Senior Benefits Program Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Washington.

📋 Description

• Oversee the planning, design, and execution of intricate global and U.S. benefits implementations.

• Collaborate with local legal, payroll, HR, and vendor teams to address country-specific requirements and manage multi-market deployments.

• Create and sustain project plans, timelines, budgets, risk registers, and status reports.

• Direct implementation governance, stakeholder alignment, scope management, change control, and readiness for go-live.

• Take ownership of the comprehensive program management of the retirement transition program, which includes vendor coordination, participant consultations, Medicare coordination, and performance monitoring.

• Set program KPIs, monitor outcomes, and propose enhancements for processes or vendors.

• Oversee the program lifecycle, ensuring compliance with regulatory and plan changes, continuous improvement, and global expansion.

• Direct project management for benefits related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs.

• Assist with due diligence, benefits harmonization or separation planning, vendor transitions, and readiness for day-one and post-close activities.

• Collaborate with Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, HRIS, and IT to establish integration timelines, dependencies, and data migration processes.

• Act as the primary Benefits contact for HRIS and IT regarding benefit systems, integrations, data feeds, and system changes.

• Organize benefit vendor information, inventories, contacts, contracts, data flows, and system ownership.

• Ensure that vendors complete security, privacy, and risk assessments, and facilitate the remediation of identified gaps.

• Assist in responding to security incidents, data breaches, and vendor outages that involve benefit data or systems.

• Lead special initiatives such as vendor selection, process redesign, benefits technology projects, and leadership reporting.

• Standardize program management templates, playbooks, and governance procedures for the Benefits team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Finance, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

• Over 8 years of experience in program or project management.

• Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects.

• Experience in managing global employee benefit programs, including health and welfare, retirement, or equity-related plans.

• Practical experience with M&A integration or separation efforts involving employee benefits.

• Experience collaborating with HRIS and IT teams on system implementations, integrations, or data governance.

• Knowledge of vendor management, third-party risk assessment methodologies, and security or privacy regulations.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Capability to present to senior leaders and interpret technical or legal details for non-experts.

• Proficient in managing multiple priorities, collaborating across time zones, and working independently.

• Professional certification such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or a comparable program management credential.

• Understanding of global retirement plan designs, regulatory obligations, and cross-border benefit issues.

• Familiarity with benefits administration platforms, HRIS systems like Workday or SAP SuccessFactors, or tools for benefits enrollment and data integration.

• Knowledge of data privacy frameworks such as GDPR or CCPA and concepts related to information security.

• Experience assisting in incident response or breach coordination from a business or HR standpoint.

• Eligibility to access export-controlled information in accordance with applicable U.S. laws.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus and equity programs.

• Equity grant for new hires.

• Annual equity refresh opportunities.

• Employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back.

• Family support initiatives.

• Resources for mental health support.

• Recognition and service awards.