Benefits Specialist, Archer

$90-110k

Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Jose, CA

Archer

Urban air mobility developer

Open for applications

Archer

Urban air mobility developer

501-1000 employees

B2CSustainabilityTransportManufacturingFlightsAerospace

Open for applications

$90-110k

Mid level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Jose, CA

501-1000 employees

B2CSustainabilityTransportManufacturingFlightsAerospace

Company mission

To accelerate the benefits of sustainable air mobility.

Role

Who you are

  • 3+ years of experience in a benefits related role
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, human resources or related field
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to plan and set priorities
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret and communicate data

Desirable

  • Experience with Workday
  • Prior experience in Aerospace industry

What the job involves

  • We are seeking a results driven team member who wants to contribute to the people function through the day-to-day administration of employee benefits programs in alignment with company strategy, including vendor management, policy administration, employee communication and training, and benefits enrollment
  • Administer operations of health and welfare plans including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement for all US locations
  • Oversee ongoing benefit enrollment/terminations ensuring accurate and timely benefit administration to include claims resolution, enrollment change reporting, approving invoices for payment, and communicating benefit information to employees
  • Serve as the escalation point for employee questions and vendor issues to ensure quick, equitable, and courteous resolution
  • Vendor management, assist in managing relations, contracts, and selection process of vendors
  • Serve as Workday Benefit Administrator (security level role)- maintain Workday set-up, make changes/updates as needed
  • Oversee maintenance of employee benefits files and work with payroll to manage benefit deductions. Investigate discrepancies and provide information to the team and/or vendor as needed to resolve
  • Assist during Open Enrollment (plan changes, Workday updates, election processing, reporting, and communication) and implementations as needed
  • Support reporting and plan compliance which includes ACA, Nondiscrimination Testing, miscellaneous state/city reporting requirements, annual plan audits
  • Manage the US 401(k) and HSA program to include payroll funding, employee resolution, and auditing contributions
  • Participate in the development and implementation of employee benefit policies and procedures and make recommendations based on center of excellence
  • Document and maintain administrative procedures for benefit processes
  • Maintain employee communications on our intranet
  • Work on projects that may be assigned ad hoc and assist other corporate initiatives as necessary

Our take

Electric air taxis may sound like a pipedream, but companies like Archer are in the process of testing models that they hope to begin producing at scale in 2025. Designed to be quiet and efficient, its current model can fly at speeds of 150 miles per hour and cover 60 miles per flight. With urban transport in mind, these air taxis are both greener and vastly more efficient than traditional vehicles.

Given the congestion and pollution issues that many cities are facing, it's easy to imagine such transport taking over. It’s also worth noting that although Archer plans to run them with human pilots initially, the company has automation as part of its long-term goals.

Other players exist in this space: EHang, a Chinese firm, flew its first aerial taxi in America in 2020. However, Archer has big backers and customers such as United Airlines (acting both as an investor and launch customer) and manufacturing partner Stellantis with whom it is mass-producing its flagship Midnight eVTOL aircraft.

There's certainly a growing demand for clean transport without sacrificing speed, but many barriers still remain in Archer's way as it must help to initiate a seismic shift in transportation infrastructure and behaviors to reach mass adoption. That being said, it has the funding behind it, raising close to $2 billion in post-IPO funding since 2021.

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Freddie

Company Specialist

Insights

Top investors

44% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (1 round)

Jul 2020

$55.7m

SERIES A

Total funding: $55.7m

Company values

  • Transparency - We rely on transparent, direct, and honest communication to achieve our mission in the most productive way possible as one team. We’re all in this together
  • Long-term thinking - We are long-term, mission-driven thinkers with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are not afraid to be bold, think creatively, and overcome any obstacles along the way to turning our dream into reality
  • Safety - Safety first, always. We are dedicated to ensuring the safety of our employees, future passengers, and the environment by building a high redundancy aircraft with no single point of failure. Through testing, high quality materials, and precision we will never compromise on safety
  • Sustainability - We’re dedicated to creating an aircraft that will push the world towards a zero-emissions future. By using advanced technology, electric batteries, and safe materials, the environment and health of our communities always comes first
  • Celebration - Most importantly, we celebrate together. From team events to test flights and everything in between, we know how to have fun

Company HQ

Tasman and Zanker, San Jose, CA

Leadership

Started their career in financial services, before co-founding Vettery, a talent marketplace, in 2012. Founded Archer in 2018.

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