Director of Consultant Relations

Leap
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level professionals in benefits consulting or partnership sales who can manage complex relationships and drive growth through strategic collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in benefits consulting and a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders
    — “Ability to present to and influence senior stakeholders”
  • Individuals with a track record of building and managing relationships with major consulting firms like Mercer and WTW
    — “Build and manage trusted relationships with leading consulting and brokerage firms, including Mercer, WTW, Alliant, Aon, Gallagher, Lockton, and regional firms.”
  • Professionals who have shaped go-to-market strategies in partnership with Sales and Marketing teams
    — “Experience contributing to go-to-market strategy alongside Sales and Marketing”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a significant travel commitment, potentially up to 40% of time
    — “Willingness to travel up to 40%”
  • The position involves managing multiple partnerships in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
    — “Ability to manage multiple partnerships at once in a fast-paced, high-growth environment”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in structuring and negotiating partnership agreements with consulting firms
    — “Work with Legal and Sales to structure, negotiate, and finalize partnership agreements.”
  • Emphasize your ability to lead strategic discussions and presentations with high-level consulting leaders
    — “Lead presentations, product demos, and strategic discussions with consultant and broker leaders.”
  • Showcase your ability to align cross-functional teams and deliver results through collaboration
    — “Coordinate with Business Development, Sales, Product, and Client Success so consultant engagement and delivery run smoothly.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Consultant-led pipeline growth
  • Revenue growth
  • Market penetration
Typical background
Experience in sales or business developmentBackground in benefits industry

Skills & requirements

Required

Consultant RelationsBroker RelationsSalesMarketingProduct KnowledgeStrategic DiscussionsPipeline ManagementRevenue GrowthPartnership ManagementCross-functional CoordinationConsultant Feedback

Preferred

Existing Relationships With Benefits Consultants And BrokersFamiliarity With Key Players In The Benefits Industry

Stack & domain

Consultant RelationsBroker RelationsChannel SalesPartnership SalesGo-to-market StrategySalesforcePresentationInfluenceTeamworkCommunicationSalesMarketingProduct Management

About the role

Original posting from Leap via Ashby

ABOUT LEAP

Leap is one of the fastest-growing benefits solutions and a category-defining pioneer in employer specialty pharmacy. We are reshaping how life-changing therapies are delivered and financed, ensuring patients get the treatment they need while employers finally get a fair deal.

Specialty drugs and infusions represent nearly 10% of all healthcare spend and are the fastest-growing cost category for employers. Leap tackles this challenge with a novel approach: eliminating hidden markups, expanding access to high-quality infusion providers, and bringing clarity and fairness to how therapies are priced and paid for.

We’re proud to partner with numerous Fortune 500 companies and leading TPAs. Each patient we serve creates immediate ROI: lower costs, improved access, and better care. Join us as we redefine what’s possible in specialty care.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Leap is hiring a Director of Consultant Relations to build and grow our relationships with national and regional benefits consultants and brokers. This role owns the development and expansion of those relationships, with the goal of making Leap a preferred vendor and building a consultant-led pipeline that complements our direct-outreach efforts. You’ll work closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, Legal, and Client Success, and you’ll report to the Sr. Director of Consultant Relations. This is an externally facing role with direct accountability for pipeline and revenue growth.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

Consultant & broker relationships

  • Build and manage trusted relationships with leading consulting and brokerage firms, including Mercer, WTW, Alliant, Aon, Gallagher, Lockton, and regional firms.
  • Lead presentations, product demos, and strategic discussions with consultant and broker leaders.
  • Serve as Leap’s subject matter expert on consultant and broker dynamics and digital health innovation.

Go-to-market and growth

  • Partner with Sales and Marketing to design and execute joint go-to-market strategies that expand market penetration through consultant channels.
  • Own consultant-sourced pipeline and revenue results, tracking performance in Salesforce.
  • Prepare strategic updates on pipeline and results for business reviews.

Partnerships and contracting

  • Work with Legal and Sales to structure, negotiate, and finalize partnership agreements.

Cross-functional alignment

  • Coordinate with Business Development, Sales, Product, and Client Success so consultant engagement and delivery run smoothly.
  • Bring consultant and market feedback back to Product and Sales to shape positioning and roadmap priorities.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • 3-5+ years of experience in consultant or broker relations, channel or partnership sales, or a related benefits-industry role
  • Track record of driving revenue or pipeline growth through consultant or broker channels
  • Experience contributing to go-to-market strategy alongside Sales and Marketing
  • Ability to present to and influence senior stakeholders
  • Ability to manage multiple partnerships at once in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
  • Willingness to travel up to 40%

BONUS POINTS FOR

  • Existing relationships with benefits consultants and brokers and familiarity with the key players
  • Based in the Midwest or Central time zone

At Leap, we’re building an outlier company with real impact — and that takes focus, energy, and commitment. If that excites you, we’d love to hear from you.

Leap is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We’re committed to building a team that reflects a diversity of perspectives, experiences, and identities.

Source: Leap careers (Ashby)

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