Sr. Director, Compensation
About The Position
The Senior Director, Compensation is a member of the Compensation leadership team and a strategic partner to the Vice President, Compensation. The role leads the strategy, design, governance, and delivery of enterprise compensation programs, including executive and leadership compensation, broad-based compensation, market intelligence, job architecture, compensation analytics, and special initiatives. The Senior Director partners with Human Resources Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Finance, Legal, and business leaders. The position provides strategic guidance on compensation decisions across the organization and evolves compensation programs, practices, and processes to meet changing business needs. As a trusted advisor on complex compensation matters, the Senior Director helps ensure programs align with organizational objectives, market practices, governance standards, and regulatory requirements. The role leads a compensation team and enterprise projects, promoting consistency, scalability, effectiveness, compliance, and pay equity across compensation programs. It also develops team capability through coaching, mentorship, knowledge sharing, and succession planning.
Requirements
- 15 or more years of progressive compensation experience, including experience supporting complex, large-scale organizations.
- Demonstrated experience designing and administering executive, leadership, and broad-based compensation programs.
- Experience leading compensation strategy, governance, market pricing, job architecture, compensation analytics, and pay equity initiatives.
- Proven ability to advise senior leaders and influence compensation-related decisions in a complex business environment.
- Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication, consulting, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance strategic priorities with operational execution in a dynamic environment.
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree.
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) certification.
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise compensation programs for executives and broad-based employee populations.
- Provide compensation guidance and recommendations for executive compensation, hiring, promotions, organizational changes, retention actions, and critical talent decisions.
- Advise Human Resources Business Partners on compensation and job architecture.
- Partner with Human Resources Business Partners and business leaders to develop compensation solutions that support talent and business objectives.
- Oversee salary structures, market pricing, compensation benchmarking, job architecture, and compensation governance programs.
- Evaluate internal equity, market competitiveness, business needs, and financial considerations to inform compensation decisions and program design.
- Provide strategic oversight of market intelligence, compensation analytics, salary survey participation, and competitive market assessments.
- Use external market data and workforce insights to support enterprise compensation strategies and decision-making.
- Lead enterprise compensation projects and cross-functional initiatives.
- Ensure compensation practices are applied consistently and support compliance and pay equity objectives.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing compensation team.
- Foster collaboration, accountability, customer service, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Build organizational capability through mentorship, development, and knowledge sharing.
- Develop talent pipelines and succession plans to strengthen organizational capability and future leadership readiness.
Benefits
- Competitive wages paid weekly.
- Access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday through the company's partnership with Stream.
- Associate discounts.
- Medical, dental, 401(k), and other health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates.
- Vacation, holidays, and sick pay, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Training, career growth, and development.
- An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities served.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
