# Manager, U.S. Health Care Benefits Administration

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $115,500-$218,100
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

As part of Ford's Human Resources team, you will help attract, hire, and retain top talent.

The Manager, U.S. Health Care Administration leads the operational excellence, administration, and execution of Ford's U.S. health care benefits programs.

**Responsibilities**

### Operational Excellence and Plan Administration:

- Oversee daily administration of health care programs for union and non-union populations.

- Manage health care benefits budget execution, cost tracking, and financial reporting.

- Drive continuous improvement in processes, systems, and service delivery.

- Lead annual enrollment execution, including vendor system readiness and issue resolution.

- Serve as primary escalation point for complex administrative and compliance issues.

### Strategy Feasibility Analysis and Execution:

- Partner with the Manager, U.S. Health Care Strategy and Design to analyze proposed plan design changes.

- Provide operational data and historical administration performance to inform strategy development.

- Lead detailed implementation planning and execution of strategy and negotiated outcomes.

### Labor Negotiations Support:

- Serve as a senior negotiator for health care benefits in collective bargaining.

- Develop bargaining strategies, scenario modeling, and long-term cost projections.

- Build strategic relationships with union leadership.

- Translate negotiated agreements into actionable implementation roadmaps.

### Vendor Relationship Management:

- Manage day-to-day vendor relationships to ensure operational excellence.

- Lead vendor benchmarking and market testing processes.

- Design and oversee best-in-class vendor governance frameworks.

### Plan Governance and Compliance:

- Implement governance structures, policies, and procedures for benefit delivery.

- Ensure ongoing compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

- Identify and mitigate operational and compliance risks.

### Team Leadership and Development:

- Build and lead a team focused on operational excellence.

- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

- Manage change execution for benefits transformation initiatives.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Health Care Administration, or a related field.

- Minimum of 7-10 years of progressive experience in employee benefits, with at least 4-6 years focused on health care benefits administration.

**Benefits**

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

- Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care.

- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments.

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members.

- Tuition assistance.

- Established and active employee resource groups.

- Paid time off for individual and team community service.

- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays.

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## Skills

### Required
- Health Care Benefits Administration
- Compliance
- Vendor Management
- Budget Execution
- Financial Reporting
- Process Improvement
- Team Leadership

### Nice to have
- CEBS (Certified Employee Benefit Specialist)
- Experience with self-insured health plans
- Actuarial valuation processes
- Claims analytics

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