Director of Benefits

Texas Children's Hospital; Texas; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking a senior Benefits Leader to drive strategy, design, and governance across health, welfare, and retirement programs. You will guide the Benefits team, shape program design, and partner with external vendors to optimize costs and service delivery.

You will ensure regulatory compliance, develop metrics for outcomes, and align benefits initiatives with the hospital’s strategic priorities while managing budgets and cross-department collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in HR, business, or related field.
• 8+ years of HR experience including at least 5 years in benefits, retirement, health & welfare, or Total Rewards.
• 5+ years of management/leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and strategic direction to the Benefits team.
• Develop and implement benefits strategies, programs, processes, and policies that support market competitiveness, equity, and cost effectiveness.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluate program and departmental performance and implement improvements to enhance service and simplify workflows.
• Develop meaningful metrics to measure program effectiveness and outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and strategic direction to the Benefits team.
• Develop and implement benefits strategies, programs, processes, and policies that support market competitiveness, equity, and cost effectiveness.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluate program and departmental performance and implement improvements to enhance service and simplify workflows.
• Develop meaningful metrics to measure program effectiveness and outcomes.

Benefits Strategy & Program Leadership

• Provide operational and strategic direction to the Benefits team.
• Develop and implement benefits strategies, programs, processes, and policies that support market competitiveness, equity, and cost effectiveness.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluate program and departmental performance and implement improvements to enhance service and simplify workflows.
• Develop meaningful metrics to measure program effectiveness and outcomes.

Health, Welfare & Retirement Programs

• Provide leadership across health and welfare plans, retirement programs, work/life programs, and other employee benefits.
• Support benefits plan design, cost analysis and monitoring, employee communications, and customer service.
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of benefits programs, including Health & Welfare, 401(k), 403(b), pension plans, and related programs.
• Partner effectively with external benefits vendors and other key stakeholders.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure benefits programs and department operations comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of regulations including ERISA, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, COBRA, OSHA, Workers’ Compensation, and applicable labor and tax laws.
• Fulfill applicable compliance and reporting requirements.

People & Organizational Leadership

• Lead, develop, and support the Benefits team while fostering an accountable, responsive, service-oriented culture.
• Complete performance management and planning activities for direct reports.
• Collaborate across departments and committees to align Benefits programs with Texas Children’s strategic priorities.
• Prepare and manage annual capital and operating budgets and report on departmental performance and outcomes.

Knowledge & Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of employee benefits programs, including health & welfare and retirement plans.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory and legislative environment affecting HR and Benefits.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking, analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a complex environment.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience partnering with and managing external vendors.
• Knowledge of hospital operations is helpful.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, or another related field
• 8 years of Human Resources experience, including at least 5 years of significant experience in benefits, retirement, health & welfare, total rewards, or another relevant area
• 5 years of management/leadership experience

Preferred Experience

• Executive benefits experience

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children ’ s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children ’ s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children ’ s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children ’ s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children ’ s Health Plan, the nation ’ s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children ’ s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children ’ s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children ’ s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.