Our story

At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to Be Alight.

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It's why we're so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Learn more at careers.alight.com .

Designation- Benefits Operations Manager (BOM)

Key Expectations

Own and manage overall operational performance for assigned client(s).
Responsible and accountable to assist and meet Operations SLA for the client.
Responsible for auditing for ongoing process on the client.
Responsible to lead and drive client facing mails and project on time within threshold with timely updates to stakeholder.
Consistently meet or exceed contractual performance standards and SLAs.
Ensure on time, high quality delivery of all ongoing work to plan sponsors and participants.
Drive operational efficiency through process improvements and effective resource planning.
Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted point of contact for clients and partners.
Lead, coach, and develop team members to build a high performing operations team.

Required Skills

Strong domain expertise in the US Benefits and Benefits Administration.
Proven ability to manage SLAs, operational metrics, and client performance measures.
Strong stakeholder management and client communication skills.
Ability to lead teams, manage workloads, and drive capability building.
Strong working knowledge of MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Role Description

The Benefits Operations Manager (BOM) is accountable for managing operational performance for assigned client(s), ensuring that contractual performance standards and defined operational measures are consistently met or exceeded. The role is responsible for ensuring all ongoing work is delivered on time and with high quality to plan sponsors and plan participants.

BOM acts as a key point of contact for clients, Third-party Administrators, and internal Shared Services, proactively managing client operations metrics and responding to client requests using effective communication. This role requires a strong understanding of client contractual agreements, performance measures, and plan provisions, and being recognized as a subject matter expert in the domain.

The incumbent leads and manages BOA workloads, including work allocation, SLA tracking, SOP review, and approval, identifying training and cross training opportunities, and driving transitions to Shared Services where applicable. The role also partners closely with technology teams to ensure timely project completion, quality testing, and overall project signoff.

In addition, the BOM drives continuous improvement through process optimization, capacity, and resource planning, and delivers client specific operational training while fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, and coaching within the team.

Education & Experience Education:

Graduate (excluding BE / BTech / MCA / regular MBA)

Experience:

US Benefits domain and Benefits Administration
Experience : Minimum 8 - 10 years
Prior experience with Alight / Aon / Wipro is an added advantage
Health or Retirement Domain experience preferred

This work requires 5 days work from office

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it's important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [HIDDEN TEXT] .

Equal Opportunity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.