Director, Health and Benefits Consulting

About WTW

Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) is a leading global advisory broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. With roots dating to 1828 Willis Towers Watson has 45000 employees serving more than 140 countries and markets.
We design and deliver solutions that manage risk optimize benefits cultivate talent and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. Our unique perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent assets and ideas the dynamic formula that drives business performance.
Together we unlock potential.

About the Team

The Health & Benefits Advisory team in India partners with organizations to design sustainable competitive and employeecentric benefits solutions aligned to business and talent priorities. The team brings deep expertise across benefits strategy wellness and risk advisory working closely with broking and global specialists to deliver integrated insightled outcomes for clients.

Key Responsibilities

1. Client Advisory & Strategic Consulting LeadershipServe as the lead benefits advisor for large and strategically important clients across sectors including MNCs GCCs BFSI Technology Manufacturing and clients on end-to-end benefits strategy including health insurance and risk benefits design flexible benefits and total rewards optimization wellness and wellbeing strategy cost governance risk management and sustainability of benefit alignment of India benefits programs with global rewards philosophy and governance client business strategy workforce demographics and talent priorities into differentiated data-backed benefits executive-level discussions and present recommendations to CHROs CFOs country CEOs and global rewards as a trusted thought partner by proactively bringing market insights innovation and future-ready ideas to clients.2. Driving Growth in Benefits ConsultingOwn and drive benefits advisory revenue growth through identification of whitespace opportunities within existing accounts and origination of new consulting proposal development pricing strategies and consultative RFP responses for benefits advisory to the development and evolution of WTWs India benefits consulting offerings including flexible benefits personalization wellness and preventive care strategies GCC benefits models cost optimization and benefits governance the creation of repeatable intellectual property (IP) frameworks and tools that scale advisory delivery and differentiate WTW in the market.3. Enabling Broking & Cross-Sell OpportunitiesWork closely with Broking Placement Wellness Technology and account leadership teams to deliver a unified One WTW client consulting engagements as a lever to strengthen long-term client relationships support retention and enable informed broking discussions grounded in strategic opportunities where consulting insights such as plan redesign coverage gaps cost levers and wellness outcomes translate into broking optimization or carrier strategy discussions while maintaining role clarity and with account leaders to develop multi-year account growth plans mapping advisory opportunities and broking potential.4. Team Leadership & Capability DevelopmentLead coach and develop a team of benefits consultants and analysts across experience hands-on mentorship in consulting problem-solving client management commercial acumen and executive strong succession pipelines and support career progression within the a culture of high-quality delivery collaboration innovation knowledge sharing and accountability.5. Project Management & Delivery ExcellenceOversee multiple complex consulting engagements simultaneously ensuring on-time on-budget delivery with high-quality consistent WTW consulting standards tools and methodologies across delivery risks and proactively manage issues to protect client outcomes and commercial all client deliverables are executive-ready insight-led and action-oriented.6. Market Intelligence Thought Leadership & External EngagementStay at the forefront of India and regional benefits wellbeing and insurance market regulatory and statutory developments and translate their implications for strong relationships with insurers wellness vendors industry forums and internal global and regional subject matter to thought leadership through client presentations whitepapers POVs webinars roundtables and internal best-practice sharing.

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Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree (MBA / PGDM / MHRM / equivalent) in HR Business Finance or a related field.
• 1215 years of progressive experience in employee benefits consulting insurance advisory broking or HR consulting.
• Minimum 35 years in a leadership role managing teams and senior enterprise clients.
• Proven experience leading large complex benefits advisory engagements.
• Strong understanding of health and risk benefits wellness and wellbeing solutions and statutory and regulatory frameworks in India.
• Demonstrated ability to drive consulting growth and work in partnership with broking teams.
• Strong analytical commercial documentation and executive communication skills.

Technical and Functional Requirement

• Deep understanding of employee benefits insurance products and Total Rewards consulting frameworks
• Knowledge of labor laws and statutory and regulatory benefits (India-specific and relevant markets)
• Expertise in benefits strategy plan design governance cost optimization and wellness and wellbeing solutions

• Proficiency in MS Excel PowerPoint and HR / benefits data and analytics tools

Consulting Leadership & Behavioural

• Strategic and commercial acumen with the ability to connect advisory solutions to business and revenue outcomes
• Client-centric trusted-advisor mindset with strong problem-solving and structured thinking capability
• Excellent stakeholder management executive communication and storytelling skills
• Ability to handle ambiguity while maintaining high attention to detail and strong documentation standards
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects deadlines and complex workstreams effectively
• Strong people leadership and collaboration skills across consulting broking and global teams

Application Process

• Step 1 - Online application and recruiter review

• Step 2 -Live video/ in-person interview with hiring manager and team

• Step 3 -Offer and onboarding

Were committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers from the application process through to joining WTW please email.