Leave of Absence Manager

🚨 We’re Hiring: Leave of Absence Manager | Salt Lake City, UT (Relocation Available)

A large, rapidly growing multi-state healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Leave of Absence Manager to lead and evolve enterprise-wide leave and accommodation programs supporting a workforce of 40,000 employees across multiple states.

This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for someone who thrives in complex, high-volume environments and brings deep expertise in multi-state leave administration, ADA accommodations, and operational process improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise leave of absence and accommodation programs

• Oversee FMLA, ADA, PWFA, and state-specific leave compliance

• Partner closely with a third-party leave administrator to ensure service quality and consistency

• Drive standardization of policies, workflows, reporting, and operational processes

• Manage and develop a leave administration team

• Serve as a subject matter expert for complex leave and accommodation cases

• Partner cross-functionally with HR, Payroll, Legal, Benefits, Operations, and leadership teams

• Utilize Workday and reporting tools to improve visibility, compliance, and employee experience

What We’re Looking For:

• 5 years of progressive leave of absence administration experience in complex multi-state environments

• Strong expertise in California leave laws and West Coast compliance requirements

• Deep understanding of ADA accommodations and the interactive process

• Experience leading or mentoring a team

• Workday experience strongly preferred

• Healthcare, large hourly workforce, or other highly regulated industry experience preferred

• Strong operational mindset with the ability to improve processes at scale

Location:

This role is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates. Remote may be considered for exceptional candidates with deep enterprise leave expertise.