Company:Mercer
Description:What can you expect?This is a tremendous opportunity to join MercerWell, a dynamic and growing specialty practice within Mercer's Health & Benefits business. In this role, you will be part of a team of consultants supporting health and well-being initiatives for large, complex employer clients, often organizations with 5,000+ employees.
The Associate will support senior consultants in managing client engagements focused on population health, health benefits, and well-being strategy. This position is designed for a strong generalist who can contribute across a broad range of MercerWell services, including market scans, solution development and implementation, vendor coordination, project delivery, and data-informed evaluation of program effectiveness.
We will count on you to:- Support the execution of client engagements related to population health, health benefits, and well-being strategy.
- Contribute to the development of client deliverables, including presentations, reports, executive summaries, benchmarking analyses, and marketplace overviews.
- Assist in identifying client needs and recommending practical, innovative solutions aligned to employer population health and health benefit priorities.
- Coordinate project activities across internal Mercer teams, clients, carriers, and vendor partners to help ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
- Help manage day-to-day project plans, milestones, follow-ups, and workstreams across multiple concurrent client engagements.
- Analyze and interpret information from vendors, carriers, client materials, and other sources to support strategic recommendations and implementation planning.
- Support procurement, implementation, and ongoing management of health and well-being solutions.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with carrier and vendor contacts to support administration, implementation, and service needs.
- Ensure work is completed in alignment with professional standards, including appropriate use of templates, peer review, documentation, and quality control practices.
- Monitor marketplace activity, emerging trends, and best practices in population health, health benefits, and workforce well-being, and translate insights into client-ready materials.
- Draw upon Mercer's multidisciplinary resources and internal expertise to support integrated client solutions.
- Manage multiple priorities effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
What you need to have:- BA/BS, or advanced degree in psychology, social work, public health, or related field preferred
- Experience supporting or delivering solutions related to population health management, health benefits, well-being, or employer health strategy.
- Foundational understanding of health and welfare benefits, population health concepts, and employer-sponsored well-being strategies.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to synthesize information and identify actionable insights.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to create clear, polished client-facing materials.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
What makes you stand out:- Experience supporting complex employer clients in population health, health management, or health benefits consulting.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders with a high degree of organization and accountability.
- Familiarity with health and well-being vendors, carriers, and market trends.
- Strong presentation, writing, and executive summary development skills.
- A proactive, client-focused approach and interest in helping organizations improve workforce health outcomes.
The applicable base salary range for this role is $68,500 to $137,000.
The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.
We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.
