Global Benefits Strategy Lead

Coalition, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 124,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend

Wellness programs

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Coalition, Inc. is hiring a Senior Global Benefits Manager to lead the global benefits strategy for a distributed international workforce, overseeing plan design, vendor relationships, and program harmonization.

In a lean People Operations team, you will translate strategy into scalable processes, run day-to-day benefits administration, and partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, and Legal to ensure data integrity and compliant operations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in global benefits, People Operations, HR operations, consulting, or a related field.
• Experience administering global health and welfare, leave, retirement, and pension programs.
• Experience with self-insured health plans, including claims, utilization, cost modeling, stop-loss, renewals, vendor management, and reconciliations.
• Experience managing brokers, consultants, carriers, vendors, and internal stakeholders across operations, renewals, implementations, and escalations.
• Strong command of benefits data, eligibility, payroll coordination, reconciliations, audits, and controls.
• Strong judgment, analytical and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity, build practical processes, and prioritize in a global organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead Coalition’s global benefits strategy and long-term roadmap, translating business and employee needs into competitive, consistent, and sustainable programs across markets.
• Own and coordinate day-to-day benefits administration across Coalition’s global programs, including eligibility and data changes, enrollments, employee inquiries, escalations, audits, reconciliations, invoice review, vendor files, and recurring administration workflows, working with regional partners where local execution is required.
• Lead strategic relationships with brokers, carriers, consultants, local providers, and internal stakeholders, as well as benefits renewals, open enrollment, implementations, integrations, and program changes across multiple countries.
• Provide subject matter leadership for leave and absence, retirement, pension, savings, and related employer-sponsored programs, including administration, payroll coordination, contributions, reconciliations, compliance, and issue resolution.
• Partner with HRIS, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and broader People team on benefits data, integrations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cost modeling, utilization analysis, audits, and operational controls.
• Own benefits governance and build scalable People Operations infrastructure, including policies, standard operating procedures, process maps, benefits calendars, employee-facing resources, decision rights, service expectations, documentation standards, audit readiness, and recurring operating rhythms.
• Lead broader People Operations initiatives and continuous improvement efforts, including new-country launches, acquisitions, integrations, employee lifecycle processes, technology enhancements, and responsible use of AI to improve efficiency, accuracy, and employee service.

Skills

Global benefits

People Operations

HR operations

Vendor management

Data governance

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Coalition, Inc. is hiring a Senior Global Benefits Manager to lead the global benefits strategy for a distributed international workforce, overseeing plan design, vendor relationships, and program harmonization.

In a lean People Operations team, you will translate strategy into scalable processes, run day-to-day benefits administration, and partner across HR, Payroll, Finance, and Legal to ensure data integrity and compliant operations.