Director Clinician Compensation - Jefferson Health

Jefferson Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Jefferson Health in Philadelphia seeks a Director Clinician Compensation to lead compensation programs for physicians and APCs, ensuring competitive, compliant plans aligned with organizational goals. You will design policies, manage incentives, and collaborate with Finance, HR, Legal, and operations to drive accuracy and transparency.

The role requires 5+ years in healthcare compensation leadership, strong cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on governance and scalability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Healthcare or a related field.
• 5+ years in a management role within compensation, with demonstrated healthcare experience.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and administration of clinician/faculty compensation programs.
• Supervise compensation managers, ensuring quality and alignment with standards.
• Oversee compensation plan management, policy development, and budgeting.
• Direct incentive payout processes and financial modeling with key stakeholders.
• Provide governance for data integrity, reporting, and audit readiness.
• Mentor and develop compensation team members.

Skills

Leadership

Compensation design

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Healthcare

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Financial modeling

Job description

Number of Positions In Requisition
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Job Details
The Director Clinician Compensation is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of clinician & faculty compensation programs for Jefferson Medical Group, including all physicians and advanced practice clinicians (APCs). This role ensures compensation plans are competitive, compliant, and aligned with organizational objectives. Oversees compensation plan design, policy development, incentive programs, implementation and analytics while partnering with other internal teams (e.g., executive leadership, legal, HR, finance, contracts, data, recruitment, operations, etc.) to maintain accuracy, transparency, and regulatory compliance.

Job Description

Job Duties

• - Lead the design, implementation, and administration of clinician / faculty compensation programs ensuring alignment with Jefferson Health’s strategic goals.
• - Supervise clinician compensation managers, overseeing team operations, quality control, and performance management to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
• - Oversee compensation plan management, including department model design, policy development, process design / implementation and effort changes for current clinicians / faculty.
• - Direct all incentive payout processes, extra pay processes, monthly accruals, and financial modeling in collaboration with Finance and other key stakeholders.
• - Provide strategic oversight of compensation team, ensuring consistency, standardization, and alignment with enterprise policies / processes.
• - Partner with Data Analytics to manage annual compensation and productivity analyses, FMV/CR review, and survey submissions (e.g., Vizient, Sullivan Cotter, MGMA, AMGA, AAMC, etc).
• - Provide leadership for communication strategies, including clinician meetings, departmental presentations, and new clinician / faculty orientation regarding compensation policies and incentive structures.
• - Oversee market adjustments, impact of faculty promotions on compensation, and budget preparation / integration for clinician / faculty compensation, ensuring accurate calculation and entry into budget systems.
• - Oversee process for documentation of compensation (e.g., compensation letters, year end incentive letters, etc.).
• - Manage process for repayments (e.g., those related to recruitment incentives, overpayments).
• - Executes JMG, JUP/TJU responses and related analyses to benchmarking surveys.
• - Maintain governance processes for compensation data integrity, reporting, and audit readiness.
• - Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement best practices to enhance efficiency and scalability.
• - Lead, mentor and develop clinician compensation team members.

Minimum Qualifications

• - Bachelor’s Degree Business, Healthcare or a related field
• - Minimum of 5+ years in a management role within compensation, with demonstrated experience in healthcare or clinician / faculty compensation.
• - Experience managing cross-functional teams and collaborating in a matrixed environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• - Master’s Degree

Additional Qualifications

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time(including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.