Benefits Specialist

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform.

Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.

With a global team across 26 offices and 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and service-driven Benefits Specialist to support the administration of employee benefits programs in India. This role will focus on ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, maintaining compliance with local regulations, and delivering a high-quality employee experience through timely and accurate support. This role requires working 3 days at the Bangalore office.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day administration of benefits programs, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely resolution of issues

• Manage benefits processes including enrollments, changes, terminations, and vendor coordination

• Serve as a primary point of contact for employee benefits inquiries, ensuring clear ownership and end-to-end resolution

• Collaborate with internal partners (People Ops, People Partners, Payroll and Finance) to execute benefits initiatives and drive operational improvements

• Assist with benefits renewals, audits, and compliance requirements in accordance with Indian labor laws and company policies

• Administer leave of absence requests in compliance with local law including employee communications, leave tracking, documentation and return to work confirmation

• Support communication and new-hire benefits sessions to improve employee understanding of available benefits

• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and enhance efficiency in benefits administration

• Coordinate with internal teams on wellness events.

• Maintain benefits documentation, trackers, and support reporting/analytics requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field

• Experience in a fast-paced, global organization

• 3-4 years of experience in benefits and/or leave of absence administration

• Comprehensive understanding of Indian labor laws, statutory regulations and insurance policy administration

• Experience working with HRIS systems (e.g., HiBob, Workday, or similar)

• Excellent interpersonal skills for managing employee queries

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple priorities

• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills

Harness in the news:

• Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code

• Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation

• How Harness runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal

• Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare

• Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

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