Senior Manager, Benefits

Company: Impossible Foods
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: January 20, 2023

Job Description:

Impossible Foods was founded to transform the global food system and reduce the impact of climate change by making the world's most delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meat, fish, and dairy - from plants. We're building a rockstar team of brilliant, collaborative, mission-driven individuals who take pride in using their diverse skills to contribute to saving our planet.Want to join the movement? You can help us solve the most urgent, important challenge facing the world today (and have fun doing it). In this role, you will design, deploy, and manage the administration and implementation of all Impossible Food employee benefit programs. You will ensure IF innovates and adapts its benefits programs to support business goals, staying ahead of market trends and ensuring our rewards framework remains market leading. You will implement scalable solutions to drive business impact while inspiring talent.Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, and 10+ years work experience in Benefits, HR or consulting experience, with a minimum of 6 years working in a Benefits role
• Alignment and commitment to our culture, which prioritizes leading with heart, standing up for what's right, and thinking like a scientist (in this case, a scientist focused on our rewards programs)
• Experience in a fast-paced company with a vision to create scalable programs
• Solid understanding and direct experience in benefit compliance activities
• International benefits experience
• Experience working with survey vendor data to develop benefits strategies
• Experience creating and working with large data sets. Creating accurate spreadsheet-based analysis for deployment of programsPreferred Qualifications
  • A "self-starter" mentality; demonstrated initiative and an ability to work independently
  • Ability to stay organized while balancing multiple priorities
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills - able to tailor messages to meet the needs and expectations of employees
  • Consultative and influencing skills
  • Project management and change management skills
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguity
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Unwavering ethical standards with impeccable discretion when handling confidential information
  • A passion for people and organizational issues; motivated by a desire to cultivate an inspiring, positive workplaceEssential Job Functions
    • Implement benefits practices to attract and retain our workforce. Your focus will encompass all stages of the employee experience - from external candidate to new employee to tenured employee
    • Create a multi-year framework on the employee value proposition, and how Impossible's benefits packages stay true to the company's mission. Analyze the effectiveness and utilization of existing benefits programs, providing recommendations for increasing employee delight within budgetary frameworks
    • Communicate our benefits packages to employees, candidates, HR and business leadership in an inspiring way aligned with Impossible's mission
    • Manage vendor relationships on benefit offerings and drive improvements in all relevant metrics, including cost, user engagement and efficiency
    • Lead multiple projects involving various internal and external partners
    • Benchmark benefits practices for all current and prospective international countries in which Impossible Foods operates, identifying vendors and providers in those countries to advance our employee interests
    • Administer billing and reconciliation initiatives with the Finance and People leadership teams. This includes reconciliation of level-funded plans with service providers to ensure precise billing.
    • Evaluate and recommend timing, decision and implications regarding a potential shift to a self-funded medical benefits plan for employees
    • Ensure deployed programs are accurate and work seamlessly across existing technology architecture, including Workday
    • Manage system and processing issues and collaborate closely with internal business partners on resolution. You will be responsible for benefits data related feeds flowing seamlessly between Workday and other relevant systems, including 401K, Payroll, the systems used by healthcare providers, etc.
    • Use data and analytics to inform key business decisions, and be able to communicate outcomes and recommendations to executives clearly and concisely
    • Closely collaborate with People team partners (Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, People Operations, Compensation) to inform the design and implementation of programs and initiatives
    • Provide partnerships to leaders across several functional groups on all things benefits-related
    • Create and work with large, scaled data sets. Creating efficient and accurate spreadsheet-based analyses for deployment of benefits.
    • Work closely with employees and business partners to resolve confidential enquiries
    • Ensure employee Leave of Absence activities, processes and compliance is robustly managed and communication is clear, timely and accurate. Partner with 3rd party administrators and HR Business Partners/Payroll.Impossible Foods Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other trait protected by law.Impossible Foods offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your application for employment or interview process, please contact us by sending an email to or call 855-877-6365. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email inbox will not be accepted.If the ability to work remotely is indicated, this role can be performed from any US state except for Alaska, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

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