Senior Manager, Benefits - EMEA and Latin America

About the role

Stryker is looking for a Senior Manager, Benefits covering EMEA and Latin America. This permanent role provides strategic leadership for benefits across the assigned regions, partnering with global and regional teams to deliver competitive, sustainable and employee-focused programmes. It covers benefits renewals, funding strategies, vendor management, mergers and acquisitions support, and cost, risk and employee experience management. Work can be remote, hybrid or onsite.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the Senior Manager, Global Benefits Management and regional HR teams to manage the relationship with Stryker's brokers, including regular strategic reviews aligned with global benefits, financing and acquisition objectives.
• Contribute to pooling and captive strategies for regional benefits and advise on global risk management, funded benefit approaches and market trends.
• Support the M&A team in delivering benefits strategy before and after deal closure, ensuring smooth transitions between regions.
• Oversee the regional renewal and enrollment timeline and lead renewal, remarketing and funding strategies, accountable for benefits spend, financial performance, competitiveness, employee experience and risk.
• Drive initiatives with HR, payroll, finance, legal, procurement and HR operations, and oversee contract negotiation and RFPs for assigned plans.
• Build vendor relationships as main point of contact, set SLAs and recommend annual plan revisions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Preferred: 10+ years overall, with 5+ years managing global benefits and vendor management, and 5+ years in business-facing HR, HR COE, HR Operations or related roles.
• Experience managing a global broker relationship preferred.

Required skills

• Strong collaboration skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

What we offer

• Pay ranges by country: Ireland €88,000-€146,000, Spain €62,000-€103,200, UK £72,800-£121,300, Poland zł245,500-zł470,600.
• Possible incentive compensation such as bonus and/or commissions.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• 10% travel.