alcohol-free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on The Standard's property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.