Account Executive - National Accounts

Job title: Account Executive - National Accounts

The Team You Will Join

Join the nation’s largest non-medical carrier of group insurance, where your work will impact over 55,000 customers and cover more than 50 million employees and family members. As part of MetLife’s Group Benefits team, you’ll deliver innovative benefits solutions - life, disability, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits - tailored to today’s employers and workforces. Collaborate with customers, brokers, and partners to expand our offerings and reimagine digital experiences. Join us and be part of an organization committed to supporting customers when they need us most.

The Opportunity

The National Account Executive is responsible for managing, growing and retaining a portfolio of large, complex employer clients (5,000 + Lives) within the Group Benefits segment. The Account Executive serves as the primary relationship owner and leads overall account strategy, ensuring delivery and integrated benefits solutions while driving profitable growth.

This role operates in a highly matrixed environment, partnering across sales, underwriting, service and product teams to deliver best-in-class outcomes for clients and key intermediaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Account Management and Client Relationship Management

• Growth and Sales Execution

• Strategic Account Planning

• Broker and Consultant Relationship Management

• Financial & Risk Management

• Cross-Functional Leadership

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, with 5-10 years of employee benefits, insurance, or related field.

• Proven success in managing large, complex client relationships and delivering strong client outcomes.

• Deep knowledge of Group Benefits products, services and industry practices.

• Demonstrated ability to sell, negotiate, and close complex business deals.

• Must obtain the required Life, and Accident & Health state licenses within the first 3-months of employment, and the Property & Casualty license within the first 6-months of employment and required securities registrations.

• Ability to use approved AI tools to support routine tasks such as drafting, summarizing, organizing information, and improving day-to-day efficiency.

• Preferred Qualifications

• FINRA related designations

• Successful track record in sales and customer relationship management.

• The expected salary range for this position is $78,000 - $104,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

• Benefits We Offer

• Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!

• About MetLife

• MetLife is recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

• As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.

• Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s All Together Possible. Join us!

• MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

• This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 3 days from the listed posting date.