What are the responsibilities and job description for the WORKSITE SALES TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (HUBSPOT) - REMOTE FROM ANY US BASED LOCATION position at CNO Financial Group?
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Optavise, a CNO Financial Group Company is seeking a Worksite Sales Technology & Operations Specialist who is responsible for maximizing user engagement with Sales Enablement Tools, including Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. This role holds the authority and accountability for building, configuring, and automating sales technology solutions that drive revenue growth. The Sales Technology & Operations Specialist supports CRM users by optimizing processes and managing data. Acting as the primary representative of the CRM tool for Optavise, this role involves training and advocating at all levels of the OCA hierarchy and Optavise Sales Enablement teams.
Additionally, the Sales Technology & Operations Specialist serves as the main liaison between OCA and integration partners, negotiating tradeoffs and ensuring the adoption of new product features. The Specialist will work closely with face-to-face in-market OCA teams, remotely, or with mixed-location vendor teams to define user stories, remove roadblocks, and consistently communicate strategy while collaborating with Sales Leadership.
- As a Worksite Sales Technology & Operations Specialist, your responsibilities will include :
- Implement and deliver the CRM tool (HubSpot) to Optavise Career Agent (OCA) stakeholders and key Sales Enablement and Marketing team members.
- Recommend CRM best practices to optimize ROI, evaluate, and suggest new features, applications, or process changes to enhance the system and increase adoption.
- Oversee the strategic integration and optimization of all Sales Enablement Tools, including CRM, Content Management Systems (CMS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), and Proposal / RFP Content Systems.
- Develop and execute Organizational Change Management, Training, and Adoption plans in collaboration with Sales Communication and Learning & Development Teams.
- Serve as the primary CRM Administrator for HubSpot Marketing Cloud and HubSpot Operations Cloud, configuring users, integrations, roles, profiles, objects, custom fields, page layouts, processes, workflow rules, reports, dashboards, and other configurations. Ensure data quality within CRM and act as a SME for external Worksite Data projects to ensure data transformations support sales enablement tools. Collaborate with stakeholders to promote growth and build custom reports and dashboards.
- Build a deep understanding of OCA, Sales Enablement, and Operations organizational and functional priorities and challenges. Translate needs across various business groups into actionable functional and technical requirements.
- Partner with Sales Enablement, Sales Communication, and Marketing to develop templates and workflows for executing Client, Prospect, and Broker communication campaigns. Collaborate with sales to promote growth.
- Maintain expertise in CRM system capabilities, OCA & Sales business needs, and user requirements. Help define the roadmap in conjunction with the SaaS product roadmap, assess value, and prioritize work to ensure the team focuses on high-value, strategy-aligned tasks.
- Create Super User Groups, Testing / Pilot Groups, and Focus Groups to drive user acceptance testing and innovation experiments, thereby driving value
- The Worksite Sales Technology & Operations Specialist position is well-suited for you if you :
- Extensive first-hand experience with Sales Enablement and CRM tools, especially HubSpot Required.
- Demonstrated ability to influence sales productivity.
- Demonstrated ability to refine and enhance sales processes, procedures, and policies.
- Strong ability to conduct sophisticated and creative analysis of complex data, and translate the results into actionable deliverables, messages, and presentations.
- Strong interpersonal and team building skills; ability to work with a diverse team and influence / drive change across functional and business boundaries.
- Strong technical, research, problem-solving and collaboration skills.
- Ability to develop relationships with and present to executive leadership.
- Expert in BI tools and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Successful track record of working effectively at all levels within the organization.
- Expert understanding of various audiences OCA, Sales Enablement, Marketing.
- Ability to navigate matrixed environment OCA, Optavise, CNO, Vendors.
- Familiarity with data loader, testing and sandbox environments, security and permissions.
- Strong analytical mindset, leaning often on critical thinking to drive decision-making.
- Strong audience-centered communication, presentation, and leadership skills; engaging with multiple levels within the organization.
- Strong project management skillsets including timeline, scope and stakeholder management.
- Bias for action, with ability to anticipate bottlenecks and articulate escalations with clarity and optionality Ability to resource plan and build teams as adoption and growth occurs.
- What youll need :
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business or a related field of study or equivalent 8 years of experience.
- 5 years of related work experience, including SaaS administrator / product owner / management or other insurance operations industry experience.
- Serve as the primary CRM Administrator for HubSpot Marketing Cloud required.
- What will set you apart :
- Masters Degree / MBA in Information Technology, Business or a related field of study.
- 5 years of related work experience, including product owner / management or other insurance operations industry experience.
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- short-term & long-term disability insurance
- Paid time-off and corporate holidays,
- paid parental leave
- company paid life insurance
- Benefits administration technology for a streamlined enrollment process
- Customizable selection of voluntary benefits that employees want and need
- Year-round benefits education, communications and advocacy to inform and empower employees to become better healthcare consumers
- Expert resources, helping employees maximize their benefits and make more informed choices for themselves and their family members.
- Compensation
- ReqID
- JR168582
- Job Type
- Full time
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements :
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CNO embraces flexibility and encourages you to work where youre most productive. Associates who live within a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) have access to come into that office.
Associates who live outside of a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) may perform this role full-time work from home (WFH) from any US based location, as long as you are willing to work central or eastern time zone hours. All associates may be asked to travel to varying corporate offices periodically. Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.
Optavise is a trusted benefits partner for business owners and human resources professionals who work hard to build and maintain a healthy, happy workforce. Through Optavises cohesive suite of products and services, we guide employers and employees through their healthcare choices to help reduce costs and increase benefits engagement. We streamline administration for employers and educate employees about benefits and care options, making it easy for them to choose and use their benefits wisely. Optavise provides a first-of-its-kind benefits solution, including :
Our goal is to help people make good healthcare decisions. By simplifying administration and making benefits easier to understand, we help drive employee engagement and satisfaction, and save employers time and money.
Optavise is the worksite marketing brand of CNO Financial Group. CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands and supported by our associates and agents. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and more than $35 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 8,600 exclusive agents and independent partner agents guide individuals, families and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions.
We are financially strong and well positioned for continued growth, and we are grounded in our core values of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I); Integrity, Customer Focus, Excellence, and Teamwork. We have offices in more than 260 communities in the U.S., including our headquarters in Carmel, Indiana, and corporate offices in Birmingham, Chicago, Philadelphia, Orlando and Milwaukee.
At CNO Financial Group, were always looking forwardto the security and stability we help create for our insurance brands customers, and the growth we create within our own company. We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences.
If you're looking for a culture that encourages development, helps you reach your potential, and rewards you for your contribution, then CNO Financial Group is right for you. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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Pay Range : $93,300.00 - $139,900.00 Annual
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Salary : $93,300 - $139,900
