Director Global Benefits
Leads Harvey’s global benefits and leave strategy across the United States and international markets, while managing the benefits team, vendors, annual program cycles, compliance, and budget. Requires 10+ years in benefits, international experience, and strong plan-design, financial, and team leadership expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
Strategy and plan design
- Define Harvey’s global benefits and leave philosophy, including how to balance global consistency with local relevance.
- Lead benefits plan design and redesign across the United States and international markets.
- Build roadmaps and business cases for benefits, wellness, and leave programs using benchmarking and market analysis.
Team and service delivery
- Grow and develop the global benefits team across the United States and EMEA.
- Set service-delivery standards for employee questions, escalations, response times, and follow-through.
- Use AI and automation to improve benefits support while maintaining a strong employee experience.
- Create clear, localized benefits communications and partner with Recruiting on benefits-related candidate conversations.
Programs, vendors, and spend
- Oversee renewals, open enrollment, plan changes, carrier transitions, and new-country benefit launches.
- Lead the global leave of absence program.
- Manage brokers, carriers, and third-party administrators, including RFPs, negotiations, contracting, and performance management.
- Ensure compliance with local regulations and partner with Legal, Security, and Finance on vendor onboarding, data privacy, and risk review.
- Manage the benefits budget and use utilization, cost, and employee sentiment data to guide decisions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in benefits.
- 3+ years leading and developing a team.
- Deep United States benefits expertise across health and welfare plan design, 401(k), leave, and compliance requirements.
- Experience with ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, and applicable state regulations.
- Experience designing or administering benefits in EMEA and/or APAC.
- Ability to combine strategic planning with hands-on execution, including managing Workday eligibility rules.
- Experience managing vendors and brokers, running RFPs, negotiating renewals, and managing partner performance.
- Financial fluency, including benefits budgeting and cost-scenario modeling.
- Exceptional communication and ability to explain complex benefits topics clearly.
- Builder mentality and comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-growing environments.
- Experience using AI tools to streamline benefits work.
Compensation
- $227,100–$340,700 USD annually.
Skills
Global Benefits, Leave Management, Health And Welfare Plans, 401(K), Erisa, Aca, Cobra, HIPAA, Fmla, Workday, Vendor Management, Rfps, Benefits Budgeting, AI Automation
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