Global Benefits Specialist

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $110,000–$175,000 annually, plus bonus eligibility, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

What you will do

• Manage health and welfare, retirement, leave, wellness, and voluntary benefits programs across North America and EMEA.
• Support the design, implementation, harmonization, and continuous improvement of global benefits programs.
• Lead annual renewals, plan design changes, open enrollment, vendor management, and contract negotiations.
• Ensure compliance with U.S., Canadian, Mexican, and EMEA benefits regulations, including ERISA, ACA, COBRA, and HIPAA requirements.
• Serve as the Workday Benefits subject matter expert, leading configuration, integrations, testing, reporting, and issue resolution.
• Develop employee communications and educational materials, including presentations, webinars, and open enrollment content.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of benefits administration experience, preferably in the technology industry.
• Experience managing multinational benefits programs and vendor relationships across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and EMEA.
• Strong knowledge of health and welfare, retirement, leave of absence, and benefits compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting Workday implementations, enhancements, or global benefits projects.
• Strong project management, analytical, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Nice to have

• Strong Workday Benefits administration experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Bonus eligibility, equity, and comprehensive benefits are included.
• Regular full-time position on Shift 1 in the United States of America.
• Close collaboration with HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal, HRIS, senior leaders, brokers, consultants, and external vendors.