Global Benefits Specialist

As a Global Benefits Specialist at Palantir, you will be responsible for day-to-day benefit administration, compliance, and employee support. You will act as a first point of contact for employee questions, manage benefit operations and compliance for US plans, and cultivate and manage relationships with carriers and cross-functional partners.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a first point of contact for employee questions, including healthcare, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, commuter, and wellbeing benefit enrollments/changes, and eligibility.
• Managing benefit operations and benefit compliance for US plans, including enrollments, files, invoicing, vendor management, compliance reporting, and employee experience across multiple populations of in-office and remote employees.
• Supporting benefit renewals, including census files, employee outreach, and vendor communication.
• Managing point solutions and vendor relationships, as well as employee questions and stakeholder communication.
• Cultivating and managing relationships with carriers and cross-functional partners to ensure delivery of high-quality and legally compliant programs.

Requirements:

• 2-3+ years of experience in US Benefits Administration and Compliance.
• Strong intuition and empathy when interfacing with employees and designing solutions to people-focused challenges.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide high-quality support to employees with empathy.
• Attention to detail, operational excellence, and the ability to balance competing priorities.
• Ability to operate both independently and collaboratively, handle ambiguity, and tackle open-ended problems.
• Ability to give and accept feedback and iterate on programs to enhance employee experience.
• Comfortable supporting a global population in multiple time zones, working through email, messaging, and video conferencing where needed.
• HRIS/Benefit administration experience in Workday.

Benefits:

• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance.
• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir's basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual-based.
• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs).
• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events.
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents.
• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation.
• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child.
• Employees can enroll in Palantir's 401(k) plan.

Life at Palantir:

• We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that's why we celebrate individuals' strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your long-term growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders.
• Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir.
• Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians' lives is just one of the ways we're investing in our community.
• Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

Work Arrangements:

• In keeping consistent with Palantir's values and culture, we believe employees are 'better together' and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes.
• Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation.
• Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity.
• Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for 'Remote' work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.