Manager, Total Rewards

Compensation Range:

$150,000.00 - $175,000.00 Annual Salary

Job Description Summary:

The Total Rewards Manager leads the day-to-day strategy, design, governance, administration, and continuous improvement of the Company’s compensation and benefit programs. This role converts business and workforce needs into practical, competitive, compliant, and financially responsible programs that support attraction, retention, internal equity, employee well-being, and operational consistency. The manager serves as a trusted advisor to Operations leaders and Talent partners, leads a team and external partners, and uses market intelligence, analytics, and disciplined program management to deliver an effective employee experience.

• What Success Looks Like
• •Compensation and benefit programs are aligned with business strategy, workforce needs, market practice, internal equity, and cost objectives.
• •Annual compensation, enrollment, compliance, and communication cycles are executed accurately, consistently, and on schedule.
• •Leaders receive clear analysis, recommendations, and decision support grounded in business logic and reliable data.
• •Employees and Talent partners experience responsive service, understandable programs, and effective issue resolution.
• •Program risks, vendor performance, controls, and opportunities for improvement are identified early and managed proactively.

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities

Total Rewards Strategy and Governance

· Partner with the National Compensation and Benefits Director to develop and execute the Company’s total rewards strategy and annual operating priorities.

· Translate business strategy, workforce requirements, employee feedback, regulatory developments, and market intelligence into program recommendations and implementation plans.

· Develop business cases and executive-ready recommendations that address competitiveness, cost, risk, consistency, employee impact, and implementation requirements.

· Establish program governance, documentation, service standards, controls, and measures of effectiveness across the assigned portfolio.

· Monitor trends and emerging practices in compensation, benefits, leave, well-being, pay transparency, and total rewards technology.

Benefits, Leave, and Well-being

· Manage health and welfare, retirement, leave, time off, retiree health, and well-being programs for the organization.

· Lead annual planning and open enrollment, including plan review, implementation, testing, communications, employee education, and post-enrollment reconciliation.

· Oversee plan administration, eligibility, carrier and third-party administrator issue resolution, claims escalation, and employee service delivery.

· Coordinate required testing, filings, notices, audits, and reporting, including Form 5500, Affordable Care Act reporting, and other applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

· Partner with internal stakeholders to support nonunion craft benefit programs and other workforce-specific arrangements as assigned.

· Evaluate plan performance, utilization, employee experience, market position, and cost drivers and recommend changes that improve value and manage risk.

· Maintain accurate and accessible benefit content, policies, plan materials, and employee resources.

Compensation

· Manage core compensation programs and processes, including market pricing, salary structures, job evaluation, promotional and new-hire pay guidance, annual salary planning, and compensation reporting.

· Partner with leaders and Talent teams to evaluate jobs, apply the job framework consistently, and develop pay recommendations that balance external competitiveness, internal equity, employee experience, and affordability.

· Coordinate participation in compensation surveys, maintain market data and job matches, and assess the competitiveness of pay practices and structures.

· Conduct and interpret compensation analyses, including range positioning, compression, internal equity, pay trends, and program cost modeling.

· Support the design, administration, and governance of base pay, short-term incentive, recognition, and other compensation programs as assigned.

· Maintain compensation policies, guidelines, tools, and manager education materials and promote consistent decision making across the Company.

· Support compliance with applicable wage and hour, pay equity, pay transparency, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in partnership with Human Resources, Legal, and other internal stakeholders.

Analytics, Systems, and Operations

· Own recurring total rewards reporting, dashboards, data validation, and decision support; convert complex information into clear insights and recommendations.

· Partner with Human Resources Information Systems, Payroll, Finance, Legal, Business Technology, Communications, and Talent teams to ensure accurate configuration, testing, controls, and process integration.

· Protect confidential employee and Company information and maintain appropriate data access, documentation, and quality controls.

· Lead process improvement and automation efforts that strengthen accuracy, scalability, controls, cycle time, and user experience.

· Maintain program calendars, standard operating procedures, decision records, and audit-ready documentation.

Vendor, Financial, and Risk Management

· Manage brokers, consultants, carriers, trustees, survey providers, and other external partners against contracted scope, service expectations, timelines, budgets, and performance measures.

· Support vendor selection, contract review, implementation, renewal, and escalation processes in partnership with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and other stakeholders.

· Develop and monitor program budgets, forecasts, cost models, and financial impacts; identify cost management opportunities without losing sight of competitiveness or employee value.

· Identify compliance, operational, financial, data, and employee-relations risks and establish practical mitigation plans.

Leadership and Partnership

· Lead, coach, and develop assigned team members; establish clear priorities, accountability, service expectations, and development plans.

· Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to leaders, Talent partners, and employees on compensation and benefit matters.

· Lead cross-functional projects and change initiatives with clear scope, milestones, stakeholder alignment, communications, and adoption plans.

· Create and deliver practical education for leaders, employees, and Talent teams.

· Handle sensitive matters with sound judgment, discretion, empathy, and consistency.

· Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, finance, analytics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

· At least seven years of progressively responsible total rewards experience, with meaningful depth in both compensation and benefits and at least two years of people leadership or equivalent program leadership.

· Demonstrated experience supporting a multistate, geographically dispersed, and operationally complex workforce.

· Strong working knowledge of health and welfare, retirement, leave, time off, and related compliance and administration requirements.

· Working knowledge of compensation fundamentals, including market pricing, salary structures, job evaluation, pay decisions, and analytical modeling.

· Demonstrated ability to lead annual compensation and benefit cycles, cross-functional projects, vendors, and complex issue resolution.

· Advanced analytical capability and proficiency using spreadsheets and business applications to model, validate, interpret, and communicate data.

· Experience with a modern Human Resources Information System; Workday experience is preferred.

· Clear written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills, including the ability to communicate technical infor