Benefits Manager

| San Francisco | Remote | Hybrid
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Grammarly offers a remote-first hybrid working model. Team members can work primarily remotely. Teams will meet in person every quarter in one of Grammarly’s hubs, currently in San Francisco, Vancouver, New York, and Kyiv. To ensure that teams are able to overlap in their working hours and to meet face-to-face when needed, all team members need to live within three time zones of their direct team.

Benefits Manager — San Francisco

Grammarly team members who will be collaborating at our San Francisco hub must be based in the United States.

The opportunity 

Grammarly empowers people to thrive and connect, whenever and wherever they communicate. Every day, 30 million people and 30,000 teams around the world use our AI-powered writing assistant. All of this begins with our team collaborating in a values-driven and learning-oriented environment. 

To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Benefits Manager to join our People team. 

The Benefits Manager will help define and drive our benefits strategy for North America to attract, reward, and retain our highly talented and EAGER team. The Benefits Manager will work closely with the Total Rewards and People teams to understand how to align our benefits with our company culture, assess ongoing effectiveness, and drive continual iteration and improvements. This person will leverage their deep experience and understanding of North American benefits plans and offerings, including local statutory requirements, to provide thought partnership and execution of these significant programs and initiatives.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Benefits Manager who wants to build and evolve North American benefit programs of a quickly growing global company. Upon moving to a remote-first hybrid working model, it’s essential to ensure our benefits are consistent and accessible no matter where someone lives and works. The Benefits Manager will also ensure our benefits and perks will address team members’ unique needs. 

Your impact

As Benefits Manager, you will leverage your deep experience to provide thought partnership and execution of these significant programs and initiatives.

We are in the process of refining our total rewards strategy and benefit focus as we grow. Your role will play a large part in helping further define and implement our benefit programs for North America (US and Canada). 

In this role, you will: 

  • Implement long-term programs for our total global benefits offerings.
  • Manage and lead the oversight of innovative benefits, wellness, and retirement programs in alignment with our Total Rewards philosophy.
  • Develop tools and communication vehicles that increase employee engagement and understanding of our benefit and perk programs.
  • Work closely with brokers to evaluate and benchmark our benefits programs based on  industry trends and best practices to ensure competitiveness. 
  • Partner and drive the execution of annual benefit renewals and enrollment processes.
  • Provide leave management support, reporting, vendor management, and policy updates.
  • Provide oversight to our insurance partners, brokers, and carriers to ensure quality plan service and administration.
  • Act as a subject-matter expert on all North American benefit matters.
  • Ensure that all benefit programs are implemented and maintained in compliance with legal requirements and regulatory guidelines (ERISA, ACA, etc.).

We’re looking for someone who

  • Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable.
  • Demonstrates a strong understanding of current and future market trends and tech industry best practices as it relates to benefits and perks.
  • Has a strong customer service focus in delivering benefits administration and communications.
  • Brings experience with developing a benefits strategy, including plan design, pricing, and budgeting for a high-growth company.
  • Assumes an adaptive approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. 
  • Is experienced in building, leading, and working with teams supporting a diverse workforce across multiple geographic locations.
  • Has vendor-management experience including evaluation of proposals, modification of benefit materials, contract negotiations, and integration of new benefits vendors.
  • Has at least 2 years of experience in people management.

Support for you, professionally and personally

  • Professional growth: We hire people we trust, and we give team members autonomy to do their best work. We also support professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback.
  • A connected team: Grammarly builds a product that helps people connect, and we apply this mindset to our own team. We have a highly collaborative culture supported by our EAGER values. We also take time to celebrate our colleagues and accomplishments with global, local, and team-specific events and programs.
  • Comprehensive benefits: Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing superior health care (including mental health benefits). We also offer support to set up a home office, ample and defined time off, gym and recreation stipends, 401(k) matching, and more.
  • For Colorado-based employment: The salary range for this position is $102,000 –- $220,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

We encourage you to apply

At Grammarly, we value our differences, and we encourage all—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations—to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Grammarly will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Grammarly is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program.


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Please note that Grammarly’s COVID-19 vaccination policy requires that all team members in North America be vaccinated against COVID-19 to meet in person for Grammarly business or to work from a North America hub location. It is expected that this will be a requirement for this role. Qualified candidates in North America who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons or because of a sincerely held religious belief may request a reasonable accommodation to this policy. For Ukraine, this policy requires team members to be vaccinated or produce a daily negative COVID-19 test administered at the Kyiv hub to work from the hub or attend in-person meetings.

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Location

Grammarly’s San Francisco headquarters is located downtown, just a 5-minute walk from the Embarcadero BART station.

An Insider's view of Grammarly

How do you collaborate with other teams in the company?

We resolve our problems with constructive discussions that are only made possible by the level of empathy and listening skills that team members have here. It makes me happy to know I work with such exceptional people.

Maryna

Engineering Manager

How does the company support your career growth?

I was initially attracted to (and surprised by) the growth and scale of the business, and the feeling only grows as we expand into B2B. With its adaptable, positive, and passionate team, Grammarly is a unique place to be."

Nicole

Product Marketing

What is your vision for the company?

Writing helps us all achieve personal, professional, and academic success, but effective communication requires talent and time. It can be very challenging, and we may not always be able to effectively express our meaning, convey our intent, and be fully understood—creating a gap with our audience. We’re building Grammarly to close this gap.

Brad

CEO

What projects are you most excited about?

I always feel pumped when I see the positive feedback we get from our users. To know that your work is helping people discover a product that meaningfully improves their lives—it never gets old.

Shanik

Head of Growth

What are Grammarly Perks + Benefits

Grammarly Benefits Overview

Grammarly offers all team members competitive pay along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes superior health care. We also offer ample and defined time off, gym and recreation stipends, admission discounts to events and cultural institutions, and more. We frequently take time to acknowledge and celebrate our colleagues’ accomplishments.

On top of our programs and policies, Grammarly also believes strongly in making sure that a major benefit is the company’s focus on a culture of collaboration and cooperation. We hire people we trust, and we give team members autonomy to do their best work. We also support professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Remote work program
Grammarly is excited to offer a remote-first hybrid working model. Learn more here: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/remote-first-hybrid-work-model/
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Grammarly-paid insurance programs include life, AD&D, and short-term and long-term disability.
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Fitness initiatives at Grammarly include In-office yoga and sponsored race teams.
Mental health benefits
Grammarly provides employee assistance programs and counseling services (including virtual care).
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
We provide up to 12 weeks of parental leave for the birthing person and 8 weeks of leave for the birthing partner.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Grammarly offers employees professional development opportunities like an annual individual budget for training along with the ability to attend job-related conferences and seminars.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within

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