International Benefits Lead (Remote)

About the role

The International Benefits Lead will shape and deliver competitive, compliant, and sustainable benefits programs for employees outside the United States. This role serves as a key partner across the organization, providing expertise on international benefits and global mobility while ensuring programs support employee needs, business priorities, and AP’s broader total rewards strategy. You will lead complex initiatives and vendor relationships across multiple countries to strengthen the employee experience as AP’s global benefits function evolves.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management and evolution of international benefits programs, including health, retirement, wellbeing, and other locally provided benefits.
• Partner with brokers, consultants, carriers, and vendors on renewals, market reviews, plan changes, implementations, and ongoing service delivery.
• Evaluate benefit competitiveness, costs, utilization, and market trends, and recommend improvements that balance employee needs, business priorities, compliance, and financial sustainability.
• Support benefits budgeting, forecasting, governance, and compliance across international markets.
• Lead and support global mobility programs, including international assignments, relocations, transfers, localization, immigration coordination, and tax support.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Legal, Payroll, and external advisors throughout the mobility lifecycle to ensure a consistent and effective employee experience.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on international benefits and global mobility, providing guidance to HR colleagues and business leaders.
• Lead cross-functional benefits and mobility projects, and develop policies, processes, communications, reporting, and analytics to support effective decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve programs and processes through technology, automation, data, and stronger integration across benefits, HRIS, payroll, and mobility.
• Build strong relationships with regional stakeholders and external partners and provide occasional support outside standard business hours to accommodate international teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant experience in international benefits, global total rewards, benefits consulting, or a related field.
• Experience supporting benefits programs across multiple countries and regulatory environments.
• Skilled in managing international benefits renewals and relationships with brokers, carriers, consultants, and vendors.
• Understanding of global mobility programs, including international assignments, relocations, localization, immigration, taxation, and cross-border payroll considerations.
• Knowledge of how benefits intersect with compensation, payroll, tax, finance, HR operations, and the employee experience.
• Experience leading complex international projects involving multiple stakeholders, countries, and external partners.
• Strong analytical and financial skills to evaluate program costs, market data, and utilization trends to inform recommendations.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, practical guidance for employees, HR partners, and senior leaders.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, and ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a global environment.
• Effective communication across cultures, geographies, and organizational levels.

What will set you apart

• Experience working in a complex multinational organization.
• Conversational Arabic.
• Experience supporting employees across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, or Africa.
• Experience partnering with global benefits brokers, mobility providers, immigration counsel, and international tax advisers.
• Knowledge of international pension and retirement programs, statutory and insured benefits, and multinational pooling or global underwriting arrangements.
• Experience with HRIS and benefits technology platforms and using data and analytics to inform total rewards decisions.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Paid vacation and sick days.
• Paid parental leave for any new parent.
• Mental well-being resources.

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position is $90,000–$110,000, based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and location.