- Lead the employee benefits strategy and governance across assigned countries, aligned with business, HR, and global objectives.
- Develop multi-year roadmaps across health, life, disability, pension, workers’ compensation, and other benefits.
- Drive benefit renewals, vendor negotiations, and cost optimization while maintaining competitive coverage and a positive employee experience.
- Manage consultants, brokers, insurers, and other providers; establish performance standards and continuous improvement plans.
- Use claims, utilization, financial, and market data to identify risks, savings opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
- Modernize benefits through digital platforms, flexible benefits, well-being solutions, automation, analytics, and other innovations.
- Partner with HR and Communications to improve benefits communication, awareness, utilization, and employee experience.
- Ensure regulatory compliance, oversee audits and risk remediation, and maintain accurate reporting and dashboards.
- Advise senior leaders and build alignment across HR, Finance, C&B, business teams, and country stakeholders.
- Lead and develop benefits teams and cross-functional partners, fostering collaboration and building internal expertise.
Benefits Strategy & Governance
- Lead benefits strategy and governance across assigned countries, aligned with business, HR, and global objectives.
- Develop multi-year roadmaps across health, life, disability, pension, workers’ compensation, and other benefits.
- Identify opportunities to harmonize, simplify, and enhance benefits programs.
Benefits Renewal, Cost & Vendor Management
- Lead benefit renewals, negotiations, implementation, and post-renewal governance.
- Manage advisors, insurers, and vendors, setting performance standards and driving continuous improvement.
- Use claims, utilization, financial, and benchmarking data to identify risks and cost-saving opportunities.
Benefits Transformation & Innovation
- Modernize benefits delivery through digital platforms, flexible benefits, well-being solutions, automation, and analytics.
- Develop business cases for new solutions and transformation initiatives.
Employee Experience, Well-being & Communication
- Partner with HR and Communications to deliver clear, engaging benefits information.
- Use employee feedback to improve benefits awareness, utilization, and experience.
Compliance, Risk & Reporting
- Ensure benefits programs meet legal, regulatory, and company requirements.
- Oversee audits, risk remediation, reporting, and dashboards to monitor costs, utilization, and vendor performance.
- Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to senior management.
Strategic Stakeholder Management
- Advise HR, Finance, C&B, and business leaders on benefits strategy and complex decisions.
- Build trusted relationships and align local needs with global strategy.
- Serve as an escalation point and represent the organization with external partners.
People Leadership & Capability Building
- Lead, coach, and develop benefits team members and professionals.
- Build internal expertise through knowledge sharing and mentoring.
- Lead collaborative, high-performing teams across geographies and time zones.