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Job Title: Manager, Americas Benefits Strategy & Enterprise Initiatives - REMOTE
Company Name: Danaher Corporation
Location: New York, NY United States
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 03/26/2026
Expire Date: 04/25/2026
Job Categories: Other / General
Job Description
Manager, Americas Benefits Strategy & Enterprise Initiatives - REMOTE

Bring more to life.

At Danaher, our work saves lives. And each of us plays a part. Fueled by our culture of continuous improvement, we turn ideas into impact innovating at the speed of life.

Our 63,000+ associates work across the globe at more than 15 unique businesses within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference? At Danaher, you can build an incredible career at a leading science and technology company, where were committed to hiring and developing from within. Youll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

This is a high-impact role for a benefits leader who loves turning strategy into action. As Manager, Americas Benefits Strategy & Enterprise Initiatives, youll design and deliver health and welfare programs that truly matter balancing cost, compliance, innovation, and associate experience across the Americas.

With a primary focus on the U.S., and support for Canada, Brazil, and Mexico, youll lead endtoend benefit initiatives, partner deeply across HR and Finance, and use data to drive smarter decisions. If you thrive in complex environments, enjoy ownership, and want to shape the future of benefits at scale, this role is for you. You wont just manage programs - youll shape strategy, influence leaders, and improve the everyday experience of associates across the Americas.

This is a role with visibility, ownership, and real impact, ideal for someone ready to lead, innovate, and grow.


Youll report to the Sr. Director, Benefits and be part of the Danaher Corporate Health & Welfare team within Total Rewards. This will be a fully remote role based in the USA.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Shape the Strategy: Support the development and execution of a multiyear Americas health and welfare strategy across medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, disability, voluntary benefits, wellbeing, and time away programs, balancing associate experience with disciplined cost management and longterm sustainability. Develop datadriven business cases using benchmarking, ROI analysis, and risk assessment; partner in the ongoing enhancement of U.S. absence management programs (FTO, PTO, vacation, paid sick leave); and support benefits integration for M&A activity, including acquisitions, carveouts, and divestitures.
  • Lead Global Wellbeing & Enterprise Benefit Projects/Initiatives: Manage and scale global wellbeing programs, including EAP and targeted wellbeing solutions, while supporting broader enterprise benefit initiatives as the organization evolves. This may include contributing subjectmatter expertise to emerging areas such as AIrelated benefits capabilities, supporting efforts to align global timeaway approaches and global minimum standards, and partnering to streamline benefit administration, policies, and communications across regions.
  • Lead with Influence: Partner crossfunctionally with Finance, Legal, Inclusion & Belonging, Talent Acquisition, People Analytics, Internal Communications, and HR leaders to support the design and delivery of effective benefits programs. Provide guidance and coaching to benefit partners globally to build capability and consistency while respecting local requirements and serve as a trusted subjectmatter expert and escalation resource for complex or nonstandard issues.
  • Use Data to Drive Decisions & Continuous Improvement: Monitor cost and utilization trends using market benchmarks and engagement data, applying advanced analysis to identify risks and improvement opportunities. Maintain and leverage the U.S. Benefits Data Warehouse to translate insights into clear, actionable recommendations; conduct feasibility studies and analytic assessments with handson accountability for outcomes; apply a continuousimprovement mindset to benefit design, delivery, and communications; and define success metrics to ensure programs remain competitive, compliant, and easy for associates to use.
  • Be a Strong Program Steward: Oversee vendor performance, service delivery, and contractual compliance to ensure effective and reliable benefits administration. Lead vendor reviews, renewals, and negotiations, and develop meaningful associate insights through surveys, storytelling, and advanced analytics tools to inform program improvements and decisionmaking.

The essential requirements of the job include:

  • 7+ years of experience in benefits strategy and delivery, with deep expertise in U.S. Health & Welfare programs is required.
  • Experience managing benefits on a large-market scale, across multiple vendors and large employee populations is required.
  • Bachelors degree preferred.
  • Strong project management skills with comfort operating independently to lead complex workstreams from concept through delivery; consulting or professional services experience is a plus.
  • Able to communicate clearly and confidently with everyonefrom associates to C-suite executives.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

  • M&A transactions such as due diligence, integration and divestiture as it relates to benefits
  • Disability and absence programs
  • Exposure to global benefits, particularly Canada and LATAM

Danaher offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether its a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Danaher, we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Danaher can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $140,000 - $160,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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Join our winning team today. Together, well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

The U.S. EEO posters are available here.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:1-202-419-7762 or applyassistance@danaher.com.

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