Manager, Compensation Business Partner

Sentara Health • Virginia Beach, VA

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About The Position

Overview The Manager, Compensation Business Partner provides strategic leadership in designing, evaluating, and implementing enterprise-wide compensation programs that advance Sentara’s mission to improve health every day and to be the trusted partner to individuals and the community. Guided by Sentara’s core values—People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity—this leader ensures compensation strategies that are competitive, equitable, compliant, and supportive of a high-performing, mission-driven workforce. Acting with a business partner mindset, this role builds credibility and confidence with leaders by translating organizational needs into effective pay solutions that reflect Sentara’s commitments to dignity, respect, collaboration, and stewardship. This position manages a team of Compensation Program Managers and analysts and serves as a strategic advisor to executives, HR partners, and Talent Acquisition—ensuring Sentara’s compensation programs support the attraction, development, and retention of top talent across clinical and non‑clinical roles, for broad-based, physician and executive compensation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• 5 years progressive compensation experience; healthcare background strongly preferred.
• Expertise in base pay, incentive design, physician/executive compensation, market pricing, job evaluation.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into leader-friendly insights.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications (CCP, CECP, GRP) preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager