Sr. Manager, Benefits (North America)

Location: US - Culver City, United States; US - United States Scopely is looking for a Sr. Manager, Benefits in North America to join our People team hybrid in Culver City or Remote in the United States! At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day, whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing, and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily. As a Sr. Manager, Benefits, you will lead benefits strategy and operations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with the U.S. as the primary focus. In this player/coach role, you’ll keep programs competitive, inclusive, compliant, cost-effective, and locally relevant while aligning them with Scopely’s global benefits philosophy. You’ll coach Benefits and People Ops team members while staying hands-on with plan design, funding analysis, renewals, vendor management, and daily operations. What You’ll Do Set the strategy, governance, roadmap, and success measures for Scopely’s North America benefits portfolio. Evaluate U.S. health plan funding strategies, including self-insurance feasibility. Model costs, claims, stop-loss, risk, TPA/PBM and carrier options, reserves, and cash flow; present a recommendation to People and Finance leadership. If approved, lead the implementation roadmap. Oversee health and welfare, retirement and savings, leave, disability, wellbeing, and statutory programs across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. This includes Canadian provincial health coordination and supplemental coverage, and Mexican IMSS-related obligations and statutory benefits. Lead renewals and enrollment across all three countries, including plan design, broker and carrier negotiations, stakeholder alignment, employee communications, and post-enrollment analysis. Own benefits budgets, forecasts, and cost management. Prepare leadership-ready analysis on claims, cost trends, utilization, risk, employee impact, vendor performance, and investment tradeoffs. Ensure programs, policies, documentation, and vendor processes are compliant, controlled, audit-ready, and scalable across U.S. federal, state, and local requirements; Canadian federal and provincial requirements; and Mexican labor and social security requirements. Oversee leave, disability, statutory leave, and return-to-work processes, coordinating across employees, managers, People partners, Payroll, and providers. Strengthen service delivery through better processes, systems, vendor partnerships, operating rhythms, and employee self-service. Identify responsible uses of AI, automation, and analytics to improve operations and decision-making. Partner with the global People team to share North America practices and support acquisitions, entity changes, and market expansion through due diligence, integration, harmonization, and employee communications. Coach and mentor Benefits and People Ops team members, set priorities, and build team capability while executing alongside them. What We’re Looking For Significant experience leading benefits programs at a mid-to-large employer, including strategy, plan design, renewals, vendor and broker management, employee communications, and wellbeing. Direct experience evaluating or implementing self-insured or level-funded health plans, with a strong understanding of fully insured and self-insured tradeoffs, including stop-loss, claims funding, reserves, TPA/PBM arrangements, and risk. Strong working knowledge of U.S. benefits requirements, including ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, FMLA, state paid leave and paid family leave programs, nondiscrimination testing, Form 5500, and applicable state and local requirements. Working knowledge of Canadian benefits and leave requirements, including provincial variation and Quebec, and Mexican requirements, including IMSS, Infonavit, year-end and vacation-related payments, profit sharing, and statutory benefits—or the ability to ramp up quickly and manage local advisors and vendors. Experience supporting benefits across multiple countries and balancing consistent principles with local market practices. Experience outside North America is valued. Ability to balance strategic ownership with hands-on execution, manage cross-functional work, make sound recommendations, and coach and develop team members. Strong analytical, financial modeling, organizational, and project management skills, including presenting cost and risk analysis to Finance and executive audiences. Clear communication skills and an employee experience mindset, with the ability to explain complex benefits topics to employees, leaders, and partners. Practical fluency with AI, automation, analytics, or emerging technology, and sound judgment around employee data, privacy, compliance, and human oversight. Bonus Points Experience in technology, gaming, entertainment, or another high-growth environment. Familiarity with leave systems, Workday, Google Workspace, benefits administration platforms, or vendor and broker platforms. Spanish and/or French language skills. For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range $137,700 — $185,000 USD About Scopely Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play. Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come. Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play. Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/ . Notice to Candidates: Scopely will never request payment or financial information during the application or hiring process. Please apply only through our official website and verify that all Talent Partner communications come from an email address ending in @ scopely.com . Should you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact recruiting@scopely.com. 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