Senior Implementation Manager-Alight Leave Solutions

Amazing Opportunity and Great Place to Work!

Do you have experience managing large-scale enterprise implementations?

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

About the Role

Responsible for the delivery of all self-insured Disability or Leave Administration services for Alight Leave Solutions and SaaS clients. Has full accountability to bring the right combination of talent, tools and technology to successfully implement a client’s benefit program.

Responsibilities

• Leading enterprise‑scale, multi‑workstream implementations, coordinating cross‑functional teams across business, product, engineering, vendors, and offshore/shared services.
• Driving project execution from inception through delivery and support hand off.
• Managing necessary resources and ensuring they are assigned, engaged and know their roles and responsibilities.
• Developing and maintaining project artifacts and conducting regular reviews to ensure all participants are aware of progress, roadblocks and risks.
• Communicating proactively, clearly and frequently to the development and product stakeholders, executives, and to clients as appropriate.
• Applying enterprise project management methodologies (e.g., hybrid Agile/Waterfall) to manage complex dependencies, phased releases, and parallel deployments.
• Configuring Workday Financials, including internal control compliance for Spend Approver and Finance HR Process Approver security roles.
• Developing and maintaining integrated master plans that align timelines, scope, resources, and financials across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Managing portfolio‑level risks, interdependencies, and change impacts, escalating systemic issues with data‑driven recommendations.
• Contributing to and influencing enterprise delivery frameworks, tooling, and metrics to improve predictability, scalability, and quality. Identifying cross‑program trends and systemic gaps; partner with leadership to define corrective actions and process innovations.

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor’s in a business, management and/or technical field or equivalent work experience required. Hold Project management (i.e. PMP) or equivalent certification.
• 8+ years of experience managing large scale projects within health benefits projects.
• Have In depth understanding of the implementation processes and industry standard expectations and methods.
• Have deep domain knowledge of leave of absence, self-insured Disability programs or other health benefits domain.
• Have Experience working with large functional teams (e.g. Product, Engineering, Claim Delivery, Offshore teams, Shared Services).
• Demonstrate experience managing enterprise‑scale programs with multiple concurrent projects, dependencies, and stakeholders.
• Display ability to influence outcomes in matrixed, large‑organization environments without direct authority.
• Have experience applying portfolio, program, and project management discipline to drive consistent delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrate ability to synthesize complex delivery information into clear, executive‑ready communications. Display consulting, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Be comfortable operating at both strategic and execution levels, shifting seamlessly between big‑picture planning and detailed oversight.

 Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible.  Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options. 

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test.  You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected].

Equal Opportunity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law.   In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Salary Pay Range

Minimum :

90,000.00 USD

Maximum :

160,000.00 USD

Pay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: Wellbeing and Benefits Selector Page - Alight

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.