Description
Senior Consultant – Health & Welfare Benefits
Location: Towson, MD
Salary Range: $165,000 - $220,000
Department: Health
Employment Type: Full-Time | Exempt
About the Role
Bolton is seeking an experienced Senior Consultant to lead and deliver strategic consulting services across a broad portfolio of Health & Welfare benefits programs. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional who enjoys partnering with clients, leading teams, and shaping long-term benefits strategies in a dynamic consulting environment.
As a Senior Consultant, you will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding plan design, financial strategy, vendor negotiations, and implementation – while mentoring junior staff and supporting business development efforts.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as the primary consultant and relationship manager for assigned client groups
- Lead consulting engagements across medical, pharmacy, dental, life, disability, vision, FSA/HSA, voluntary benefits, and reinsurance
- Drive claims analysis, renewal strategy, and financial modeling to support long-term client decision-making
- Manage RFPs, vendor searches, and carrier negotiations on behalf of clients
- Oversee plan implementations, open enrollment strategies, and employee communications
- Present complex financial and compliance topics clearly to client leadership teams
- Identify cost drivers, utilization trends, benchmarking insights, and plan design opportunities
- Stay current on healthcare marketplace trends, ACA requirements, and regulatory changes
- Mentor and develop junior consultants and analysts
- Support client development and growth efforts, including finalist presentations and conferences
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
- 15+ years of experience in health & welfare consulting, brokerage, or carrier environments
- Deep expertise in group health plan strategy, pricing, and financial analysis
- Proven success managing complex client relationships and multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong presentation, communication, and executive-level consulting skills
- Demonstrated experience leading teams and mentoring junior staff
- Working knowledge of benefits administration platforms and healthcare compliance (ACA)
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Preferred Qualifications
- CEBS designation or actuarial/underwriting training
- Maryland Health & Life license (or ability to obtain within first year)
- Maryland Health Exchange Agent/Broker certification (or commitment to obtain)
Travel
- Approximately 30% regional travel (land and air)
Bolton offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Family medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match (after 6 months)
- Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave
- Hybrid telework arrangements
- Monthly fitness stipend
- Ongoing professional development and growth opportunities
Why Bolton?
At Bolton, you’ll join a collaborative consulting firm that values expertise, integrity, and long-term client partnerships. We offer the opportunity to work on complex, meaningful projects while growing your leadership impact in a supportive, collegial environment.
Bolton is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We recruit, hire, and promote qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- 15+ years of experience in health & welfare consulting, brokerage, or carrier environments
- Deep expertise in group health plan strategy, pricing, and financial analysis
- Proven success managing complex client relationships and multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong presentation, communication, and executive-level consulting skills
- Demonstrated experience leading teams and mentoring junior staff
- Working knowledge of benefits administration platforms and healthcare compliance (ACA)
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Ability to travel approximately 30% regionally (land and air)
- CEBS designation or actuarial/underwriting training
- Maryland Health & Life license (or ability to obtain within first year)
- Maryland Health Exchange Agent/Broker certification (or commitment to obtain)
What We Do
We are a full service employee benefits, actuarial, investment, and compensation consulting firm with over 40 years of experience providing consulting services to clients in the Public and Corporate Sectors, Nonprofit Organizations, as well as for the Federal Government. We build long-term partnerships with our clients by delivering understandable, insightful, and impactful solutions to complex benefits issues so that they can best manage future financial risks and provide valuable benefits to their employees.
