Sr Manager, Benefits & Wellbeing

FIS Management Services LLC; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

FIS is seeking a Senior Manager, Benefits and Wellbeing to lead transformation programs across markets, including Workday Benefits, M&A integration, and benefit harmonization. You will own end-to-end execution, manage timelines, coordinate with Ops, Finance, Legal and vendors, and drive employee experience improvements.

You will lead Workday configurations, data reconciliations, and vendor transitions while ensuring scalability and cross-functional alignment.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant and applicable experience.
• Experience with Workday Benefits and HR systems.
• M&A integration experience and benefit harmonization.
• Ability to coordinate across Benefits, Transformation, Ops, Finance, Legal, Tax, Comms, ER, brokers and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of prioritized Benefits transformation and optimization projects across markets and teams.
• Own Benefits M&A integration end to end, including data collation and comparisons.
• Deliver optimization projects for Benefits products with go‑to‑market teams.
• Manage non-standard, BAU-excluded Workstream activities and ensure proper handover.
• Lead Workday Benefits optimization projects, including configuration and testing readiness.
• Implement benefit changes and vendor transitions with cross-market harmonization.
• Coordinate with Ops to confirm delivery capacity and stakeholder requirements.
• Package transformation work into execution bundles involving Finance, Legal, Tax, Comms, brokers, and local teams.
• Track outcomes and lessons learned to improve future delivery and employee experience.

Skills

Benefits transformation

Project delivery

M&A integration

Workday Benefits

HR systems

Data analysis

Automation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Origin

Workday

Job description

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the role

The Senior Manager, Benefits and Wellbeing will lead the execution of prioritized work and ensure programs are delivered across markets and teams. You will lead and execute transformation programs including Workday and harmonization; deliver M&A integration end to end; support M&A data collation and side-by-side comparisons; implement benefit changes and vendor transitions; manage timelines, milestones and outcomes; coordinate with Ops teams for execution.

What you will be doing

• Lead delivery of prioritized Benefits transformation and optimization projects, turning approved strategy / design into executable plans across markets and teams
• Own Benefits M&A integration activity end to end, including data collation, side-by-side comparisons using Origin, integration planning, benefit harmonization and transition into Ops for key projects
• Deliver optimization projects for Benefits products, working with the go-to-market team to shape requirements, implementation approach, employee impact and launch readiness
• Manage WAVE activity that sits outside BAU, ensuring non-standard work is scoped, tracked, resourced and handed over appropriately once stabilized
• Lead Workday Benefits optimization projects, including configuration requirements, process improvements, testing coordination and readiness for operational use
• Implement benefit changes, vendor transitions (including Wellhub for example roll out and EAP RFP) and cross-market harmonization activity, managing timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks and outcomes
• Coordinate with Ops teams to confirm delivery capacity for new projects, requirement forms with portfolio analyst for Systems and Ops, handover points and escalation routes where operational blockers impact delivery
• Package transformation work into structured execution bundles, ensuring Finance, Legal, Tax, Comms, ER, brokers, vendors and local teams are engaged at the right point post design and strategic design decisions
• Track post-implementation outcomes and lessons learned so optimization activity improves future delivery, employee experience and operational scalability

What you bring

• 5- 7 years of relevant and applicable experience.
• Future-proofing mindset: able to shape products, workflows and system connectivity so benefits activity can scale and adapt over time
• Product and workflow optimization, including simplification of benefit processes, employee experience and scalable ways of working
• Technology-enabled design thinking, including Workday Benefits, HR systems, data, AI tools, automation and digital employee journeys
• System connectivity mindset: able to connect product design, platforms, data flows, vendor processes and BAU readiness
• M&A integration and harmonization, including side-by-side comparisons, transition planning and future-state benefit design
• Stakeholder influence across Benefits, Transformation, Ops, Finance, Legal, Tax, Comms, ER, brokers and vendors

What we offer you

• The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology.
• Time to support charities and give back in your community.
• A fantastic range of benefits designed to help support your lifestyle and wellbeing.
• Great workspaces with dedicated and motivated colleagues.
• A broad range of professional education and personal development opportunities.

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer.

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If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test.

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