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Sr. Benefits Specialist

Employer
Omeros Corporation
Location
Seattle, WA
Start date
May 20, 2022

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Discipline
Clinical, Clinical Medicine
Required Education
High School or equivalent
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
BioForest

Job Details

Sr. Benefits Specialist

 

 

The Sr. Benefits Specialist will provide accurate benefit plan explanation, answer benefit enrollment questions, and have excellent communication skills to provide customer service to employees with benefit questions. The incumbent will work with employees, carriers, and vendors. This position will handle sensitive benefit issues that may require a deep level of research to resolve the issue.

 

 

 

Good things are happening at Omeros!

 

Come join our Omeros HR Team!

 

Who is Omeros? 

 

Omeros is an innovative biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing small-molecule and protein therapeutics for large-market and orphan indications targeting inflammation, immunologic diseases (e.g., complement-mediated diseases) and cancers. Omeros’ lead MASP-2 inhibitor narsoplimab targets the lectin pathway of complement and is the subject of a biologics license application pending before FDA for the treatment of hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy. Narsoplimab is also in multiple late-stage clinical development programs focused on other complement-mediated disorders, including IgA nephropathy, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome and COVID-19. OMS906, Omeros’ inhibitor of MASP-3, the key activator of the alternative pathway of complement, is in a Phase 1 clinical trial. For more information about Omeros and its programs, visit  www.omeros.com.

 

What are your job responsibilities?

  • Handle the day-to-day operations of benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, COBRA, 401k)
    • Educate employees on company benefits and resources available to be an informed consumer
    • Resolve employee benefit issues by working with the broker and/or vendors
    • Review and update employee benefit records in the HRIS system
    • Process Evidence of Insurability decisions
  • Main contact person for benefits and monitoring the Benefits mailbox
  • Reconciling the monthly benefit invoices and processing payments
  • Conduct Benefits Orientations for new hires
  • Work with HRIS consultants to maintain benefit rate tables in system, test system for open enrollment, and create/maintain benefit reporting
  • Assist with Open Enrollment and other benefit projects
  • Liaison for Wellness and EAP services to employees
  • Primary contact for leave administration
  • Provide and create miscellaneous HR reporting as requested
  • HR team member that will work on other projects assigned within human resources

 

Education, Skills and Knowledge

 

  • High school graduate: Associate degree preferred
  • 1 - 2 years direct benefits experience with handling day-to-day administration
  • Knowledgeable around compliance, procedures, and employee benefits services
  • Engaged, intuitive communication skills with strong service orientation
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of all appropriate communications and documentation
  • Intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

 

Behavioral Competencies Required: 

 

  • Ability to effectively discern information and formulate appropriate action
  • Ability to think critically and provide appropriate solution

 

Physical Demands Required:

  • Ability to sit at a computer monitor for extended periods of time
  • Ability to perform repetitive finger, hand, and arm movements
  • Ability to lift up to 15lbs.
  • Ability to reach, squat, bend, and manually manipulate standard office equipment

 

Omeros is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state, or local statutes.

It is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation to anyone with a disability who needs assistance completing the job application process. If you need assistance, you can either send an e-mail to  hr@omeros.com  or contact Omeros, asking for Human Resources, at (206) 676-5000

 

 

Company

At Omeros, we are proud of our innovative and cutting-edge science. Our world-class team has achieved scientific advances that no other group has been able to accomplish, delivering wholly new classes of therapeutics to benefit patients. We let science lead the way.

From our foundation of groundbreaking science, we continue to build and advance a deep and diverse pipeline of small-molecule and protein therapeutics. We are not interested in developing “me-too” products; instead, we are focused on tackling challenging diseases and disorders with significant unmet medical needs. The result is an exciting pipeline of first-in-class drugs with new mechanisms of action that target previously untapped receptors and enzymes.

The Omeros team is exceptionally talented, passionate, collaborative and diverse. We hire smart, creative and hard-working people who want to play a meaningful part in building a preeminent biopharmaceutical company. We come from all corners of the globe, bringing unique abilities and experiences together to provide hope to patients and their families.

Company info
Website
Phone
206.676.5000
Location
201 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle
Washington
98119
US

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