International Benefits Manager

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe
Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.
Join us in shaping the future of HR Enablement.
We are seeking an experienced
International Benefits
Manager
to build and lead our new International Benefits pillar, supporting employees across
28 countries
. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in standing up a global capability from the ground up—designing processes, hiring and developing a team, and creating scalable solutions that deliver excellence in employee experience and compliance.

This role is responsible for the effective administration, compliance, and execution oversight of international employee benefits and recognition programs, including health and life insurance programs, disability, wellness, ancillary prerequisites and other benefits related programs. The Manager leads a team of specialists and coordinates with internal stakeholders, vendors, and legal/compliance teams to ensure that all benefit operations are aligned with company policy, regulatory requirements, and employee needs. This role plays a key part in driving continual process improvements, employee experience enhancements, and harmonization of benefits practices throughout the organization.

What You'll Do

• Stand up and lead the International Benefits function within HR Enablement in Global Business Services function.
• Hire, develop, and lead a team of specialists to deliver high-quality international benefits administration.
• Design and implement operating models, governance (RAPID/RACI decision-making), process maps, work instructions, and knowledge base articles (KBAs), KPIs, coordinate and manage vendors and various in and outsourced systems.
• Partner globally with HR, COEs, and business leaders to align processes and ensure compliance with statutory and company benefit policies.
• Drive transformation by standardizing and centralizing international benefits administration, while adapting to country-specific requirements.
• Ensure operational excellence through metrics, audit readiness, and continuous process improvement.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven experience leading HR process transformations or building new capabilities/functions.
• Strong knowledge of benefits administration (U.S. is excluded from this role), with the ability to navigate diverse legal and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in process design (RAPID/RACI, workflows, process mapping, KBAs, SOPs).
• Demonstrated success in hiring and managing a team in a shared services, GBS, or HR operations environment.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across multiple geographies and functions.
• Strong project management and change management skills; comfortable operating in ambiguity and scaling rapidly.

Language Required
Minimum Advanced level of English

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.
When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

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