Director Global Leave Administration

Director Global Leave Administration

The GBSC People & Capability team is seeking a Director, Global Leave Administration, to lead global service delivery and operational excellence for leave, disability, and accommodation programs. This role is accountable for delivering compliant, consistent, and employee‑centered services aligned with enterprise policies, governance, and standards defined by the Benefits Center of Excellence (COE).

This leader will build, scale, and continuously improve a global administration model, including the team, processes, controls, technology, and vendor oversight required to support a growing global workforce.

Working in close partnership with the Benefits COE and key stakeholders, this role executes global policies, frameworks, and service standards, provides operational insights to support continuous improvement, and advances modernization through process optimization, automation, and disciplined execution.

The ideal candidate brings deep operational expertise, strong leadership, and process discipline, with a commitment to an inclusive employee experience and high‑quality global service delivery.

• Operationalize the global strategy and roadmap defined by the Benefits COE for leave of absence, disability management, and reasonable accommodations, aligned with workforce, inclusion, and employee experience priorities.
• Build, implement, and continuously improve a global operating model and service delivery framework that drives consistency, scalability, compliance, and service excellence across regions, aligned to enterprise standards and governance set by the Benefits COE.
• Monitor legislative and market developments to assess operational impact, escalation risk, and support implementation of policy or process changes defined with the Benefits COE, Legal, and Compliance.

• Implement and operationalize the global accommodations framework defined by the Benefits COE, enabling consistent, accessible, and compliant service delivery across regions.
• Lead operational transformation through process redesign, automation, digital enablement, and change management across leave and accommodations services.
• Develop and execute operational improvement plans that increase service effectiveness, employee experience, and organizational resilience.
• Support expansion into new markets by standing up operational delivery, controls, and local execution requirements in alignment with COE‑defined policy and regional statutory needs.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, and organizational changes by integrating and harmonizing programs globally.

• Provide executive oversight of global leave and accommodations operations, ensuring compliant, timely, and high‑quality service delivery across regions.
• Establish and maintain case management, quality control, audit, and compliance processes that support consistent adjudication, lifecycle management, and audit readiness.
• Identify, mitigate, and escalation operational, legal, regulatory, reputational, and employee risks, serving as the point of escalation for highly complex or enterprise‑impacting cases and using insights to strengthen service effectiveness.
• Define and maintain standardized operating procedures, control documentation, and operational communications to enable scalable execution and a consistent employee experience.
• Lead vendor execution and day‑to‑day performance management, including service‑level agreements, issue resolution, and continuous optimization aligned to COE strategy.

• Champion a people‑centered, accessible experience for employees navigating leave and accommodation needs, ensuring a seamless, equitable, and timely process.
• Provide guidance to People & Capability, managers, and business leaders on complex operational leave and accommodation matters, escalating policy interpretation issues to the Benefits COE, Legal, or Employee Relations as needed.
• Deliver employee, manager, and People & Capability education on service processes, case journeys, and operational requirements to support…