Director, Executive Compensation & Governance

Hugh Chatham Health; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Director, Executive Compensation to join our People & Culture team and lead executive compensation programs for one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems. This role partners with senior leaders to design, administer, and govern compensation governance aligned with enterprise strategy and performance.

You will provide market benchmarking, analytics, and governance support across external offers, incentives, and executive offers while partnering with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, or related field required.
• 7+ years of progressive compensation experience.
• Experience supporting executive compensation programs and governance.
• Strong benchmarking, market analysis, financial modeling, and incentive administration.
• Advanced Excel with ability to transform data into insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for senior leaders.
• Ability to partner with multiple stakeholders across functions.
• Experience with HR platforms such as Workday, Oracle, SAP, or SuccessFactors.
• Continuous improvement mindset with complex compensation challenges experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead executive job evaluation and market benchmarking for senior leadership.
• Conduct competitive market analyses and maintain benchmarking data.
• Support annual incentive planning, reporting, and payout modeling.
• Develop analyses and recommendations for external offers, promotions, and retention actions.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Finance, HR, and business leaders for governance decisions.
• Build dashboards, reporting tools, and analytical models for executive compensation.
• Provide market positioning analyses, pay equity reviews, and insights.
• Prepare materials for executive leadership and Compensation Committee discussions.
• Support education and training on executive compensation policies.
• Serve as compensation partner for People & Culture, advise on pricing and leveling.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, integrations through compensation analysis.
• Ensure compliance with executive compensation regulations and governance.
• Participate in strategic initiatives to improve compensation processes and systems.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Executive compensation

Presentation skills

Business partnership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, or Business

Master's degree or MBA

Tools

Workday

Oracle

SAP

SuccessFactors

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a Director, Executive Compensation to join our People & Culture team and lead executive compensation programs for one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems. This role partners with senior leaders to design, administer, and govern compensation governance aligned with enterprise strategy and performance.

You will provide market benchmarking, analytics, and governance support across external offers, incentives, and executive offers while partnering with