Director, Benefits – Wellbeing

Sound Physicians

Director leading benefits and wellbeing for healthcare organization focused on clinician support and retention. Managing strategic initiatives, vendor relationships, and compliance for health-related programs.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $135,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Colleague Benefits & Wellbeing function for Sound Physicians, including health and welfare plans, retirement, voluntary benefits, and wellbeing programming.
Partner with VP to develop, articulate, and execute a multi-year Benefits strategy aligned to Sound’s practice-of-choice positioning and clinician attraction and retention priorities.
Own all vendor and broker relationships, including renewal strategy, RFPs, performance management, contract negotiation, and escalation.
Lead annual benefits planning, plan design recommendations, and the end-to-end Open Enrollment process, including the educational and communications strategy that supports it.
Own the compliance and audit cadence across ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, Section 125, DC nondiscrimination testing, 5500 filings, and state-specific requirements.
Design, launch, and continuously improve wellbeing programs that are woven into day-to-day operations.
Travel to new hospital implementations and key sites to ensure benefits are clearly communicated to incoming clinicians and to build direct relationships with hospital partners and site leaders.
Organize and host an annual benefits fair at Sound's Medical Director Summit.
Lead the year-round colleague benefits education and communications strategy, including the Benefits Hub, OE presentations and education, and ongoing engagement campaigns.
Analyze plan utilization, cost trends, and population health data to inform plan design, vendor decisions, and medical trend mitigation strategy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of progressive experience in benefits and total rewards
At least 3-5 years in a director or senior leadership role
Experience in healthcare, physician services, hospital system, or multi-site organization strongly preferred
CEBS, CBP or similar professional certification strongly preferred
Strong working knowledge of ERISA, COBRA, ACA, HIPAA, Section 125, nondiscrimination testing, 5500 filings, and multi-state benefits compliance
Demonstrated track record managing benefits brokers, carriers, and admin platforms
Experience leading enterprise-wide benefits initiatives including renewals, plan transitions, vendor changes, and major communications efforts
Strong commercial and contract negotiation skills; comfortable challenging vendors on performance and value
Strong data and analytics skills; able to translate plan utilization, claims, and cost data into actionable plan design and budget decisions

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Hard Skills & Tools

Benefits Strategy DevelopmentVendor ManagementContract NegotiationPlan Design RecommendationsCompliance ManagementData AnalysisCost Trend AnalysisOpen Enrollment Process ManagementWellbeing Program DesignPopulation Health Data Analysis

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsLeadershipRelationship BuildingNegotiation SkillsEducational Strategy Development

Certifications

CEBSCBP