Associate Director - Work, Rewards and Careers

Willis Towers Watson; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare Benefits

Paid Holidays

401(k) plan

Job summary

Willis Towers Watson is seeking a Director in the Work, Rewards and Careers practice in the United States. You will lead marquee client projects, supervise staff, and influence compensation and people strategy. The role blends client delivery, team coaching, and business development in a hybrid work model.

You will contribute to thought leadership and client solutions while overseeing budgets, timelines, and quality. A minimum of seven years in rewards consulting or related settings is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of design-oriented rewards experience in consulting or similar environments.
• Strong knowledge of rewards programs and processes.
• Analytical, results-driven with data-informed storytelling.
• Proven multi-project leadership and on-time delivery.
• Executive presence with strong communication and presentation skills.
• Self-starter able to work in ambiguity and collaborate in teams.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver effective, multi-project management for marquee clients.
• Draft statements of work, project plans, and budgets.
• Act as day-to-day project lead, tracking progress to objectives, budget, and quality.
• Coach and develop junior staff.
• Serve as primary client contact for delivery and manage expectations.
• Collaborate on compensation and related program design.
• Support development of new tools and approaches.
• Assist with new business development and client relationships.

Skills

Design-oriented rewards

Executive communication

Project management

Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Description

The Role

As a Director in our Work, Rewards and Careers practice, you will collaborate with some of the industry’s top consultants while you develop deep and cutting-edge technical knowledge and skills. You will manage consulting projects while providing input to senior colleagues and overseeing and quality-reviewing junior staff’s work. You may also serve as project lead on projects of smaller scope. Our Projects Range in scope from specific solutions to broad cross-LOB engagements, such as support for M&A transactions, total rewards strategy and optimization. In addition to broad-based compensation consulting, we support clients across a range of work and career-focused disciplines, including:

• Rewards:
  • Rewards strategy
  • Competitive compensation analyses
  • Base salary program design
  • Annual and sales incentive program design
  • Job levelling and architecture
  • Pay equity and pay fairness assessments
• Careers and Work:
  • Competency and skills frameworks
  • Performance management
  • Workforce analytics and planning
  • Functional/organization structure design
  • Career philosophy/strategy

You will also participate in and contribute to activities that support continued revenue growth of the Work & Rewards line of business and WTW overall. These activities may include supporting local, regional and/or national marketing events, performing industry/topical research and developing intellectual capital, and participating in our firm’s industry and/or topical teams.

While every day and assignment are somewhat different, some of your main responsibilities will include:

• Delivering effective, consistent project management for multiple, marquee clients.
• Drafting statements of work, project plans and budgets involving multiple workflow streams and client teams.
• Serving as the day-to-day project lead, ensuring progress of the team against established objectives, budget, timeline, deliverables and quality standards.
• Leveraging to and managing the work of junior staff, providing coaching and on-going feedback.
• Operating as the key contact to clients on delivery of services; managing client expectations and raise appropriate issues to Senior Consultants.
• Collaborating and contributing to the development, design and implementation of compensation and related programs.
• Contributing to the development of new tools and approaches.
• Supporting the generation of new business as part of the broader team by: Assisting with new business development activities, participating in discovery discussions with prospects and developing / delivering proposals, and establishing collaborative relationships with clients to understand their business and issues to better inform our consulting and to expand WTW’s relationship into new service areas.

Contributing to the external visibility of WTW’s brand through intellectual capital generation, drafting articles, and attending and speaking at relevant conferences.

Qualifications

The Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of design-orientated broad-based rewards experience in consulting or highly consultative corporate environments, and a genuine interest in this field.
• Significant knowledge and understanding of rewards programs and processes.
• Creative, analytical and results-driven orientation, demonstrated through the ability to draw conclusions, themes, and trends from data analysis and communicate results effectively.
• Proven experience successfully managing multiple, multi-faceted projects and producing quality deliverables on time and within budget.
• An executive presence with polished and well-developed communication skills, including experience making presentations and “sell” ideas to colleagues and management.
• Self-starter attitude and ability to work within ambiguity.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills and clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.

This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range and benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation (Producer roles only).

Compensation

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $125,000.00-$185, 000.00 USDannually.

This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.

Company Benefits

WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
• Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off (only included for Washington roles)
• Retirement Benefits: Qualified contributory pension plan (if eligible) and 401(k) plan with annual nonelective company contribution. Non-qualified retirement plans available to senior level colleagues who satisfy the plans’ eligibility requirements.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

We understand flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working as well as location-based arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.

EOE, including disability/vets