Director of Benefits

RaceTrac, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Relocation assistance considered

Job summary

RaceTrac, Inc. is seeking an experienced Director of Benefits to shape the strategy and future direction of benefits across a growing, multi-brand organization.

This leadership role drives enterprise programs in health, retirement, leave, wellness, and support, balancing brand needs with consistency and compliance. You will oversee design, governance, and analytics, partnering with HR leadership to optimize value.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years in employee benefits with leadership roles.
• Broad health, welfare, retirement, leave, and wellness experience.
• Experience designing enterprise-wide benefits strategy and governance.

Responsibilities

• Set enterprise benefits strategy across brands and populations.
• Lead design, evaluation, and evolution of programs.
• Establish governance for consistency and scalability.
• Monitor trends, regulation, demographics; adjust programs.
• Lead benefits enrollment and employee education efforts.
• Oversee vendor relationships and budget stewardship.

Skills

Strategic leadership

ERISA & compliance

Vendor management

Budgeting & cost mgmt

People leadership

Benefits analytics

Cross-brand governance

Communication to executives

Tools

Workday

HRIS systems

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Director of Benefits to shape the strategy and future direction of benefits across a growing, multi-brand organization.

The Director of Benefits will lead the enterprise strategy, governance, administration, and continued evolution of our health and welfare, retirement, leave, time off, wellness, and employee support programs.

This is a highly visible leadership role with the opportunity to influence how benefits evolve across multiple brands and employee populations. The Director will balance enterprise consistency with individual brand needs while ensuring programs remain competitive, compliant, financially responsible, scalable, and meaningful to employees.

The ideal leader brings both strategic benefits expertise and strong operational leadership, with the ability to build for the future while ensuring programs work effectively today.

This role is based in Atlanta, GA with hybrid office requirements. For this role 4-5 days a week are expected in our office. Relocation will be considered for this role.

What You’ll Lead:

Enterprise Benefits Strategy & Program Design

• Set and execute the enterprise benefits strategy across multiple brands and employee populations.
• Lead the design, evaluation, and continued evolution of health and welfare, retirement, wellness, leave, time off, and employee support programs.
• Establish enterprise standards and governance that create consistency and scalability while recognizing brand-specific needs.
• Monitor market trends, legislative changes, workforce demographics, and emerging practices to keep programs competitive and relevant.
• Use utilization, engagement, cost, and employee experience data to evaluate program effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.

Multi-Brand Integration & Harmonization

• Lead benefits, leave, and time-off integration for newly acquired or affiliated brands.
• Assess existing programs, identify gaps and risks, and develop recommendations for future-state design and harmonization.
• Build scalable enterprise frameworks that support efficient administration across different brands and employee populations.
• Partner with HR leadership on program transitions, integration strategies, and implementation.

Benefits Operations & Employee Experience

• Oversee enterprise administration of health and welfare, retirement, leave, time off, wellness, and employee support programs.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and consistent service through internal teams, shared services, third-party administrators, and external partners.
• Establish service standards and performance measures that support a strong employee experience.
• Champion process improvement and automation that increase efficiency, reduce risk, and improve scalability.
• Lead annual enrollment and benefits education and communication strategies that help employees understand and maximize the value of their programs.

Leave, Retirement & Employee Well-Being

• Provide enterprise oversight for statutory and company-sponsored leave and time-off programs, including disability, parental, military, and accommodation-related programs.
• Lead retirement strategy, including 401(k) plan design, governance, administration, fiduciary oversight, compliance, and vendor management.
• Shape wellness and well-being programs supporting employees’ physical, financial, emotional, and social health.
• Oversee employee assistance, hardship and support funds, and other programs designed to support employee well-being.

Compliance, Governance & Financial Stewardship

• Ensure compliance with applicable benefits, retirement, leave, and privacy requirements, including ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, and federal, state, and local regulations.
• Oversee audits, regulatory reporting, plan filings, governance activities, controls, and documentation.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance to evaluate regulatory changes and implement necessary program changes.
• Lead relationships and negotiations with brokers, consultants, carriers, TPAs, wellness providers, and retirement partners.
• Manage benefits and wellness budgets while balancing employee value, market competitiveness, and organizational cost.

Leadership & Partnership

• Lead and develop the team responsible for benefits, leave, time off, retirement, and employee support programs.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR leadership and senior business leaders on benefits strategy, employee experience, compliance, risk, and integration priorities.
• Build strong partnerships across Finance, Payroll, Legal, HR Technology, Shared Services, vendors, and business leadership.
• Create accountability and drive continuous improvement across benefits programs and service delivery.

Required Qualifications

• 10-15 years of progressive experience with 5-8 direct leadership experience leading employee benefits programs within a complex organization.
• Broad benefits expertise across health and welfare, retirement, leave/time off, and wellness programs.
• Experience developing and executing benefits strategy, not solely administering established programs.
• Strong knowledge of benefits compliance, governance, and risk management, including ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, and FMLA.
• Demonstrated experience managing benefits vendors, consultants, carriers, and third-party administrators.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including benefits budgeting, cost management, and program evaluation.
• Proven ability to influence and partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams including HR, Finance, Legal, Payroll, and HR Technology.
• Experience leading and developing a benefits team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading benefits within a multi-brand, multi-business, or similarly complex organization.
• Experience with M&A, benefits integration, or program harmonization across different employee populations.
• Experience building or transforming benefits programs to support organizational growth and scalability.
• Experience leading benefits process improvement, automation, or service delivery transformation.
• Experience supporting diverse employee populations, including both corporate and frontline employees.
• Experience developing enterprise-wide benefits communication, education, and employee engagement strategies.

What Will Set You Apart

You bring more than technical benefits expertise. You know how to set strategy, navigate complexity, lead through change, and translate benefits into programs that work for both employees and the business.

You’re equally comfortable thinking about the future of the benefits portfolio, advising senior leaders, navigating an integration, evaluating cost and risk, and ensuring employees have a strong experience with the programs offered to them.

Fueled by Growth, Driven by You

At RaceTrac, our people make the difference. Whether you’re working in a store, at our corporate office, or on the road, you’ll be part of a team that brings energy, innovation, and a passion for serving others every day. We support each other, celebrate wins big and small, and create opportunities for growth at every level. With four operating divisions RaceTrac, RaceWay, Energy Dispatch, and Gulf - there’s always a new challenge to take on and a new path to pursue. Join us and discover how far your career can go.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with RaceTrac without regard to their race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.