Benefits Program Manager - Leave & Absence Programs

About the job: The Red Hat People (HR) team is looking for a Program Manager - Leave & Absence to join us anywhere in the EMEA region. In this role, you will be a key member of the broader global HR team. You’ll interact regularly with local, regional, and global partners and stakeholders to ensure Red Hat’s leave and time off programs align to our competitive strategic positioning and are compliant with local legislation and employment laws. We need you to have strategic and practical experience, as well as a mix of large company experience and entrepreneurial, high-growth company experience. Come ready to provide vision and direction around strategic program development in a highly competitive, constantly changing environment.
What you will do:

• Be responsible for leave and time off programs, globally (excluding the U.S.)
• Maintain and evolve leave and time off programs consistent with Red Hat’s overall rewards philosophy and HR strategy through collaboration and consultation with People team colleagues and business leadership
• Support escalated queries from associates, managers, and other People team peers
• Analyze market data, statutory requirements, and benchmark of leave and time off programs to provide insightful competitive and impact analysis in order to make program design recommendations and enable implementations
• Work with the relevant platform and technical administration teams to ensure all leave and time off programs are configured and tested in the absence tracking system (Workday)
• Remain up to date on local and regional legislative changes, educate key stakeholders on changes, and recommend program changes accordingly
• Partner internally to develop and maintain leave and time off program documentation
• Partner with the Payroll team to ensure the appropriate pay structures and any requirements for supporting documentation are implemented and applied
• Manage communication and enablement for associates and managers on program changes
• Support merger and acquisition (M&A) efforts, like due diligence, integration, and post-integration

What you will bring:

• Experience in international benefits, with specific experience in leave and time off program management across multiple countries or regions
• Experience monitoring and adapting to changes in international employment law
• Proven record of aligning leave and time off programs with business strategy or objectives in a progressive environment, while designing and delivering new programs for emerging markets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate with empathy and clarity; outstanding attention to detail
• Ability to work with minimal direction and collaboratively across multiple teams and roles, and be effective at influencing across virtual and cross-group teams
• Ability to forge close relationships, influence decisions, and gain trust as an advisor; solid customer focus
• Innovation and creativity
• Change management skills
• Familiarity with Workday is a big plus
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, business, economics, or a related field is a plus
• Experience in designing, implementing, managing, and delivering leave and time off programs at scale for a growing organization, across multiple geographies is a plus

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