Global Benefits Lead — Strategy, Design & Execution

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Global Benefits Manager to own the benefits strategy and operations for designated markets. You will lead design, launches, renewals, vendor management, and system configuration while collaborating with Product, Engineering, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and Sales to ensure scalable, compliant programs within the Rippling platform.

You will manage broker relationships, oversee renewals, and drive country-specific benefit initiatives with a high degree of autonomy, balancing

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in global benefits or equivalent in a fast-paced org.
• Deep knowledge of international benefits landscapes incl. health, ancillary, workers' comp, retirement.
• Ability to independently own complex workstreams from strategy through execution and ongoing management.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end benefits lifecycle for assigned countries, including strategy, plan design, launches, renewals, pricing, vendor management, and ongoing operations.
• Lead market research and benchmarking to define competitive, compliant, and cost-effective benefit offerings in each country of ownership.
• Independently manage broker and carrier relationships, including onboarding, contract negotiation, KYC, billing setup, and ongoing performance management.
• Own the renewal process for assigned countries, including timeline management, pricing reviews, plan changes, approvals, and execution.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering on system design, configuration, enhancements, and new country launches to ensure benefits are accurately built and maintained in the Rippling platform.
• Partner with Payroll, Finance, and Operations to ensure enrollment, billing, payments, and taxation processes are accurate and operationally sound.
• Educate and enable internal teams, including Support, Implementation, Sales, and Customer Success, on country-specific benefits landscapes and program details.
• Anticipate downstream impacts of changes to policies, plans, or systems and proactively identify dependencies, risks, and required follow-up actions.
• Build and improve processes, documentation, and tooling to support scale, accuracy, and efficiency across the global benefits function.

Skills

Global benefits

Benefits consulting

Project management

Attention to detail

Ambiguity tolerance

Ownership & accountability

Professionalism & discretion

Strong communication

Tools

Salesforce

Jira

Confluence

HRIS

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Global Benefits Manager to own the benefits strategy and operations for designated markets. You will lead design, launches, renewals, vendor management, and system configuration while collaborating with Product, Engineering, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and Sales to ensure scalable, compliant programs within the Rippling platform.

You will manage broker relationships, oversee renewals, and drive country-specific benefit initiatives with a high degree of autonomy, balancing