Senior Manager, Global Benefits

• Serve as primary owner of the US self-insured medical, prescription drug benefit and dental programs, with deep understanding of plan funding, claims administration, and stop-loss structure
• Partner with the US consultant (WTW) and third-party administrators to manage plan performance, cost trends, and utilization, bringing forward proactive, creative recommendations to reduce trend
• Own and manage relationships with all US benefits vendors including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, EAP and voluntary
• Lead annual plan design review and renewal strategy in close partnership with WTW
• Own the annual open enrollment process end-to-end
• Develop and execute a communications strategy that is employee-centered
• Create and maintain employee-facing benefit resources including guides, orientation, FAQs and change communications
• Partner with HR Technology and benefits administration vendor to ensure accurate plan configuration
• Act as the escalation point for complex employee benefits issues and appeals
• Ensure plan documents, SPDs, and legal notices are accurate, current, and compliant
• Ensure all required filing, including federal, state, and local are filed
• Directly supervise and develop one US Benefits Analyst
• Partner with the Global Head of Total Rewards to manage the WTW global consultant relationship across PerkinElmer's 30+ country footprint
• Hold the global broker accountable for preparation, country expertise, proactive market intelligence, and vendor advocacy
• Ensure global benefit recommendations are grounded in data and market benchmarking
• Actively engage WTW on emerging regulatory requirements, country-specific plan competitiveness, and benefit trends across regions
• Lead and develop PerkinElmer's global pooling strategy
• Evaluate current pooling arrangements, identify opportunities for optimization, and drive implementation of changes
• Analyze pooling dividend performance and cost experience across countries
• Ensure pooling structures are aligned with local statutory requirements and competitive benefit positioning in each market

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, human resources, or a related field
• 10+ years of progressive benefits experience, with significant depth in US self-insured health plan design, administration, and strategy
• 2+ years of global benefits administration and familiarity with global pooling
• CEBS (Certified Employee Benefit Specialist) or CBP (Certified Benefits Professional) designation preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing consultant relationships and holding external partners accountable for performance and value delivery
• Strong command of US benefits regulatory compliance, including ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, and related requirements
• Experience managing open enrollment end-to-end, including testing and communications
• Analytically strong — able to work with claims data, cost trend analysis, and financial modeling
• comfortable presenting to senior leadership

CEBS (Certified Employee Benefit Specialist) or CBP (Certified Benefits Professional) designation