# Director Global Benefits

**Company:** [Harvey](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/harvey)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $227k – $341k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Global Benefits, Leave Management, Health And Welfare Plans, 401(K), Erisa, Aca, Cobra, HIPAA, Fmla, Workday, Vendor Management, Rfps, Benefits Budgeting, AI Automation
**Posted:** 2026-08-29

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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