Employee Benefits Manager

This role will be based in Paris

Key job responsibilities
- Strategic Benefit Management and Design - this position will be responsible for country benefit plans (statutory requirements and typical market practices) and developing benefit program proposals for your countries that align to Amazon’s Global Benefits Strategy. You will be responsible for creating and executing a strategic roadmap across all benefit pillars. They handle both tactical and strategic aspects, managing large programs and the lifecycle of complex initiatives.
- Implementation - you will be responsible for all implementation activities of approved benefit programs, including selection and setup of benefit providers, creating project plans, assembling resources, and developing and documenting processes and policies through stabilization period.
- Governance - ensuring programs align to Amazon’s benefit philosophy and meet local regulatory requirements (including liaising with works councils). This also includes monitoring costs, financial impact, future funding requirements, competitiveness of package, ensuring adherence with regulatory, legal and best practice approaches.
- Consulting - become a trusted advisor to Amazon Health Benefits team, Financial Wellbeing, local HR, payroll and our vendors to ensure high quality delivery of all benefit programs and initiatives.
- Communication and Influence - Communicates the value of new or existing benefits programs and provides recommendations for different design changes that will enhance our employee’s quality of life and influence leaders and stakeholders to get buy-in and approvals.
- Ambiguity and Complexity: A L6 BM works independently with limited guidance, navigating through ambiguity where business problems may not be well-defined. Their impact is significant supporting organization goals and program-related metrics. They drive detailed discussions and high-level alignment, exercising clear verbal and written communication. They are trusted to present decisions to leaders up to three tiers above their level and communicate across diverse areas (such as legal, compliance, employment relations and finance, etc.).
- Vendor management - recommends standards for vendor performance. Maintains vendor performance by identifying and monitoring performance issues and ensures resolutions.
- Identify pain points in current benefits programs that could be improved with AI.
- Develop a vision for how AI can enhance outcomes like engagement, cost-efficiency, or wellness.

About the team
- Inclusive team culture At Amazon: we embrace our differences and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
- Work Life Balance We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. Mentorship & Career Growth Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional.

**QUALIFICATIONS DE BASE**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, HR, or related field
- Proven experience managing multi-country benefits programs
- Deep knowledge of benefit design and administration, including healthcare, pensions, payroll integration, and tax implications
- Experience leading teams and managing large-scale projects from design through execution
- Language proficiency in French and English (C1 CEFR)

**QUALIFICATIONS APPRÉCIÉES**
- Experience with large scale global employee benefit plans programs development and delivery. - Excellent English written and verbal communications skills.
- Ability to interface with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to influence business leaders.
- Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy of discretion through ambiguous phases of expansion project development.
- Strong sense of accountability, sound personal judgment and global business acumen.
- Great organizational skills with exceptional follow through and attention to detail.
- Proven abilities in vendor management and establishing effective partnerships with external service providers to ensure quality service to Amazon.
- Verbal and written communication skills, including the proven ability to effectively influence, negotiate and communicate with business partners and teams to meet operational goals.
- Successful record of building operational processes and procedures as well as global partnerships, driving program efficiency al