Benefits Manager

Job Details

Global benefits manager - Initial 6 month FTC

About The Role

Are you a hands on, commercially minded benefits leader who thrives in complexity and genuinely loves getting into the detail and shaping the bigger picture? If you want a role where you can build, refine, challenge, and elevate global benefits across multiple regions - this is it. This is not a "sit back and oversee" position. This is for someone who wants to lead from the front, drive meaningful change, and work closely with a global team to deliver high quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Participate together with Rewards and HR Operations in the global benefits and pensions strategy across all international locations.
• Continuously review and refine benefits to reflect legislation, market trends, cost, and employee needs.
• Ensure all global benefits programs meet regulatory, compliance, and reporting requirements.
• Own relationships with brokers, insurers, and benefits providers worldwide.
• Participate in renewal cycles, negotiate terms, and manage service performance.
• Maintain a structured vendor management approach, including due diligence and risk assessment.
• Maintain documentation and audit readiness for all international benefits programs.
• Manage benefits platforms.
• Create engaging communications that help employees understand and maximise their benefits.
• Act as the expert advisor for HR business partners, managers, and employees.
• Adapt messaging for global audiences and diverse cultures.

Qualifications

• International benefits experience, ideally with significant multi country scope.
• Demonstrated success designing and delivering benefits and pension programs across the globe.
• Strong technical knowledge of global benefits legislation and market norms.
• Experience with benefits operations - vendor management, payroll links, HRIS, and process design.
• Skilled in HR technology and data analytics; experience with automation or AI tools is an advantage (Workday preferred).

Desired Qualities

• Extensive experience in a benefits role, working in a global environment.
• A doer - action oriented, pragmatic, and willing to get hands on.
• Comfortable navigating complexity, ambiguity, and changing priorities.
• Resilient, resourceful, and solutions focused.
• A strong communicator who can influence at all levels.
• Detail driven yet able to zoom out and think strategically.
• Collaborative, but also capable of taking full ownership and running work independently.
• Passionate about delivering a great employee experience globally.
• Spanish or Portuguese is a plus.

EEO Statement

Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together.

Country: United Kingdom