Sr. Manager, Benefits (North America)

Scopely•Culver City, CA

13h•$137,700 - $185,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Scopely is hiring a Sr. Manager, Benefits to lead benefits strategy and operations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with the U.S. as the primary focus. This player/coach role is responsible for keeping programs competitive, inclusive, compliant, cost-effective, and locally relevant while aligning them with Scopely’s global benefits philosophy. The manager will coach Benefits and People Ops team members while also working directly on plan design, funding analysis, renewals, vendor management, and daily operations. The role owns the strategy, governance, roadmap, and success measures for the North America benefits portfolio. It evaluates U.S. health-plan funding strategies, including self-insurance feasibility, and may lead implementation if a recommendation is approved. The position oversees health and welfare, retirement and savings, leave, disability, wellbeing, and statutory programs across the three countries, and leads renewals, enrollment, budgets, compliance, leave processes, service delivery improvements, and cross-border integrations. The position is hybrid in Culver City or remote in the United States.

Requirements

Significant experience leading benefits programs at a mid-to-large employer, including strategy, plan design, renewals, vendor and broker management, employee communications, and wellbeing.
Direct experience evaluating or implementing self-insured or level-funded health plans, with a strong understanding of fully insured and self-insured tradeoffs, including stop-loss, claims funding, reserves, TPA/PBM arrangements, and risk.
Strong working knowledge of U.S. benefits requirements, including ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, state paid leave and paid family leave programs, nondiscrimination testing, Form 5500, and applicable state and local requirements.
Working knowledge of Canadian benefits and leave requirements, including provincial variation and Quebec, and Mexican requirements, including IMSS, Infonavit, year-end and vacation-related payments, profit sharing, and statutory benefits; or ability to ramp up quickly and manage local advisors and vendors.
Experience supporting benefits across multiple countries and balancing consistent principles with local market practices.
Ability to balance strategic ownership with hands-on execution, manage cross-functional work, make sound recommendations, and coach and develop team members.
Strong analytical, financial modeling, organizational, and project management skills, including presenting cost and risk analysis to Finance and executive audiences.
Clear communication skills and an employee experience mindset, with the ability to explain complex benefits topics to employees, leaders, and partners.
Practical fluency with AI, automation, analytics, or emerging technology, and sound judgment around employee data, privacy, compliance, and human oversight.

Nice To Haves

Experience outside North America.
Experience in technology, gaming, entertainment, or another high-growth environment.
Familiarity with leave systems, Workday, Google Workspace, benefits administration platforms, or vendor and broker platforms.
Spanish and/or French language skills.

Responsibilities

Set the strategy, governance, roadmap, and success measures for Scopely’s North America benefits portfolio.
Evaluate U.S. health plan funding strategies, including self-insurance feasibility; model costs, claims, stop-loss, risk, TPA/PBM and carrier options, reserves, and cash flow; present recommendations to People and Finance leadership; and lead implementation if approved.
Oversee health and welfare, retirement and savings, leave, disability, wellbeing, and statutory programs across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, including Canadian provincial health coordination and supplemental coverage and Mexican IMSS-related obligations and statutory benefits.
Lead renewals and enrollment across all three countries, including plan design, broker and carrier negotiations, stakeholder alignment, employee communications, and post-enrollment analysis.
Own benefits budgets, forecasts, and cost management; prepare leadership-ready analysis on claims, cost trends, utilization, risk, employee impact, vendor performance, and investment tradeoffs.
Ensure programs, policies, documentation, and vendor processes are compliant, controlled, audit-ready, and scalable across relevant U.S., Canadian, and Mexican requirements.
Oversee leave, disability, statutory leave, and return-to-work processes, coordinating across employees, managers, People partners, Payroll, and providers.
Improve service delivery through processes, systems, vendor partnerships, operating rhythms, and employee self-service; identify responsible uses of AI, automation, and analytics.
Partner with the global People team to share North America practices and support acquisitions, entity changes, and market expansion through due diligence, integration, harmonization, and employee communications.
Coach and mentor Benefits and People Ops team members, set priorities, and build team capability while executing alongside them.