Associate Director, HR Compensation

Resolution Life•West Chester, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As Resolution Life continues to evolve and grow, we are strengthening our HR function and are seeking an experienced and strategic Associate Director, HR Compensation to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering a competitive and globally aligned reward strategy. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in compensation and benefits, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to influence and collaborate across HR and business functions. Resolution Life was founded with a clear mission: to support the long-term growth of the primary life insurance industry and deliver on our commitments to our policyholders, for the benefit of society. We serve that mission by acting as a global custodian to the life insurance and annuity industry by providing capital for growth through reinsurance and acquiring and managing portfolios of life insurance companies. Our innovative approach ensures promises can be kept, the primary market can grow, and everyone involved can have a secure financial future. We pride ourselves on innovating fit-for-purpose solutions to our customers’ challenges. We seek talented, ambitious people who dare to be different in their thinking, willingly collaborate, thrive in a dynamic, agile environment and share our desire to drive change for a better future. We will support you to drive your own career and achieve your full potential at Resolution Life. We’ve got big ambitions for the future and know we’ve got the best people to take us there. We hope to offer our people a career, not just a job.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a senior Reward or Compensation & Benefits role, ideally within a global organization.
Strong knowledge of compensation benchmarking tools (e.g., Aon, WTW, Payscale) and job evaluation methodologies.
Experience managing annual compensation review cycles and recognition platforms.
Excellent analytical and data interpretation skills.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a comprehensive and market-competitive benefits strategy designed to offer a robust selection of employee health and welfare and retirement savings offerings.
Provide compensation guidance for new and existing roles. This includes comprehensive review of market data, internal comparator equity and role location.
Key collaborator in the annual compensation review process, including working closely with the HR Ops team and Tech Specialist to ensure budget pools are accurate, delivering an efficient process, and quickly responding to business questions by solving issues that arise.
Manage annual benefits open enrollment. This includes communications and employee education, Workday setup and testing, vendor management for updating integrations, responding to employee questions and finding solutions to issues, and successful launch of new benefit plan year.
Global implementation and maintenance of BRAVO, the employee peer-to-peer recognition platform.
Manage one-company salary survey strategy, utilizing Payscale to house market data and role data. Utilize Payscale’s reporting feature to visualize salary trends and compare compensation practices across different roles and locations.
Run and project manage annual compensation and performance process.
Key role in global job architecture work to drive foundations for skills and career upskilling
Trusted advisor to HR and the Business on all Reward matters
Assist in preparation of board papers for the quarterly Compensation Committee
Prepare severance packages in accordance with severance plan rules, executive severance plan rules, and incentive plan rules.