Manager Of Benefits

Drury Hotels is a nationally recognized hotel company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, known for its commitment to creating a welcoming environment where employees and guests feel valued and supported. With a strong reputation for workplace excellence, including being ranked among Newsweek's America's Greatest Workplaces 2025, Drury Hotels emphasizes career growth, work-life balance, health and well-being, and employee incentives. The company prioritizes flexible scheduling, paid time off, hotel discounts, and free room nights to support its employees' personal and professional lives. Additional benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and disability insurance options, alongside a Team Member Assistance Program. Drury Hotels also offers a company-matched 401(k), quarterly bonuses tied to hotel performance, and a strong culture of internal promotion, evidenced by over 200 internal promotions in the last year. This culture of mutual success drives the company’s business model focused on both employee satisfaction and guest experience excellence.

The Manager of Benefits at Drury Hotels will play a strategic and operational role in the development, management, and execution of the company’s health and wellness programs. This role is key in ensuring that Drury’s benefits offerings are competitive, compliant, cost-effective, and aligned with broader business and talent management objectives. Located at the corporate office in St. Louis, Missouri, this role is responsible for overseeing several benefits areas such as medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, wellness, and related plans. The position involves working closely with multiple stakeholders, including brokers, carriers, third-party administrators, and wellness partners to ensure high standards in service and execution.

The Manager of Benefits is expected to lead strategy development, continuously analyze trends, and incorporate regulatory changes into Drury’s benefits offerings while maintaining operational excellence in day-to-day administration. This individual will also manage the annual renewal and planning processes, including vendor negotiations and implementation. Analytical capabilities are essential as this role requires sophisticated data analysis, interpreting benefits utilization metrics, claims data, cost-driving factors, and vendor performance to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.

Additionally, the role requires ensuring compliance with a complex set of federal and state regulations such as ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, and others relevant to a multistate work environment. The Manager of Benefits will also be responsible for enhancing employee engagement through effective communication about benefits programs and leading the open enrollment process to empower employees to make informed decisions about their benefits. Supervisory duties include leading the Benefits Administration team, fostering a collaborative work environment, and ensuring operational alignment with company goals.

Overall, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute significantly to the employee value proposition at Drury Hotels, supporting both organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, analytically minded, and passionate about elevating benefits programs to maximize both employee satisfaction and company performance, within a culture that truly values work-life balance and professional growth.