Global Head of Benefits

DDN•New York, NY

1d•$190,000 - $250,000

About The Position

DDN is seeking a Head of Global Benefits to establish a strategic, scalable, and intentional approach to benefits worldwide. This role is crucial for enhancing employee experience, ensuring market competitiveness, managing costs, maintaining compliance across various countries, and solidifying DDN's position as an employer of choice. The position requires a blend of strategic planning and hands-on execution, involving detailed work on plan design, renewals, vendor management, and addressing employee concerns. The successful candidate will transform a decentralized benefits environment into a simpler, stronger, and more consistent global function.

Requirements

Significant experience leading benefits in a global, multi-country organization, ideally in a fast-growing technology environment.
2+ Years managing small, global teams responsible for multi-country benefit execution.
Deep knowledge of U.S. benefits.
Meaningful experience designing and managing programs internationally, ideally across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Experience working across a mix of entities, EORs, and different local employment structures.
Strong understanding of benefits governance, compliance, renewals, plan design, and vendor/broker management.
Experience evaluating benefits through both an employee experience and financial lens.
Comfortable moving between strategy and execution.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn messy data and competing inputs into clear recommendations.
Excellent cross-functional judgment and the ability to work effectively with Finance, Legal, Payroll, HRBPs, and senior leaders.
A practical, low-ego approach.

Responsibilities

Build our global benefits strategy, including developing a clear global benefits philosophy and framework that defines global consistency versus local market reflection.
Assess existing programs across countries to identify improvements in competitiveness, employee experience, cost-effectiveness, and operational simplicity.
Establish market benchmarks and principles for evaluating benefit changes and investments.
Partner with People leadership and Finance on the long-term benefits roadmap and investment priorities.
Own the design, implementation, and ongoing management of health, retirement, leave, insurance, wellbeing, and other benefit programs globally.
Lead annual renewals and enrollment processes, including recommendations on plan design, employee contributions, and vendor changes.
Ensure programs comply with local requirements while aligning with DDN’s global benefits philosophy.
Manage benefits across various entities, EOR populations, and different employment models.
Create clearer, more consistent processes for benefits administration and communication worldwide.
Partner with HR Operations to improve benefits workflows, data, systems, and integrations.
Simplify understanding of DDN's benefits offerings and support resources for employees and managers.
Identify opportunities for automation and reduction of manual work and regional complexity.
Own relationships with global and local brokers, consultants, carriers, and benefits vendors.
Lead vendor selection, negotiation, implementation, and performance management.
Develop visibility into global benefits spend and partner with Finance on forecasting and budgeting.
Utilize data (utilization, employee feedback, market benchmarks, cost trends) to evaluate program value.
Partner closely with HRBPs, HR Operations, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and regional People teams.
Provide guidance on complex benefits and leave questions.
Bring a global perspective while understanding local nuances.
Help build the necessary infrastructure and operating discipline for scaling.
Oversee a small, nimble team responsible for global execution.