LOA & Benefits Program Manager US & Canada

Adobe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a senior Benefits Program Manager to lead the Leave of Absence, Disability, Life, and Time Off programs. This role coordinates with Payroll, Legal, HR Business Partners, Risk, and Finance to design, implement, and measure value-driven benefits across the US and Canada.

Based in the US, the position will be located in the San Francisco or San Jose area and requires strong regulatory knowledge, program management skills, and a passion for delivering exceptional employee

Qualifications

• Experience in leave administration and benefits management for a large employer.
• Knowledge of FMLA, ADA, state leave laws, and related compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to design and optimize benefit programs with measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead Leave of Absence and benefits program management across US & Canada.
• Partner with Payroll, Legal, HRBPs, Risk, and Finance to deliver programs.
• Oversee compliance, audits, and reporting for state and federal requirements.
• Develop training materials and communicate policy changes to managers.

Skills

Leave administration

FMLA & ADA knowledge

Benefit program management

Multi-state experience

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

CBP or CEBS certification (plus)

Tools

HRIS

Leave management systems

ERISA compliance tools

Job description

The Opportunity

Join Adobe’s Benefits Center of Excellence team and play a meaningful role in creating exceptional employee experiences through our Leave of Absence, Disability, Life, and Time Off programs. You’ll help design, deliver, continuously improve and measure the impact of benefits that empower our people to thrive both at work and in life. Our benefits philosophy is to design and deliver inclusive, competitive, and value driven benefitsprograms that enable peace of mind and productivity,with strategic balance between experience, scale, and financial stewardship.

The Opportunity

Join Adobe’s Benefits Center of Excellence team and play a meaningful role in creating exceptional employee experiences through our Leave of Absence, Disability, Life, and Time Off programs. You’ll help design, deliver, continuously improve and measure the impact of benefits that empower our people to thrive both at work and in life. Our benefits philosophy is to design and deliver inclusive, competitive, and value driven benefitsprograms that enable peace of mind and productivity,with strategic balance between experience, scale, and financial stewardship.

We are looking for an innovative thought leader for this role, someone who will help transform our Leave of Absence program into a world-class experience and mentor other Benefit analysts on the team. Someone who can make Adobe’s Benefits philosophy come alive by leading benefits programs across US & Canada. This role will be based in the US at our San Francisco or San Jose Office.

What You Will Do

We identify the following primary responsibilities for this role. However, the list is not exhaustive as priorities might vary.

Lead Benefits Program Management

• Support leadership in the execution of strategic goals, multi-year benefit planning, deliver on program objectives, supply industry best practices, conduct market benchmarking, and help with operational initiatives.
• Develop strong partnerships with Payroll, Legal, Employee Relations, HR Business Partners, Risk, EX/TR Operations, EX Tech, Accommodations team, Finance, VMO and other stakeholders.
• Financial management and oversight of the benefit programs, including overseeing self-funded plans, and annual fringe budget planning. Direct the annual POs process and ensure vendor invoice payment.
• Plan and execute special projects throughout the year, such as request for proposal (RFP) processes, vendor implementations, plan design changes, and ad-hoc projects with internal business partners.

Compliance & Operations

• Supervise all compliance activities and set up statutory plans, ensuring the programs are meeting all state, federal and provincial compliance, as well as adherence to company policies and applicable leave laws.
• Setting up new state plans, responding timely to implementation deadlines, employee communications and annual notice requirements and filings.
• Track and analyze absence data and metrics, as well as operational trends, workflow efficiencies, service delivery, and program effectiveness.
• Ensure all operational compliance through program audits, employee communications, documentation reviews, Adobe pay practices, monitoring regulatory requirements. Using an innovative mind to address systemic issues with swift corrective action.

Day-To-Day Activities

• Drive resolution on complex leave and life cases, including intermittent leave, extension requests, return-to-work and ADA-related leave requests.
• Oversee third-party vendor management including performance, service delivery, addressing operational concerns, renewals, and all the day-to-day leave administration providing a world-class white glove experience.
• Provide and maintain impactful training materials for managers, HR business partners, employees and employee resource center regarding leave policy and practice.
• Assist answering questions from people managers, employees and HR business partners, relating to leaves in US&C.
• Support Workers Compensation process by partnering with Risk and Global Security teams.

What You Need To Succeed

• 7+ years of directly applicable and progressive benefit program management experience in leave administration, benefits management, consulting, or case management experience.
• Strong knowledge of leave practice and regulations for FMLA and ADA leave processes, state leave laws, VDI self-funded plan, military provisions, general provincial laws and rights, accommodations, other federal regulations, and return-to-work practices.
• Experience administering complex benefit programs for large, multi-state employer, implementing innovative operational business processes and practices.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex leave cases, implementing business process excellence, providing stellar employee experience, utilizing HRIS/leave management systems, monitoring compliance, and providing operational effectiveness and sound decision-making.
• Knowledge of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) regulations, ADA, HIPAA, and other applicable federal, state, and local laws governing benefits.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills, as well as ability to exercise sound judgement, maintain confidentiality with sensitive employee information.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Grounded in magical customer experiences, ability to see all aspects of the leave experience and continually evolve the program to maintain a high-quality end-to-end experience.
• Effective at multi-tasking while keeping calm and energetic. You can do hard things that deliver impactful results.
• Applying critical thinking to a highly complex program, partnering effectively with internal business partners and organizational leaders.
• Able to raise the bar on AI application in the leave space whether that is using AI agents, chat bots, or altering vendors' service delivery model. Having an AI-first mindset a plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field. Required education may be substituted by additional years of experience.
• Certified Benefits Professional (CBP) or Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) professional certification, a plus.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews

Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $93,600 -- $200,700 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California, the pay range for this position is $138,600 - $200,700

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices

California

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado

Application Window Notice

Aug 26 2026 12:00 AM

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.