Manager, US Benefits & Retirement

Digital Prospectors; Walkersville (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Prospectors seeks a Manager, US Benefits & Retirement to lead a 12-month transformation across the United States, independently managing workstreams and coordinating with Total Rewards, HR, Payroll, Legal, HR Ops, brokers, and vendors.

You will own deliverables, maintain plans, and escalate risks to leadership with limited supervision. Strong benefits experience and cross-functional collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting employee benefits programs, implementations, and transitions, preferably within U.S. Benefits.
• Knowledge of retirement and 401(k) plans and related implementation or transition activities.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with HR, Payroll, Legal, brokers, and benefits vendors.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, including clear status updates and risk escalation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate employee benefits transitions, vendor implementations, data validation, and employee communications.
• Maintain project plans, risks, dependencies, and key deliverables; proactively drive actions through completion.
• Support U.S. Benefits transformation initiatives, including retirement and 401(k) implementation and transition activities.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Legal, HR Operations, brokers, and benefit vendors.
• Prepare concise status updates and escalate issues requiring leadership decisions.
• Independently manage Benefits workstreams related to business transformation and major changes.

Skills

Benefits experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Position: Manager, US Benefits & Retirement

Length: 12 Month Contract

Job Description:

Provide experienced, hands‑on support across U.S. Benefits activities during a period of significant transformation and organizational change. The successful candidate will independently manage Benefits workstreams and complex transition‑related activities while partnering with Total Rewards, HR, Payroll, Legal, HR Operations, external advisors, brokers, and benefit vendors. The candidate will quickly understand the operating environment, take ownership of deliverables, drive activities independently, and escalated issues appropriately with limited day-to-day supervision.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate employee benefits transitions, vendor implementations, data validation, and employee communications.
• Maintain project plans, risks, dependencies, and key deliverables; proactively drive actions through completion.
• Support U.S. Benefits transformation initiatives, including retirement and 401(k) implementation and transition activities.
• Partner closely with HR, Payroll, Legal, HR Operations, business and project teams, brokers, and benefit vendors.
• Prepare concise status updates, identify risks, and escalated issues requiring leadership decisions.
• Independently manage Benefits workstreams related to business transformation, organizational changes, workforce transitions, and other complex projects.
• Provide hands‑on support across the broader U.S. Benefits portfolio as priorities require.

Qualifications:

• Experience supporting employee benefits programs, implementations, and transitions, preferably within U.S. Benefits.
• Knowledge of retirement and 401(k) plans and related implementation or transition activities.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering with HR, Payroll, Legal, brokers, and benefits vendors.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, including the ability to provide clear status updates and escalated risks appropriately.

POST‑OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK IS REQUIRED. Digital Prospectors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Digital Prospectors affirms the right of all individuals to equal opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment.