Paid Leave Consultant (Paid Family and Medical Leave)

Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Salary: $75,500–$142,700 annually

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune 500 provider of employee benefits, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with international offices in Ireland, Poland, and the UK.

What you will do

• Lead complex implementations of corporate and statutory paid family and medical leave plans.
• Drive cross-functional projects for new statutory plans, including processes, systems, workflows, change management, and reporting.
• Coordinate Benefits, Legal, Implementation, Underwriting, IT, Learning and Development, and other subject-matter experts.
• Support go-to-market activities, policy reviews, design consultations, contracts, service agreements, and customer implementations.
• Advise clients, brokers, internal partners, and HR groups on paid leave policies, service impacts, legislation, and compliance.
• Lead client-facing meetings, webinars, education initiatives, trend analysis, and responses to RFPs and RFIs.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree or equivalent experience required.
• At least 7 years of experience in claims, FMLA, paid leave, legal compliance, or project management.
• In-depth knowledge of claims and leave processing and the regulatory and compliance landscape for statutory benefits.
• Knowledge of corporate and statutory Paid Family and Medical Leave legislation, including current and pending requirements.
• Knowledge of employee benefits, contract development, compliance, billing, workflow processes, and related business applications.
• Ability to plan, negotiate, organize, analyze problems, influence resources, and develop customer-focused solutions.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and directing or influencing diverse internal and external resources under changing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written communication, leadership, presentation, facilitation, and team-motivation skills.
• Ability to travel.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with flexible work environments.
• Health, vision, dental, short- and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, and paid volunteer time.
• Performance-based incentive plans and up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contributions.
• Mental health support, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment options, and career advancement opportunities.
• Equal opportunity employment with a focus on inclusion and diversity.