Senior Manager Total Rewards

The Atchison Group Inc.•Greenwood Village, CO

17h•$140,000 - $160,000

About The Position

National Corporate Housing is seeking a Senior Manager, Total Rewards to lead the design, governance, administration, and continuous improvement of compensation, benefits, wellbeing, retirement, recognition, and rewards programs across the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and APAC. The role is based in Greenwood Village, Colorado and reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer. The Senior Manager will develop and execute a Total Rewards roadmap aligned with business strategy, workforce needs, employee experience, and financial objectives. The role owns U.S. self-funded health-plan strategy, international benefits and retirement programs, compensation philosophy and job architecture, recognition programs, compliance, analytics, vendor performance, and related transformation initiatives. The leader will also develop staff and project resources and improve systems, workflows, controls, communications, and change management.

Requirements

At least 8 years of progressive total rewards experience, including at least 3 years leading major programs, projects, or staff.
Demonstrated experience designing, governing, or administering total rewards programs across multiple countries or regions.
Substantial direct experience managing U.S. self-funded health plans, including claims and utilization analysis, forecasting, stop loss, vendor governance, and renewals.
Demonstrated compensation experience with global market pricing, salary structures, geographic differentials, job evaluation, job architecture, incentives, pay equity, and pay transparency.
Experience designing or governing recognition and reward programs that reinforce culture, engagement, retention, and business results across diverse employee populations.
Working knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, retirement-plan requirements, and relevant international benefits, compensation, pension, superannuation, tax, privacy, and employment considerations.
Experience preparing executive-level financial analyses, recommendations, and communications.
Advanced spreadsheet and data-visualization capability.
Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, influence senior stakeholders, manage global vendors and advisors, and convert complex information into decisions.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Experience with total rewards programs in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and APAC.
Experience with UKG Pro or a comparable enterprise HCM and integrated global benefits, compensation, recognition, and workforce-data ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the Total Rewards roadmap across the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and APAC.
Establish enterprise-wide Total Rewards principles, policies, calendars, controls, decision rights, and success measures while adapting programs to local practices and statutory requirements.
Advise the CHRO and executive leaders on program design, risk, competitiveness, investment tradeoffs, and change priorities.
Lead strategy and administration for U.S. self-funded medical and related welfare plans and international benefit, wellbeing, pension, and superannuation programs.
Oversee plan design, budgeting, reserve considerations, claims and utilization analysis, stop-loss strategy, renewals, enrollment, employee education, and country-specific statutory coordination.
Direct broker, carrier, administrator, and vendor performance, using financial and predictive analytics to identify risk, cost-containment opportunities, and improvements to employee value.
Lead compensation philosophy, market pricing, salary structures, geographic differentials, job families, career levels, contribution frameworks, job evaluation, incentive practices, pay-equity reviews, and pay-transparency governance.
Maintain consistent enterprise compensation architecture while accounting for local currencies, labor markets, statutory requirements, and business needs.
Partner with leaders and HR Business Partners on position design, offers, promotions, reorganizations, annual compensation planning, and career-path clarity.
Design, implement, and improve enterprise recognition and reward strategies that reinforce company values, business results, retention, and employee engagement.
Establish recognition program governance, eligibility, award standards, approval processes, budgets, communications, measurement, and vendor oversight.
Ensure recognition and reward programs are inclusive, culturally relevant, locally compliant, and consistently administered across regions.
Ensure Total Rewards programs comply with applicable U.S. and country-specific benefits, retirement, compensation, tax, privacy, disclosure, and employment requirements, coordinating with counsel and local advisors as needed.
Lead and develop assigned staff and project resources.
Build dashboards, forecasts, and executive recommendations using cost, claims, compensation, recognition, and workforce data.
Improve UKG Pro and vendor integrations, automate workflows, strengthen controls, and deliver clear cross-regional communications and change management.

Benefits

Competitive base salary and bonus opportunity.
Annual bonus potential of 15–25%.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
401(k) plan with discretionary match.
Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, accident, and identity theft protection.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-focused culture.
Inclusive Awards and Recognition Program.
Vacation, sick, and floating holidays.
Paid time off.
Paid volunteer time.
Wellness program.
Complimentary use of corporate apartments for vacation or travel when available.