About This Role
As a Manager, Total Rewards, you will own the strategy, design, competitiveness, and compliance of HSO’s compensation, benefits, payroll, and total rewards programs, ensuring alignment with business goals and organizational growth. This role is ideal for someone who balances strategic leadership with hands-on execution and has experience in compensation and benefits operations.
Responsibilities
- Own the strategy, design, competitiveness, and compliance of HSO’s compensation, benefits, payroll, and total rewards programs
- Conduct market benchmarking, internal equity analyses, and compensation modeling to inform pay structures, incentive programs, and benefits offerings
- Lead annual compensation review cycles and Variable Compensation Plan (VCP) administration while providing compensation insights and recommendations to leadership
- Direct the strategy and administration of HSO’s self-funded health plans, including vendor and carrier relationships, contract negotiations, renewals, and open enrollment planning
- Monitor and interpret evolving regulatory requirements, including pay transparency laws, ERISA, ACA, FMLA, and related employment regulations
- Lead pay equity assessments and FLSA classification reviews to support compliance, consistency, and fair employment practices
- Oversee end-to-end payroll operations for a 400+ employee remote workforce
- Manage benefits administration activities including enrollments, status changes, terminations, carrier updates, ACA reporting, and 401(k) audit documentation
- Serve as a trusted resource for employee payroll and benefits inquiries
- Build and scale HSO’s total rewards function by defining, hiring, and onboarding a Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Requirements
- 7–10 years of progressive experience in compensation, benefits, payroll, total rewards, or a related discipline
- Hands-on experience managing payroll operations, including multi-state payroll tax compliance
- Experience leading compensation programs, annual review cycles, benchmarking initiatives, and total rewards strategy development
- Strong knowledge of ERISA, ACA, FMLA, pay transparency requirements, and related employment regulations
- Experience managing benefits administration, carrier relationships, vendor negotiations, and health plan strategies
- Proficiency with payroll systems such as ADP or Paylocity and HRIS platforms
- Experience with BambooHR, strongly preferred
- CPP, CEBS, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or related professional certification is a plus
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in both strategic leadership and hands-on execution roles
Benefits
- Competitive pay with a performance-based bonus
