What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Global Benefits position at Lensa?
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Our Mission
As the world’s number 1 job site*, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.
(*Comscore, Total Visits, March 2025)
Day to Day
The Director, Total Rewards (Benefits Focus) is a key person responsible for shaping and executing Indeed’s global benefits strategy. This is meant to enhance the employee experience and support wellbeing across our workforce. This role strengthens the credibility and impact of the Total Rewards function through strategic leadership, operational excellence, and deep understanding of how benefits can improve people’s lives.
Partnering closely with the Vice President, Total Rewards, this leader serves as both a strategic thought partner and hands-on operator—able to design long-term frameworks while ensuring day-to-day execution is consistent, equitable, and high-quality. The ideal candidate brings structure to complexity, builds trust across teams, communicates with clarity and empathy, and demonstrates a genuine passion for supporting employees through exceptional benefits programs.
This is a highly visible, global leadership role. It is ideal for someone who thrives in an environment that values analytical rigor, strategic vision, and the ability to execute with precision and heart. The right person will be equally energized by shaping the future of benefits at Indeed and by rolling up their sleeves to ensure operational excellence today.
Responsibilities
US Remote 156,000 - 218,000 USD per year
Salary Range Disclaimer
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Indeed salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.
Benefits - Health, Work/Life Harmony, & Wellbeing
We care about what you care about. We have a multitude of benefits to support Indeedians, as well as their pets, kids, and partners including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. Indeedians are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, as well as an equity-based incentive program. Indeedians will also receive open paid time off, 11 paid holidays a year and up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave. For more information, select your country and learn more about our employee benefits, program, & perks at https://www.indeed.com/careers/benefits!
Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement
Indeed is deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neuro-diversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.
Indeed provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please visit https://www.indeed.com/careers/accommodations. If you are requesting accommodation for an interview, please reach out at least one week in advance of your interview.
For more information about our commitment to equal opportunity/affirmative action, please visit our Careers page (https://www.indeed.com/careers).
Inclusion & Belonging
Inclusion and belonging are fundamental to our hiring practices and company culture, forming an integral part of our vision for a better world of work. At Indeed, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees and on a mission to make this the best place to work and thrive. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment where every employee feels respected and accepted benefits everyone, fueling innovation and creativity.
We value diverse experiences, including those who have had prior contact with the criminal legal system. We are committed to providing individuals with criminal records, including formerly incarcerated individuals, a fair chance at employment.
Those with military experience are encouraged to apply. Equivalent expertise demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military experience, or education is welcome.
Indeed’s Employee Recruiting Privacy Policy
Like other employers Indeed uses our own technologies to help us find and attract top talent from around the world. In addition to our site’s user and privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal , we also want to make you aware of our recruitment specific privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal/indeed-jobs .
Agency Disclaimer
Indeed does not pay placement fees for unsolicited resumes or referrals from non-candidates, including search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies (each individually, an "Agency"), subject to local laws. An Agency seeking a placement fee must obtain advance written approval from Indeed's internal Talent Acquisition team and execute a fee agreement with Indeed for each job opening before making a referral or submitting a resume for that opening.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Reference ID: 46339
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Our Mission
As the world’s number 1 job site*, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.
(*Comscore, Total Visits, March 2025)
Day to Day
The Director, Total Rewards (Benefits Focus) is a key person responsible for shaping and executing Indeed’s global benefits strategy. This is meant to enhance the employee experience and support wellbeing across our workforce. This role strengthens the credibility and impact of the Total Rewards function through strategic leadership, operational excellence, and deep understanding of how benefits can improve people’s lives.
Partnering closely with the Vice President, Total Rewards, this leader serves as both a strategic thought partner and hands-on operator—able to design long-term frameworks while ensuring day-to-day execution is consistent, equitable, and high-quality. The ideal candidate brings structure to complexity, builds trust across teams, communicates with clarity and empathy, and demonstrates a genuine passion for supporting employees through exceptional benefits programs.
This is a highly visible, global leadership role. It is ideal for someone who thrives in an environment that values analytical rigor, strategic vision, and the ability to execute with precision and heart. The right person will be equally energized by shaping the future of benefits at Indeed and by rolling up their sleeves to ensure operational excellence today.
Responsibilities
- Lead the global benefits strategy and multi-year roadmap across health, retirement, wellbeing, and leave programs, balancing competitiveness, cost, and employee experience.
- Design scalable benefits programs that are globally consistent yet locally flexible across diverse markets.
- Manage and optimize vendor partnerships to ensure excellent governance, service quality, innovation, and cost efficiency.
- Establish and maintain operational excellence in benefits administration, including processes, data integrity, and standardization across regions.
- Develop measurement frameworks and KPIs; analyze benchmarking data and present insights to executive leadership.
- Ensure global and local regulatory compliance in partnership with Legal and Compliance teams.
- Manage, develop, and coach the benefits team, fostering collaboration, high performance, and continuous learning.
- 10 years of experience leading global Total Rewards or Benefits in complex, multinational organizations.
- Demonstrated success delivering large-scale, cross-functional benefits initiatives in environments of 10,000 employees.
- Proven data-driven and financial modeling capabilities to assess program performance and ROI.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate long-term vision into detailed, practical execution.
- Skilled change leader who influences without authority and drives alignment across diverse stakeholders.
- Exceptional communicator who simplifies complexity and builds trust at all levels.
- Proven people leader with experience developing high-performing global teams and navigating ambiguity with integrity.
US Remote 156,000 - 218,000 USD per year
Salary Range Disclaimer
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Indeed salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.
Benefits - Health, Work/Life Harmony, & Wellbeing
We care about what you care about. We have a multitude of benefits to support Indeedians, as well as their pets, kids, and partners including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. Indeedians are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, as well as an equity-based incentive program. Indeedians will also receive open paid time off, 11 paid holidays a year and up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave. For more information, select your country and learn more about our employee benefits, program, & perks at https://www.indeed.com/careers/benefits!
Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement
Indeed is deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neuro-diversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.
Indeed provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please visit https://www.indeed.com/careers/accommodations. If you are requesting accommodation for an interview, please reach out at least one week in advance of your interview.
For more information about our commitment to equal opportunity/affirmative action, please visit our Careers page (https://www.indeed.com/careers).
Inclusion & Belonging
Inclusion and belonging are fundamental to our hiring practices and company culture, forming an integral part of our vision for a better world of work. At Indeed, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees and on a mission to make this the best place to work and thrive. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment where every employee feels respected and accepted benefits everyone, fueling innovation and creativity.
We value diverse experiences, including those who have had prior contact with the criminal legal system. We are committed to providing individuals with criminal records, including formerly incarcerated individuals, a fair chance at employment.
Those with military experience are encouraged to apply. Equivalent expertise demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military experience, or education is welcome.
Indeed’s Employee Recruiting Privacy Policy
Like other employers Indeed uses our own technologies to help us find and attract top talent from around the world. In addition to our site’s user and privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal , we also want to make you aware of our recruitment specific privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal/indeed-jobs .
Agency Disclaimer
Indeed does not pay placement fees for unsolicited resumes or referrals from non-candidates, including search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies (each individually, an "Agency"), subject to local laws. An Agency seeking a placement fee must obtain advance written approval from Indeed's internal Talent Acquisition team and execute a fee agreement with Indeed for each job opening before making a referral or submitting a resume for that opening.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Reference ID: 46339
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Salary : $156,000 - $218,000