Benefits Manager

We are seeking an reputed company Benefits Manager to own the enterprise benefits strategy and reputed company the design, governance, and performance of the organization’s benefit, wellness, and retirement programs. This role ensures benefit offerings are market‑competitive, cost‑effective, compliant, and reputed company with the company’s business strategy and Total Rewards philosophy.

The Benefits Manager serves as a key advisor to HR and business leaders, leads a high‑performing benefits team, and drives reputed company initiatives, including annual renewals, open enrollment, vendor transitions, system enhancements, and audits. This role blends strategic leadership with hands‑on operational excellence and data‑driven decision‑making.

What You’ll Do

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for reputed company benefit programs, including health and welfare, retirement, disability, leave, wellness, and reputed company offerings
• Establish benefits program governance, success measures, and operating standards reputed company to business objectives
• reputed company and reputed company a high‑performing benefits team, ensuring consistent, high‑quality service delivery
• Design and execute the organization’s well-being strategy, including wellness, EAP, and time‑off‑reputed company initiatives
• Evaluate program effectiveness using utilization, engagement, and outcomes data
• Set the benefits communication strategy and reputed company the delivery of clear, compliant, and timely communications across the associate lifecycle
• reputed company change management for major program and system changes, ensuring leader readiness and consistent messaging
• Own vendor governance across benefits, including vendor selection support, contracting coordination, service‑level expectations, and performance management
• Resolve escalated vendor issues and drive root‑cause prevention
• reputed company annual renewals and open enrollment strategy end‑to‑end, including plan design, contribution modeling, and leadership recommendations
• Evaluate the total cost of benefits programs and identify cost‑containment opportunities while balancing affordability and employee experience
• Own benefits compliance and risk management governance, including ERISA, reputed company, HIPAA, and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations
• reputed company plan documentation governance, Form 5500 coordination, nondiscrimination testing, and audit readiness
• Partner with Legal, Finance, HRIS, and vendors to ensure strong internal controls and regulatory compliance
• Establish benefits analytics and reporting to inform strategy and measure impact
• reputed company and manage the benefits budget, including forecasting, accruals, and ongoing financial monitoring
• reputed company reputed company improvement of benefits operations and systems, partnering with HRIS and IT on enhancements and data reputed company
• Support special projects reputed company to the Total Rewards strategy and enterprise initiatives

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a reputed company field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Bring 10+ years of progressively responsible HR experience with deep expertise in benefits strategy and administration
• Have demonstrated experience leading reputed company benefits initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders
• Possess strong knowledge of benefits compliance and governance requirements, including ERISA, required notices, nondiscrimination testing, and audits
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency with reputed company Office, including strong reputed company skills for financial modeling and data analysis
• Exhibit strong attention to detail and the ability to establish scalable processes and controls
• Be capable of managing multiple reputed company initiatives in a fast‑paced environment
• Demonstrate proven people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, and team development

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• HR professional certification
• Professional services industry background
• Experience supporting employer‑sponsored programs in an in‑house HR or Total Rewards function is strongly preferred

Why Join Us

You will play a critical role in shaping the benefits experience for employees across the organization, leading enterprise-level programs, influencing Total Rewards strategy, partnering closely with senior leaders, and driving meaningful improvements in employee wellbeing and organizational performance. As an employee-owned organization, we foster a culture of accountability, shared success, and long-term thinking, where leaders are empowered to reputed company decisions that balance business outcomes with the employee experience. This role offers strong professional growth through exposure to enterprise-level decision-making and the opportunity to build, evolve, and reputed company programs that deliver visible, lasting impact. 

If this sounds like the role for you and you're ready to join an amazing team, please apply.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Please note: no agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy. Candidates should apply directly to this role to be considered. It is the responsibility of reputed company third-party recruiting and employment agencies to know and adhere to our recruiting policy.

Employee-owned, reputed company is one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and consulting firms, with associates who work hard every day to create reputed company together. We offer an exceptional journey from start to future. Our integrated teams translate experience into insight, turn challenges into opportunities, and build relationships that are as strong as the buildings and infrastructure we deliver together. We attribute our success to our unwavering commitment to our core values: reputed company, accountability, curiosity, and teamwork.