Senior Program Manager, People Operations

About the role

Blink Health is looking for a Senior Program Manager, People Operations to own our Leave of Absence and Accommodations programs end-to-end, while bringing deep People Ops expertise across a broader set of operational workstreams. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who thrives in building and running programs at scale — not just executing process, but designing the infrastructure behind it.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all leave of absence requests across federal, state, and local leave laws (FMLA, CFRA, PDL, PFL, ADA, company leave policies, and beyond)
• Work with leave vendor Sparrow to manage the full leave lifecycle — intake, eligibility determination, coordination with Sparrow, employee and manager communication, and return-to-work planning
• Maintain and continuously improve leave administration processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and a high-quality employee experience throughout
• Monitor evolving state and federal leave legislation and update policies and procedures accordingly
• Partner with Payroll to ensure accurate pay continuation, benefits deductions, and coordination during leave periods
• Own the end-to-end accommodations process in partnership with Disclo — from intake through resolution
• Conduct interactive process discussions with employees and managers; assess reasonable accommodations in alignment with regulatory and best practice accommodation standards
• Maintain thorough, confidential documentation for every accommodation case; partner with legal counsel as needed on complex situations
• Train managers on their role in the accommodations process and build their confidence in navigating sensitive conversations
• Flex into broader People Ops workstreams — payroll, compliance, HRIS (Workday), onboarding/offboarding, and policy administration — as business needs require
• Identify gaps in existing processes and build scalable solutions; translate recurring problems into documented frameworks and systems
• Contribute to People Ops projects and initiatives across the team, bringing operational rigor and cross-functional coordination
• Support audits, reporting, and compliance workstreams including data integrity in Workday

Requirements

• 7+ years of People Operations experience, with at least 3–4 years of dedicated ownership over LOA and/or accommodations programs
• Deep working knowledge of federal and multi-state leave laws (FMLA, ADA, PWFA, CFRA, PDL, PFL, and equivalent state programs)
• Experience managing a high volume of leave and accommodation cases with precision, empathy, and sound judgment
• Strong Workday HCM experience — comfortable navigating absence management modules, reporting, and employee data
• A builder's instinct: you don't just follow process, you question whether the process is right and improve it when it isn't
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate complex compliance requirements into plain language for employees and