Benefits Analyst

As a member of the Global Total Rewards team, you will be the Benefits Analyst responsible for maintaining, implementing, and advancing benefit programs and solutions. Reporting to the Director, Global Benefits, you will play a crucial role in collaborating with local, regional, and global stakeholders and business partners. We are seeking an individual with a combination of strategic and hands-on experience, encompassing both large company and entrepreneurial, high-growth company backgrounds. Your role will involve providing vision and direction for strategic program development in a highly competitive market and dynamic environment. In your position, you will be responsible for benefit plans, programs, and portfolios across multiple geographies, with a specific focus on APAC. Your duties will include designing, recommending, and implementing regional and country-specific benefits programs consistent with Red Hat's overall rewards philosophy and People strategy. You will collaborate with key stakeholders, partners, and business leadership to drive the capture of local and regional requirements for benefit program enhancements and new programs. Remaining up to date on local and regional legislative changes will be essential, as you analyze market data, statutory requirements, and benchmarks of country-specific benefits programs to provide insightful competitive and cost analysis for program design recommendations. You will also educate key stakeholders on changes and recommend program adjustments accordingly. In addition, you will collaborate with internal partners, associates, and management on various benefit matters, serve as the escalation point of contact for associate queries, and work closely with the Talent Acquisition team to enable benefit program changes and review competitive reward data from the external candidate market. Your role will also involve managing relationships with third-party benefit plan brokers, providers, and external vendors, as well as supporting benefits-related merger and acquisition efforts and geographical expansion initiatives. To be successful in this role, you should possess experience in international benefits and a strong working knowledge of benefits programs for multiple countries or regions. Your ability to design, implement, manage, and deliver benefits programs at scale for a growing organization across multiple geographies is crucial. Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, independence, collaboration, influencing abilities, customer focus, and strategic alignment of benefit programs with business objectives are key attributes required for this position. Furthermore, you should have knowledge of international labor and/or benefits legislation, along with experience in change management, innovation, and creativity. A background in working with or managing an outsourced benefits broker/vendor and experience with multinational pooling are preferred qualifications. A Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, economics, or a related field is desirable. Join Red Hat, the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, and be part of a diverse, inclusive, and innovative environment where your contributions are valued, and your ideas can make a real impact. Feel empowered to bring your best ideas forward and help solve complex problems while working in a flexible and collaborative work environment. Red Hat is dedicated to promoting an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.,