Sr Manager, Total Rewards - US Benefits

At H&P, our people are our strength. Since 1920, Helmerich and Payne has been the industry’s most trusted partner in drilling productivity and reliability. As the world changes, so does our approach. We are changing the landscape of drilling by using cutting‑edge rig technologies and drilling solutions to build upon a century of success, all while continuing to deliver better outcomes for our customers.

At H&P, our people are our strength. We strive to continually lead with our Core Values that enable employees to develop on their H&P Journey. We believe that doing the right thing means creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace that empowers our people to bring their authentic selves to work every day. Some companies offer career paths. We offer a Journey of a Lifetime.

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At a Glance:
Provides strategic leadership for H&P’s U.S. benefits portfolio, including health and welfare, pharmacy, wellbeing, leave, retirement, and related programs. Aligns benefits strategy with business priorities, workforce needs, market competitiveness, compliance, cost stewardship, and employee experience. Partners with HR Business Partners, functional COEs, HR Shared Services, Finance, Legal, Payroll, senior leaders, brokers, consultants, carriers, recordkeepers, TPAs, and vendors to drive plan performance, governance, operational excellence, and sustainable value.

• Partners with HR Operations, Payroll, and technology teams to improve HRIS benefits and absence modules, data quality, integrations, carrier feeds, automation, controls, reporting, and user experience.
• Provides strategic oversight for H&P’s U.S. Health and Welfare, 401(k) and pension plans, including governance, vendor coordination, audits, fiduciary support, administration, participant experience, and leadership reporting.
• Manages broker, consultant, carrier, TPA, recordkeeper, administrator, and vendor relationships, including expectations, escalations, implementations, service delivery, performance, and compliance.
• Supports benefits for U.S.
  
  -based international assignees in alignment with global mobility and Total Rewards objectives.
• Ensures strategic recommendations are compliant with U.S. federal and statutory requirements.
• Leads U.S. benefits communication and open enrollment strategies across digital and employee-facing channels to improve understanding, engagement, utilization, and decision-making.
• Prepares benefits materials, recommendations, renewal updates, financial analyses, and governance updates for leadership, Benefits Committee, and Board meetings, as needed.
• Identifies opportunities to improve administration, processes, controls, reporting, risk management, employee experience, and broader Total Rewards priorities; performs other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrates and models H&P’s Core Values.

• Bachelor’s degree:
  Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, or related field, or 10 years experience in lieu of degree.
• 7+ years of progressive U.S. benefits, Total Rewards, HR, or related experience, including health and welfare, retirement, leave, wellbeing, compliance, plan design, financial stewardship, and employee experience.
• 5+ years proven leadership and development of direct reports in a benefits or Total Rewards environment.
• Experience leading U.S. benefits initiatives from strategy and design through implementation, including renewals, open enrollment, plan design changes, vendor transitions, compliance updates, governance, communications, change management, adoption and continued optimization.
• Experience managing U.S. benefits vendors, brokers, consultants, carriers, TPAs, recordkeepers, and administrators, including renewals, RFPs, implementations, service delivery, performance, and escalations.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. benefits compliance, including ERISA, HIPAA, ACA, COBRA, FMLA, Section 125, 5500 filings, nondiscrimination testing, plan documents, SPDs, required notices, fiduciary governance, and related federal and state requirements.
• CEBS, CBP, SHRM, or related U.S. benefits/HR…