International Benefits Specialist - Expansion

Amazon UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 737,715 - 1,147,557; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UAE seeks an experienced International Benefits Specialist to drive design, governance, and integration of employee benefits across its global expansion and acquisition activities in Dubai. You will coordinate multi-country health, financial, retirement, and time-away programs while ensuring regulatory compliance and cost control.

The role requires 3–5 years of benefits experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and strong vendor-management and cross-border project skills, with high attention to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a recognized field.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in employee benefits.
• Experience delivering benefit programs across multiple countries.
• Experience managing projects from planning to stabilization.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and delivery of global benefit programs for expansions and M&A initiatives.
• Align benefit recommendations with global framework, local practices, and regulatory obligations.
• Gather market data and stakeholder input to support strategy and program decisions.
• Contribute to written benefit proposals, cost analyses, and implementation materials.
• Coordinate provider selection, onboarding, and plan activation.
• Monitor implementation progress and ensure smooth transition with regional teams.

Skills

International benefits

Benefits strategy

Benefits design

Benefits implementation

Global expansion

Merger and acquisition integration

Healthcare benefits

Health and welfare programs

Financial benefits

Retirement benefits

Pension schemes

Workers compensation

Time-away programs

Benefits governance

Regulatory compliance

Benefits taxation

Payroll integration

Cost analysis

Market benchmarking

Project management

Vendor management

Provider selection

Service-level management

Policy development

Process documentation

Employee communications

Stakeholder management

Program stabilization

Customer satisfaction

Multi-country benefits

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

International Benefits Specialist - Expansion

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Human Resources

Function: Benefits/Compensation Planning

Experience: Minimum 3-5 years

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: 18,000 – 28,000 (USD)

Overview

International Benefits Specialist - Expansion in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Human Resources opportunity supporting employee benefit design, implementation, governance, and integration across Amazon's global expansion and merger and acquisition activities. Amazon is hiring an experienced benefits professional to coordinate multi-country health, financial, retirement, and time-away programs while ensuring regulatory compliance, cost control, and a consistent employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design and delivery of employee benefit programs for global expansions and merger and acquisition initiatives.
• Align benefit recommendations with Amazon's Global Benefits Framework, local market practices, business requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Gather market data and stakeholder input to support benefit strategy and program-design decisions.
• Contribute to written benefit proposals, cost analyses, implementation recommendations, and executive review materials.
• Assess health, welfare, financial, retirement, insurance, workers compensation, and time-away benefit requirements.
• Help evaluate whether existing Amazon programs can be extended to newly established or acquired entities.
• Develop project plans, timelines, dependencies, risk registers, and implementation trackers for benefit launches.
• Coordinate provider selection, contracting, onboarding, system setup, employee communications, and plan activation.
• Support the creation and documentation of benefit policies, procedures, eligibility rules, and administrative workflows.
• Work with payroll and systems teams to establish accurate deductions, contributions, taxable benefit treatment, and data interfaces.
• Monitor implementation progress through the stabilization period and resolve operational issues before transition.
• Transfer completed programs and documentation to regional benefits and plan-administration teams.
• Support benefits integration activities for acquisitions in countries where Amazon already operates established programs.
• Compare acquired company benefits with Amazon standards and identify gaps, risks, duplication, and transition requirements.
• Coordinate employee mapping, eligibility validation, provider migration, and benefit harmonization activities.
• Ensure programs comply with applicable employment, insurance, tax, data privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor benefit costs, future funding needs, financial exposure, competitiveness, and service quality.
• Maintain governance records covering approvals, decisions, legal reviews, implementation status, and policy documentation.
• Manage relationships with insurers, consultants, brokers, administrators, and other external service providers.
• Review vendor performance, service levels, costs, operational issues, and corrective-action plans.
• Support commercial negotiations and confirm that providers deliver agreed service standards.
• Coordinate regularly with HR leaders, talent acquisition, payroll, finance, operations, compliance, and project teams.
• Prepare progress reports, status updates, risk summaries, and implementation documentation for stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve program efficiency, employee experience, and administrative consistency.
• Measure customer satisfaction and recommend changes based on employee, stakeholder, and operational feedback.
• Manage multiple expansion and acquisition workstreams independently while maintaining deadlines and attention to detail.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of professional experience in employee benefits.
• Experience developing and delivering employee benefit programs across multiple countries.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects from initial planning through implementation and stabilization.
• Strong understanding of healthcare, insurance, financial protection, retirement, and time-away programs.
• Experience supporting benefit design, market benchmarking, cost analysis, and implementation planning.
• Knowledge of employee benefit administration, payroll processes, taxation, and local regulatory requirements.
• Experience working on international expansions, entity launches, or merger and acquisition integrations is highly advantageous.
• Strong vendor-management experience and ability to build effective external partnerships.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• Ability to work confidently with stakeholders at different organizational levels.
• Strong analytical capability, accuracy, and attention to financial and administrative detail.
• Ability to prepare clear proposals, project documentation, policies, and stakeholder updates.
• Strong customer-service orientation and commitment to a positive employee benefits experience.
• Proven ownership of projects, deliverables, and creative work from concept through completion.
• Ability to manage several complex workstreams within changing timelines.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience is preferred.
• Experience improving program efficiency and measuring customer satisfaction is advantageous.

Skills Set

• International employee benefits
• Benefits strategy
• Benefits design
• Benefits implementation
• Global expansion
• Merger and acquisition integration
• Healthcare benefits
• Health and welfare programs
• Financial benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Pension schemes
• Workers compensation
• Time-away programs
• Benefits governance
• Regulatory compliance
• Benefits taxation
• Payroll integration
• Cost analysis
• Market benchmarking
• Project management
• Vendor management
• Provider selection
• Service-level management
• Policy development
• Process documentation
• Employee communications
• Stakeholder management
• Program stabilization
• Customer satisfaction
• Multi-country benefits

Why Join Us

This position offers the opportunity to support employee benefit programs across Amazon's international expansions and acquisition activity. The successful candidate will contribute to decisions that affect employee wellbeing, financial protection, regulatory compliance, and the successful launch of operations in new markets. The role provides exposure to global HR strategy, benefits design, payroll, legal compliance, vendor management, and cross-border program implementation. It is well suited to a benefits professional seeking broad international responsibility within a fast-growing and highly collaborative organization.

About the Company

Amazon is a global technology, e-commerce, logistics, cloud computing, and digital services company serving customers and employees across international markets. Through its Global Benefits organization, Amazon designs and manages employee programs that support health, financial security, wellbeing, and time away while adapting to local regulations and workforce needs.