Location:
Hemel Hempstead - United Kingdom
Additional Location:
Garching - Bavaria, Germany - Parking 1-5 Business Campus
Job Family:
Human Resources
Worker Type Reference:
Regular - Permanent
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Career Level:
M4
Job ID:
R-45748-2025

ABOUT THE ROLE

This strategic role is part of HARMAN’s Cross Divisional Center of Excellence Team, focusing on global strategy and design for benefits, retirement, pension, and wellbeing policies and programs that promote a healthy environment and employee experience.
Reporting to VP HR, Global Rewards, the incumbent is responsible for overseeing HARMAN’s benefits philosophy, strategic design, policies and programs that are competitive, comprehensive and tailored to the diverse needs of HARMAN’s global workforce. This position not only ensures compliance and cost-effectiveness but also enhances HARMAN’s competitive edge in attracting and retaining top talent. This role requires a blend of expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership to navigate the complexities of global benefits and pensions successfully.
The incumbent will possess a strong curiosity about the industry, constantly seeking to understand and explore the latest trends and developments. They will have a wealth of experience in bringing best-in-class solutions to the table, demonstrating a proven track record of excellence and innovation.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Define and maintain HARMAN’s Global Benefits, retirement and well-being philosophy. Set the strategic direction and priorities for benefit offerings and ensure they support HARMAN’s long-term goals and reflect HARMAN’s commitment to employee well-being.
• Lead a global cross functional team to drive best practices and foster a culture of health and wellness.
• Collaborate extensively with the business and capability center in evaluating and implementing cost-effective solutions to deliver high-quality benefit programs across all HARMAN locations.
• Analyze current spending and optimize costs by leveraging purchase power without compromising the quality of benefits.
• Collaborate with the Finance team to ensure financial sustainability of all benefit initiatives.
• Ensure plans globally align with overarching benefits philosophy and strategy
• Build governance structures and operating guidelines
• Captures stakeholder feedback, analyzes performance data, and assesses methods to enhance processes, delivery, and employee experience practices, ensuring governance and consistency.
• Provides Global Benefits, Retirement and Well-being guidance, expertise and competitive insight to Division Rewards Leads, Human Resources partners and business leaders
• Manage relationships with vendors and brokers, ensuring maximum value and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Ensure compliance with local and international regulations and implement risk management strategies.
• Leverage technology to make better benefits decisions and conduct regular benchmarking/market analysis to ensure competitive, effective and fair benefits programs
• Integrates Global Benefits programs for Mergers & Acquisitions and bringing your subject matter expertise to support wider projects across the People team and beyond.