Business Unit Overview:
New York Life's Agency distribution system is the cornerstone of our business. Through this system, dedicated professionals build lifelong client relationships and help provide financial security to individuals and families. In this role, you will support and enable our agents by delivering expertise, training, and solutions that drive growth and long-term success across the enterprise.
Role Overview:
The Senior Life Solutions Consultant (SLSC) is responsible for achieving and exceeding life insurance sales objectives across an assigned territory and individual General Offices. This role leads and manages a team of Life Solutions Consultants while delivering advanced sales concepts, product expertise, and technical guidance to New York Life agents to drive life insurance and related investment sales.
The preferred location is within the PA Zone and will support zone offices in life sales, particularly with the top offices, while managing a team of Life Solutions Consultants.
What You'll Do:
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of Product Consultants supporting a captive agency sales force
- Drive life insurance sales growth by partnering closely with agents and field leadership across the respective Zone
- Build and maintain strong relationships with agents, managers, and General Office leadership
- Demonstrate deep expertise in New York Life's life insurance products, sales processes, and solutions
- Provide case development, product design, and technical support for individual and business planning needs
- Introduce and educate field management and agents on new products, enhancements, and sales strategies
- Deliver compelling sales presentations to agents, management teams, and clients
- Support the field through individual meetings, group sessions, and in-person presentations
- Collaborate proactively with General Office leadership to align sales strategies and objectives
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent professional experience
- Minimum of 5 years of life insurance wholesaling experience
- Broad knowledge of the life insurance business, sales processes, and investment product dynamics
- Strong ability to work independently while driving results in a fast-paced sales environment
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
- Industry designations such as CFP®, CLU®, or ChFC® highly desirable
- Life insurance license and FINRA registrations: Series 6 or 7, Series 63, and Series 65 or 66
- Understanding of Advanced Markets concepts is a plus
- Willingness to travel frequently (typically ~50%, with potential for up to 100% based on business needs)
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $100,000 - $115,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: No
Sales bonus eligible: Yes
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 93141
New York Life Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) with company match alongside a defined‑benefit pension for many employees—often with immediate vesting on 401(k) contributions—provides uncommon long‑term security. Company materials emphasize this dual‑track retirement offering for corporate roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid New Parent leave was doubled to eight weeks for all parents and is complemented by adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and subsidized backup childcare. Eldercare resources and return‑to‑work programs further bolster support across life stages.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage options are paired with mental‑health/EAP resources and, in some plans, a company‑funded HRA. Wellness amenities such as a home‑office Wellness Center and gym discounts round out the health offering.
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What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation. As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures. Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services. Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways. With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving. We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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