Total Rewards Strategy and Portfolio Acceleration Lead

Accountabilities:

• • Portfolio leadership: Manage the Total Rewards portfolio, leadership-team meetings, and broader function forums to prioritize and accelerate the highest-impact initiatives.
  • Strategic planning: Develop and support short- and long-term Total Rewards strategies, operating plans, priorities, and execution roadmaps aligned with enterprise objectives.
  • AI transformation: Lead AI-enabled transformation across Total Rewards, partnering with relevant teams to embed AI into processes, decision-making, and everyday ways of working.
  • Leadership support: Serve as a central coordination point for senior Total Rewards leadership, supporting strategy, planning, execution, and key decision-making forums.
  • Business planning: Coordinate operating reviews, budget planning, and other planning processes while ensuring Total Rewards priorities remain aligned with enterprise timelines and objectives.
  • Executive partnership: Act as a trusted proxy for senior leadership when requested, representing priorities and facilitating alignment in key meetings and decision forums.
  • Cross-functional alignment: Partner with HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, centers of expertise, business planners, and field HR teams to coordinate initiatives and integrate Total Rewards planning with broader organizational priorities.
  • Executive communications: Develop presentations, leadership materials, strategic updates, and communications that clearly articulate Total Rewards priorities, strategies, progress, and outcomes.
  • Process improvement: Identify and implement improvements to functional business-management processes, increasing consistency, efficiency, speed, and quality across the Total Rewards organization.
  • OKRs and performance management: Support the development of annual OKRs, facilitate planning discussions, and monitor progress against strategic objectives throughout the year.
  • Change and culture: Support talent development, capability building, employee engagement, organizational culture, and change readiness across the Total Rewards function.
  • Agility and special projects: Quickly take ownership of emerging priorities, organize and coordinate new work, and lead special projects as business needs evolve.
  • Portfolio optimization: Conduct research, assess market trends, identify opportunities for investment or divestment, and evaluate potential future partners or capabilities.
  • Financial management: Support Total Rewards P&L and budget management while maintaining strong focus on resource allocation and portfolio value.
  • Team leadership: Where applicable, lead and develop a small team supporting the function’s strategic planning, portfolio management, and execution priorities.

  Requirements:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required; a master’s degree is preferred.
  • Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in Total Rewards, HR strategy, strategic planning, or a closely related discipline.
  • Portfolio management: Demonstrated experience leading strategic portfolios, program governance, planning processes, or PMO activities.
  • Execution: Proven ability to accelerate complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through implementation and measurable results.
  • Strategic thinking: Strong ability to connect long-term organizational priorities with practical execution plans, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes.
  • Leadership and influence: Exceptional ability to influence senior leaders and diverse stakeholders, build alignment, and drive decisions without relying solely on formal authority.
  • Analytical skills: Strong analytical capabilities, including the ability to assess data, market trends, portfolio performance, and strategic opportunities.
  • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing concise, compelling, executive-ready presentations and narratives.
  • Project management: Strong organizational and project-management capabilities, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
  • Change management: Comfort leading transformation and change initiatives in complex, evolving environments.
  • Agility: Resourceful and adaptable, with the ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity, shifting priorities, and high-velocity business demands.
  • PMO experience: Experience establishing or leading a PMO within HR or Total Rewards is preferred.
  • Organizational design: Familiarity with change-management and organizational-design principles is preferred.
  • Data storytelling: Experience with data visualization, strategic reporting, and translating complex information into clear business narratives is preferred.
  • Leadership presence: Ability to facilitate senior-level discussions, challenge assumptions constructively, and represent functional priorities with credibility.

  Benefits:

  • Base salary: $185,700–$259,300 annually, with actual compensation determined based on factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and geography.
  • Annual incentive: Eligibility for an incentive compensation program based on organizational, role-level, and individual performance.
  • Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Health accounts: Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
  • Retirement: Retirement savings plan.
  • Insurance: Sickness and accident benefits and life insurance.
  • Time off: Paid vacation and holidays.
  • Career development: Tuition assistance and professional development opportunities.
  • Well-being: Employee assistance and health and wellbeing programs.
  • Employee discounts: Vehicle discount opportunities.
  • Work flexibility: Remote/hybrid work model, with employees living within a designated distance of a company hub potentially required to work onsite three times per week or according to their manager’s requirements.
  • Travel: Expected travel of less than 25%.
  • Relocation: The position is not eligible for relocation benefits.
  • Inclusive workplace: Commitment to equal opportunity, inclusion, accessibility, and reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
  • Work authorization: Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position, including current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.