Benefits, HR Manager

Benefits, HR Manager

About Astellas:

At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.

We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.

We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.

Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.

The Opportunity:

As an HR Manager specializing in Benefits at Astellas, your key responsibilities will include managing the end-to-end employee life cycle across 50+ countries, ensuring high-quality and consistent HR services while delivering a positive employee experience. You will act as a subject matter expert in key HR areas, including Reward, Benefits, Global Mobility, and Job Evaluation, with a strong focus on optimizing and enhancing the employee benefits experience. This includes overseeing benefits programs, ensuring they align with employee needs and company objectives, and handling complex benefits-related cases from start to finish. Reporting to the HR Team Lead, you will collaborate with the People Services team, the broader HR function, and directly with business units to continuously improve HR service delivery.

Hybrid Working:

At Astellas, we recognize that our employees enjoy having a balance between their professional and home lives. We are proud of our hybrid approach which empowers you to have flexibility on whether to work from home or in the office.

Key Activities for this role:

• Ensure the delivery of end-to-end employee lifecycle services, with a focus on managing complex HR functional case management across areas such as Cyclical HR activities, Benefits, Job Evaluation, Reward, Talent, and Global Mobility.
• Contribute to providing high-quality, consistent advice to managers, employees, and external parties in a customer-focused manner.
• Maintain a continuous improvement mindset by driving process optimization and managing the impact of change on HR services.
• Ensure knowledge and expertise are provided for projects and initiatives, specifically where Workforce Services is a stakeholder, and help assess the impact of proposed solutions.
• Build and maintain strong, positive relationships with third-party providers, line managers, HR teams, and employees while delivering exceptional service.
• Ensure the highest quality and consistency of work through continuous learning and innovative ideas to improve project outcomes and process automation.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Extensive experience in complex HR functional areas such as Benefits, Global Mobility, Reward, and Job Evaluation, with a proven ability to manage end-to-end cases.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality, customer-focused HR services to managers, employees, and external partners across multiple regions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to handle complex HR issues and deliver effective solutions.
• Extensive knowledge of HR business processes and how enterprise platforms and systems, such as Service Now and Assignment Pro, support these processes.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment, collaborating with stakeholders across the business and HR functions.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex HR information clearly to various audiences.
• Fluent in written and spoken business English.

Preferred Experience:

• Demonstrable experience in the implementation and use of Assignment Pro for Global Mobility.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and present ideas to diverse audiences.
• Good working knowledge of the Service Now platform and its application in HR processes.

Education/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, e.g., HR, Data Science, Finance or equivalent.

Additional Information:

• This is a permanent, full-time position.
• This position is based in the United Kingdom.
• This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and a minimum of 2 days per week in the United Kingdom office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.