Senior Manager, Global Benefits
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Job description
Owns Dataiku's global benefits programs across all countries where the company operates, setting strategy with the Global Total Rewards Lead and leading day-to-day benefits operations. The role aims to make benefits competitive, consistent, compliant and financially sustainable while using AI to simplify administration.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · EMEA
What you'll do
- Define and evolve the global benefits philosophy with the Global Total Rewards Lead, balancing market competitiveness, consistency across countries and cost discipline
- Design and manage health, retirement, insurance, leave and wellbeing programs across entities and EOR countries, setting a clear global floor with smart local variation
- Lead annual renewals, broker and carrier relationships, and RFPs; negotiate on data and hold vendors to clear service levels
- Ensure plans meet local rules in every country, owning US compliance directly (ERISA, ACA, COBRA, nondiscrimination testing, Form 5500) as well as statutory and collective-agreement obligations in Europe and beyond
- Own the global benefits budget and forecasts with Finance; model plan changes, track claims and utilization trends, and bring clear trade-offs to decision-makers
- Lead the team that runs enrollment, life events, leaves, payroll and HRIS integrations, and EOR coordination; build processes that scale without adding headcount
- Automate enrollment, eligibility checks, reconciliations and employee questions with AI agents and workflows
- Set up benefits for new countries, entity conversions from EOR, and acquisitions, with clean harmonization plans
- Build benefits guides, open-enrollment campaigns and manager resources
What we're looking for
- Extensive global benefits experience in a global, high-growth tech or enterprise software company
- Deep expertise in benefits design, renewals, vendor/broker management and benchmarking across multiple countries
- Strong, hands-on US benefits compliance experience, plus experience with European programs and statutory requirements, including UK and French benefits and pensions
- Experience managing benefits through both owned entities and Employer of Record providers (e.g. Deel, Remote)
- A track record of building or transforming benefits programs, not just administering them
- Experience leading a team and influencing senior stakeholders in lean, fast-moving environments
- Strong analytical skills for cost modeling and claims analysis, and real curiosity for AI and automation
Nice to have
- Workday experience
Your team
People team
Lean and decentralized People function that runs on Dataiku too, with AI agents and automated workflows.
Benefits
- Real impact: shape benefits for a global AI company helping the world's largest enterprises make AI work
- Ownership: the autonomy to build, with direct access to Total Rewards, Finance and People leadership
- Growth: help reinvent how People programs are delivered, with AI-powered workflows
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About Dataiku
The Platform for AI Success
Dataiku is the enterprise orchestration layer for building, deploying, and governing AI. In a single environment, teams design and operate analytics, machine learning, and AI agents with the transparency, collaboration, and control enterprises require. Sitting above data platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI services, Dataiku connects the full enterprise AI stack, empowering organizations to run AI across multi-vendor environments with centralized governance.
Key facts
- ~1,300 builders
- AI / enterprise software
- ~1,300 builders across 18 countries
- The world's leading companies rely on Dataiku to operationalize AI
- People team runs on Dataiku too, with AI agents and automated workflows
What they value
- Share context openly
- Work across functions and borders
- Question defaults
- Own our outcomes