Manager, Strategy & Global Projects - REMOTE

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The Manager, Benefits Strategy & Global Projects is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing comprehensive health and welfare benefit strategies for North America and globally—ensuring cost-effectiveness, compliance, vendor performance, data governance, M&A integration, and continuous improvement—while driving harmonization, wellbeing initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration to enhance associate experience.

This position reports to the Sr. Director, Benefits and is part of the Health & Welfare Team in the Total Rewards department of Human Resources and will be fully remote
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• Design, implement, and manage a multi‑year strategy for health and welfare benefit programs (medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, disability, voluntary benefits, wellness, and time away), balancing opportunity, associate experience, and cost management.
  • Lead program updates through strong change management and business case development in partnership with People Analytics, Legal, Finance, and other key internal partners.
  • Ensure programs remain competitive, cost‑effective, and compliant with federal/state regulations (ACA, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA).
• Provide comprehensive stewardship of benefit programs, including:
  • Annual performance assessments and analytics with key vendors
  • Oversight of provider delivery, service levels, contractual adherence, and performance
  • Establishing cycles for vendor review and contract changes
  • Serving as the first point of escalation for vendor issues
• Guide and improve absence management programs, including Flexible Time Off, PTO, Vacation, and Paid Sick Leave across diverse associate groups.
• Drive cost‑containment and data‑driven decision‑making, by:
  • Monitoring cost trends using market benchmarks and associate engagement data
  • Supporting feasibility studies and internal/external analytic efforts
  • Owning Danaher’s U.S. Benefits Data Warehouse to track plan performance, insights, and opportunities
• Lead M&A integration efforts, ensuring smooth transitions of acquisitions and divestitures into/out of Danaher’s benefit programs.
• Coach and develop benefits team members across Corporate, Platform, and OpCo levels to build best‑in‑class capability and collaboration.
• Identify opportunities to expand and harmonize benefits across global regions, including:
  • Identifying gaps, harmonizing offerings, consolidating vendors, and mitigating compliance risks
  • Championing benefit plan engagement and ensuring consistent policy alignment
• Manage and scale global wellbeing and support offerings, including:
  • The Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Targeted point solutions for health, welfare, and financial wellbeing
• Participate in global benefits committees and contribute to shaping enterprise‑level benefit strategy.
• Develop associate engagement insights, including the creation of surveys and storytelling using tools such as One Model and conjoint survey methods.
• Advance continuous improvement across all benefit programs, applying a continuous improvement mindset to strategy, design, and delivery.
• Support emerging benefit capabilities, including defining and governing Danaher’s AI benefits strategy and building content management capabilities for Comp & Benefits leaders.
• Lead initiatives to streamline benefit administration and communications, improving global benefit engagement and ease of access.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Inclusion & Belonging, Talent Acquisition, Internal…