Retirement and Benefits Program Manager (f/m/d)
Job Description
Intel has announced a major expansion of Intel's production capacities in Europe and plans to develop two first-of-their-kind semiconductor fabs in Magdeburg, Germany, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. A State Aid Approval procedure for the project is currently pending with the European Commission. According to current planning production at the site is expected to start in four to five years following the European Commission's approval.
The Global Benefits and Retirement (GBR) organization is responsible for delivering over 60 different benefit and retirement programs including health, pension, risk, leaves, wellness, and more to employees throughout the Greater European Region (GER). We have an exciting opportunity for a strong candidate to join our team to manage benefits and retirement programs in Germany in support of Intel's current IDM2.0 manufacturing expansion projects. Over time the role may expand to include other GER country benefit and retirement support.
In this role you will be a direct team member of the GER Benefits operations team. As a project/program manager you will be responsible for the flawless execution of the benefits and retirement delivery to employees, and you will manage suppliers that help us with this. You will have direct responsibility for the implementation, compliance and sustaining of Intel's several benefits and retirement programs in Germany. To be successful you will need strong business partnering skills; you will be required to collaborate with a variety of business partners including Benefit and Retirement design, Total Rewards, HR Employee services, Corporate Services, Purchasing and HR Communications. Part of managing the benefits and pension programs requires a large element of supplier and broker performance management in addition to managing senior site stakeholders, playing a key leadership role representing HR. Deliver communication/education programs to support employee engagement and understanding of retirement and benefit programs.
Retirement program management responsibilities include ensuring that pension/retirement programs achieve their design objectives and are administered cost effectively with high quality and control.
Outside of the day to day activities will you be part of projects that focus on driving continuous improvement in our quality of service, the redesign or launch of new programs and assessing/selecting suppliers. A large portion of the role will be spent on managing our Benefit and Retirement programs in Germany, so a passion managing sensitive and complex employee queries is crucial.
Program Manager General Description:
Manages programs of large (may be global) scope, impact and complexity through all phases of the lifecycle that are focused on development, implementation or upgrade of internal customers' technology, products or processes. This may provide secondary or indirect support of customer product.
Manages interdependencies and integration among multiple projects, teams, and stakeholders.
Has decision making authority at the program level.
Handles cross organizational programs of broad scope and high complexity or of broad scope and moderate complexity usually managing a core team that manages function specific teams.
Sets direction for programs directly related to corporate policies or important business operations to meet strategic goals of significance.
Leads the core team and guides performance of functional teams. Is the key interface with stakeholders and leadership internally and externally.
Sets and refines project objectives.
Assigns overall tasks to others managing general areas of responsibility in support of program goals.
Exercises judgment and discretion to develop solutions, remove obstacles and redefine approaches.
Recommends or sets business strategies or corporate policies and deviates as appropriate.
Oversees identification of tasks and research, dependencies, costs; assigns resources, and communicates expectations to core team members.
Creates/tracks/adjusts the program schedule.
Assesses risks and identifies solutions to timely, efficient achievement of program goals.
Ensures that quality standards and budget constraints are met.
Ensures appropriate progress against schedule and takes remedial action as appropriate.
Prioritizes utilization of resources with other functions.
Influences business unit or cross organizational strategies relevant to program goals.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
The candidate must possess a BS degree in Business Administration, Finance, HR discipline or related field with 5+ years of relevant experience in managing employee benefits and retirement plans including healthcare, leave programs and Pension readiness as well as experience in Supplier and project management
German and English language written and spoken
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in managing local and global suppliers.
Project Management Experience (PMP or equivalent desirable but not required)
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Experience in managing supplier payments financing planning budget and data analysis
Management experience would be a nice addition
Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.