Senior Associate Sales Trainer – Employee Benefits

Protective Life

Designing and delivering impactful learning solutions within the Employee Benefits division. Collaborating with stakeholders to drive sales performance and reinforce training initiatives.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $76,500 - $100,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

This role serves the Employee Benefits Division through the design, development, and delivery of learning solutions that empower our key stakeholders to drive meaningful business results.
This role will report to the Director of Sales Training for Protection, Retirement, and Employee Benefits, and work closely with sales leaders, operations partners, and their respective teams.
The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of sales training development, including planning, building, delivering, measuring and supporting the programs we offer.
The ideal candidate will be organized, well-versed in employee benefits, a skillful communicator using considered and appropriate means, and able to convey advanced sales skills and concepts simply and meaningfully, using adult learning practices and visual communication.
The Senior Associate Sales Training plays a strategic role in shaping and delivering high-impact learning experiences that drive sales performance and support enterprise-level initiatives.
This role combines deep instructional design expertise with leadership, project management, and stakeholder collaboration to create scalable, innovative, and measurable learning solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
Strong planning and execution skillset.
Ability to learn and leverage learning technologies.
Stays current on latest and emerging trends and technologies.
Understands internal systems used by sales teams.
Intimate understanding of insurance and employee benefit products and sales processes.
Ability to manage multiple projects with overlapping timelines.
Proficient in collaborative work, with the ability to work independently to achieve outcomes.
Undergraduate Degree (preferably in a related field such as business administration, human resources, and organization development); Master’s degree preferred. Industry certifications (e.g., CPTD/APTD) desirable.
5+ years’ experience in the instructional design and delivery, preferably in financial services and/or insurance industry.
Experience with elearning authoring tools (e.g., Articulate 360, Captivate).
Exceptional presentation skills with the ability to deliver to audiences of varying experience and seniority.
Skilled communicator possessing strong written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent planning, organizing, coordinating, and time management skills, with strong attention to detail.
Skilled with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); CRM and illustration experience is preferred.
Experience with learning management systems and technologies is preferred.
Experience adapting presentations “in real-time” as audience needs dictate (examples – ability to adapt to a shortened time allotment for training, a location change, technology challenges).

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Hard Skills & Tools

instructional designsales training developmentelearning authoring toolsArticulate 360Captivatelearning management systemsproject managementadult learning practicesvisual communicationsales processes

Soft Skills

organizational skillsattention to detailplanning and executioncommunication skillspresentation skillscollaborationindependent worktime managementadaptabilitystakeholder collaboration

Certifications

CPTDAPTDundergraduate degreeMaster's degree