Job Description
Job Title:  Manager / Senior Manager, Benefits & Administration
Requisition ID:  3420
Posting Start Date:  02/11/2026

Job Responsibilities

  • Review and administer corporate benefits and employee initiatives, including corporate insurance, wellbeing programmes and transport-related services. Assess employee needs, utilisation and service outcomes to recommend improvements that enhance employee experience, operational reliability and financial sustainability.
  • Partner the Policy team to review and implement benefits policies, procedures and service standards. Analyse benefits data, employee feedback and operational trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
  • Manage outsourced service partner(s) and contracts, including service performance, utilisation, costs, renewals and issue resolution. Prepare management reports to support decisions, compliance and corrective action.
  • Coordinate benefits and administration audit support, maintain accurate records and follow up on audit findings, recommendations and control gaps with relevant stakeholders.
  • Provide timely and accurate guidance to employees and HR colleagues. Manage complex or escalated cases professionally, sensitively and confidentially, while addressing recurring service issues.
  • Drive process improvement, standardisation, digitalisation and automation initiatives to improve service quality, controls and operational efficiency.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of relevant experience in HR benefits, operations or workforce services.  Experience in handling corporate insurance, wellbeing programmes, vendor or contract management will be advantageous.
  • Strong analytical and commercial judgement to interpret service data, employee feedback, utilisation and costs, and translate insights into practical recommendations.
  • Sound understanding of policy implementation, operational controls, confidential data handling, record management and audit administration.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to provide clear advice and handle sensitive or escalated matters professionally.
  • Demonstrated process improvement and project management skills, including experience in simplifying workflows and supporting digitalisation or automation initiatives.

 

All new hires are appointed on a 3-year renewable contract in the first instance.

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.