Director of Benefits

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the nation’s pre-eminent research universities, seeks a strategic, collaborative, and empathetic leader to serve as its next Director of Benefits (Director). MIT is independent and co-educational, with a private endowment of over $23.5 billion, a total annual operating budget of approximately $5.10 billion, and a community of 35,000 people, including an active workforce of approximately 17,000 on campus and at the Lincoln Laboratory. The MIT community is driven by a shared purpose: to make the world better through education, research, and innovation. The Director of Benefits and their team is central to helping MIT’s employees, retirees, and their dependents sustain and fulfill that shared purpose.

Reporting to the Vice President for Human Resources, and in collaboration with MIT leadership, the Director is responsible for developing and delivering competitive and cost-effective benefits and work-life programs that respond to the changing needs of the MIT population and support the Institute’s short- and long-term goals and mission. The Director is responsible for the design, pricing, communication, administration, and compliance aspects of MIT’s complex and numerous retirement, health and welfare, and work-life programs. Overall, they lead a team of approximately 25 staff, including five direct reports, a client service team, the operations of four onsite childcare centers, and manage significant vendor relationships and contracts.

The role is open to a hybrid work schedule. The salary range for this role is $230,000 -$260,000.

Rebecca Kennedy is leading this search with Angelo Alexander and Cortnee Bollard.

MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.