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About the Role
This role provides leadership across total rewards strategy, compensation, and benefits design, advising senior stakeholders and driving execution for complex initiatives in the U.S. and Canada. The position is accountable for outcomes across multiple teams and priorities, overseeing program documentation, enrollment, eligibility, vendor coordination, and compliance activities.
Responsibilities
- Establish workflows, service levels, and controls for enrollment, eligibility, vendor coordination, and case escalation follow-up.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to manage rewards analyses, budget impacts, and decision-support materials.
- Translate information from program controls, audits, communications, and annual cycle readiness activities into operating decisions, resource shifts, and improvement priorities.
- Lead the ongoing review and design of compensation, benefits, pension, and recognition programs.
- Monitor labor market trends, economic conditions, and legislative developments across the U.S. and Canada.
- Provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership regarding reward program effectiveness, competitiveness, and cost management.
- Maintain job architecture, salary grades, and compensation frameworks.
- Lead pay equity analyses and support compliance with applicable pay transparency legislation.
- Partner with HR Business Partners and Labor Relations on compensation matters affecting represented and non-represented employees.
- Oversee health and welfare benefit programs across Canada.
- Manage annual benefits renewals, vendor negotiations, and plan design evaluations.
- Ensure compliance with applicable U.S. and Canadian federal, state, provincial, and local employment legislation.
- Maintain expertise in compensation, benefits, pension, labor, and pay equity regulations.
- Monitor legislative changes affecting employee rewards programs and recommend necessary changes.
- Ensure compliance with ERISA, IRS regulations, ACA requirements, Canadian pension standards legislation, employment standards act, and other applicable regulations.
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant experience in total rewards strategy, compensation, and benefits design or a closely related field.
- Experience leading teams, setting priorities, and driving results across stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, solve complex problems, and drive improvements or strategic outcomes.
- Deep knowledge of Canadian benefits programs and regulatory requirements.
- Knowledgeable of US benefits and compensation programs and regulatory requirements.
- Expertise in Canadian and U.S. benefits administration, pension and retirement programs, labor relations, and collective bargaining environments.
- Influences outcomes through structured counsel, strong listening, and clear recommendations.
- Anticipates issues and proactively aligns stakeholders to reduce risk and rework.
- Provides steady leadership and clarity when navigating time-sensitive, high-impact situations.
Skills
- Total Rewards
- Benefits Administration
- Compensation Strategy
- People Leadership
- Workforce Planning
Location
- United States
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field
- Advanced degree or relevant certification preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $134,000 - $150,000 CAD