Executive Director Health and Welfare Benefit Plans Oakland, CA
The Executive Director, Health and Welfare Benefit Plans has responsibility for a complex array of health and welfare benefits for approximately 160,000 represented and nonrepresented employees in the United States. The Kaiser Permanente health and welfare team oversees approximately 10 major vendor relationships and over $2 billion in annual health and welfare spending.
As a critical leader in the National Employee Benefits organization, the Executive Director, Health and Welfare Benefit Plans provides trusted health and welfare expertise to the development and execution of Kaiser Permanente's benefits strategy. The executive director leads a team of six benefits professionals in coordinating the design, planning, and implementation of Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare benefit programs.
Essential Functions:
- Serve in the lead role for health and welfare plans for Kaiser Permanente's employees, with overall end-to-end responsibility for managing vendor relationships and compliance for Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare benefits, comprised of numerous employee benefit plans, including medical, dental, life, accident, disability, and flexible spending accounts for employees and retirees
- Provide leadership and participate in the development of plan design and strategy for Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare plans, consistent with Kaiser Permanente's business strategy
- Partner with other Kaiser Permanente teams to develop a multi-year strategy to incorporate wellness initiatives into Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare benefit plans
- Review the plan design elements and structure of Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare plans to determine the feasibility of cost-efficient alternatives, while providing high quality benefits to Kaiser Permanente employees
- Proactively review and evaluate the current health and welfare plans to continually support the design of new and next generation benefit programs, policies and tools for Kaiser Permanente
- Develop and present health and welfare plan recommendations to senior leaders and labor leaders for consideration
- Respond and resolve a variety of escalated health and welfare issues by participants
- Responsible for the oversight and periodic reporting to leadership of the costs of Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare benefit plans
- Evaluate the impact of new legislation and regulations, as well as industry trends and best practices, that may affect Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare benefit plans
- Manage new and ongoing projects involving the design and delivery of health and welfare benefit programs, including providing leadership and oversight in the execution of health and welfare benefit solutions for Kaiser Permanente employees
- Provide leadership and support for the annual open enrollment process
- Drive process improvements within National Employee Benefits as well as in collaboration with other Kaiser Permanente teams
- Proactively serve as a liaison with regional leaders to ensure the broadest appropriate interaction is reflected in the design of Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare plans
- While benefit administration for Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare benefits is provided by other Kaiser Permanente teams, the Executive Director will work closely with the other teams (including labor relations) to ensure the smooth administration of Kaiser Permanente's health and welfare benefit programs
- Partner with other National Employee Benefits and other HR leaders in health and welfare plan compliance, communications, and other areas
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 10 years of health and welfare benefit plan experience
- Minimum of 5 years of management experience required, with managerial experience in positions of increasing levels of responsibility, planning, organizing, problem-solving and managing a significant budget
- Fully knowledgeable of ERISA, Code Section 125, HIPAA, COBRA, SOX, and other relevant rules, regulations and knowledge affecting employee health and welfare benefit plans
- Significant experience with the development and design of health and welfare benefit programs
- Experienced change agent who has successfully developed and implemented cost efficient, legally compliant, and employee focused health and welfare plans
- Experience in managing multiple health and welfare vendors in an outsourced and insourced environment
- Leadership experience in a large organization that provided services to multiple constituents
- Demonstrated track record in providing health and welfare benefit plan leadership in a complex environment with multiple complex benefit plans.
- Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and implement change
- Must be able to work independently and work well on internal and external teams
- Must be self-directed and able to handle large, concurrent projects with minimal supervision
- Knowledge and experience in benefit administration systems
- Experience with disability management programs
- Experience in design and administration of health and welfare benefit plans in a labor environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in business, human resources or finance preferred
- CEBS certification preferred
- Labor experience preferred, preferably interest-based negotiations
- PeopleSoft a plus - benefits administration systems
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