Account Executive

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Join the nation's largest non-medical carrier of group insurance, where your work will impact over 55,000 customers and cover more than 50 million employees and family members. As part of MetLife's Group Benefits team, you'll deliver innovative benefits solutions - life, disability, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits - tailored to today's employers and workforces. Collaborate with customers, brokers, and partners to expand our offerings and reimagine digital experiences. Join us and be part of an organization committed to supporting customers when they need us most.
The Opportunity
The Account Executive position is responsible for new and renewal business opportunity across the Mountain West, specifically within the Utah marketplace where this position will be located. This is an exciting opportunity to join an excellent organization and team with the opportunity to focus in an important, growing market for MetLife.
The position will manage a number of key broker relationships and local clients in the state of Utah. Eligible candidates must be located within a commutable distance of Salt Lake City, UT.
Key Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and grow client relationships by selling and upselling Group Benefits products and services through brokers in the 2 up-to 4,999 life group benefits market, leveraging MetLife's full suite of offerings to deliver comprehensive, multi-product solutions.
• Develop and execute strategic sales approaches based on buying influences, risk factors, and client business objectives, recognizing and shaping profitable deals that create mutual value for clients and MetLife.
• Build lasting relationships with existing clients and brokers through proactive communication, financial consultation, and strategic account planning, partnering with Client Services to identify and capture growth opportunities within assigned territory.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Client Services, Legal, Enterprise Relationship Management, and Finance to deliver seamless client experiences from sale through implementation.
• Track and report on sales activity, prospecting progress, and pipeline strategies to drive consistent performance against territory goals.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years previous experience successfully selling/servicing related products.
• Ability to attain appropriate licensing as required including Life & Health and Property & Casualty licenses or obtain within six months of hire.
• Excellent partnership, communication, negation, influencing, and presentation skills.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Group Benefits.
• Strong financial acumen around product earning.
• Bachelor's degree of higher.

The expected salary for this position is $50,000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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