Director, HRA - Enterprise

💼 Administrative Services, Department of - DOAS

📅 Jan 15, 2026

(Hiring salary will be based on experience, credentials, internal pay equity, and statewide rules.)

The Department of Administrative Services is the State of Georgia’s enterprise solution for human resources administration, risk management and state purchasing. Through the efforts of our employees, we provide enterprise leadership, business services and solutions to help state entities improve organizational efficiency, workforce performance and policy compliance. The Human Resources Administration unit is tasked with managing the development of the state personnel policies, enabling state agencies to hire and retain top talent and ensuring that human resource professionals across the state are trained and compliant with current regulations.

The Enterprise Benefits Director is responsible for the strategic design, governance, and administration of the Flexible Benefits program. This role ensures benefits offerings are competitive, cost-effective, compliant, and aligned with organizational objective to attract a talented workforce. Reporting to the Deputy Commissioner of HRA, the Director will manage a team of subject matter experts providing leadership to a variety of state agencies and their respective human resource offices.

This role also supports the Enterprise Benefits workstream for the Workday HCM system.

Oversee the design, implementation, and administration of Flexible Benefits program. Ensure program supports employee well-being, engagement, and retention.

Foster relationships with agencies, other key stakeholders and suppliers to ensure a consistent and high-quality employee experience across the enterprise.

Create and maintain a high-performance environment characterized by positive leadership and a strong team of staff, fostering an environment of collaborative and innovative thinking.

Partner with legal, finance, compliance teams, and benefits vendors to mitigate risk and maintain governance standards.

Establish and maintain dashboard metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of program outcomes. Develop and maintain professional knowledge of strategies and techniques in the field.

Provide ongoing support for the Enterprise Benefits workstream for the Workday implementation project. This includes functional guidance for the benefits interfaces.

Ability to oversee the effective implementation of benefits program.

Skills in interviewing, monitoring, developing and motivating staff.

Ability to train and direct the work of subordinate supervisory professionals.

Ability to work collaboratively with senior leadership, cross-functional peers and external stakeholders to develop an inclusive and robust program strategy.

Industry knowledge of benefits programs.

Demonstrated experience managing a budget.

Makes structured plan focusing on critical priorities.

Creates goals and executes timelines based on priorities, resource requirements, budget, etc.

Evaluates planned approaches, determines feasibility and makes adjustments as needed.

Sets goals above expected level; seeks additional challenges on the job.

Meets and exceeds deadlines through efficient time management.

Analyzes problems by evaluating available information and resources.

Proactively identifies ways to contribute to the State’s goals and missions.

Has resolve, identifies and commits to action addressing problems and opportunities.

Makes effective decisions when information is limited.

Understands importance of maintaining confidentiality and displays honesty and truthfulness.

Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as team member.

Confronts problems quickly displaying strong commitment to organizational success.

Inspires others to commit to goals and demonstrates a commitment to delivering results.

Understands importance of maintaining confidentiality.

Adjust message, style and tone to accommodate a variety of audiences.

Uses one or two formal writing styles appropriate to one’s field.

Respectfully listens to others to gain full understanding of issues.

Considers multiple…