Health & Benefits Manager

Utz Quality Foods is looking for a Health and Benefits Manager to lead the day-to-day success of Utz's health, welfare, wellness, and return-to-work programs. In this role, you'll combine strategy and execution-driving program performance, ensuring compliance, partnering with vendors, and helping deliver a positive, people-centered experience for a multi-state workforce.

What You'll Do

• Lead the day-to-day administration of health and welfare benefits, including medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, disability, life, and voluntary programs.
• Implement and optimize benefit point solutions and wellness programs that align with business goals and employee needs.
• Monitor utilization, performance metrics, and ROI, and turn insights into recommendations that strengthen programs and improve the employee experience.
• Partner with the Director of Health & Benefits to execute strategy, support annual planning, and drive continuous improvement.
• Champion health and wellness initiatives across the organization to improve employee wellbeing, engagement, and return-to-work outcomes.
• Support open enrollment, benefit communications, and employee education with clear, helpful, and timely information.
• Own the ADA accommodation and interactive process, ensuring timely, compliant, and well-documented assessments and coordination of reasonable accommodations.
• Maintain compliant processes and documentation while balancing employee care, business needs, and a strong overall experience.
• Manage benefit and wellness vendors to drive performance, service quality, and measurable program success.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations related to benefits, accommodations, and leave programs.
• Help shape return-to-work practices that are thoughtful, inclusive, and aligned with legal requirements and organizational goals.

What You Bring

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business, Nursing, or a related field.

Experience

• 7+ years of experience in health benefits, healthcare operations, population health, care management, wellness program administration, or a related healthcare or benefits environment.
• Strong knowledge of employer-sponsored benefit programs, including health plans, wellness initiatives, disability, and leave programs, gained through direct benefits experience or healthcare program management.
• Experience designing, implementing, or supporting health, wellness, or population-based programs, with the ability to translate complex concepts into practical, workforce-focused solutions.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with vendors, providers, or third-party administrators to deliver high-quality programs and services.

Skills

• Working knowledge of FMLA, ADA, disability, and multi-state leave requirements, or the ability to quickly build expertise in these areas.
• Strong analytical, communication, and program management skills, with the ability to balance compliance, employee experience, and business priorities.
• A thoughtful, people-centered approach to employee health and wellbeing, with a commitment to inclusive accommodations and effective return-to-work practices.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion forexciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients.After over a centurywith a strong family heritage,ourdiverse portfolioof brands includes Utz, Zapp's, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border.Our associatesare the reason for the success of this company, so it is important weprovide a supportive,caringand inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement.We alsohelp take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives.Ourfull-timebenefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchaseplanand much more.Joinour world class teamand help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated againston the basis ofdisability.