Director, Total Rewards & People Programs

450 Azuria Water Solutions, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Prescription drug coverage

Annual bonus potential

401k matching

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Azuria Water Solutions, Inc. seeks a Director of Total Rewards to lead strategy, design, administration, and evolution of compensation, benefits, retirement, and recognition programs across a diverse multi-state workforce.

You will ensure programs are competitive, financially responsible, compliant, scalable, and aligned with Azuria’s employer of choice philosophy. This hands-on leadership role partners closely with HR, Finance, Legal, Payroll, and Operations, guiding governance, budgeting, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or a related field is required; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive total rewards, compensation and benefits experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility.
• Experience leading compensation and benefit programs in a complex, multi-state organization.
• Extensive knowledge of compensation strategy, market pricing, job architecture, incentive design, benefits administration, retirement plans, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with prevailing wage requirements and union-represented workforces.
• Direct experience supporting M&A due diligence, integration, divestitures, carve-outs, or program harmonization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive total rewards strategy aligned with business objectives, workforce needs, growth plans, and financial priorities.
• Lead the design, administration, and governance of base pay, incentive compensation, executive compensation, recognition, retention, and other reward programs.
• Maintain and evolve job architecture, salary structures, pay grades, compensation policies, and related governance.
• Lead annual merit, promotion, and incentive processes, including budgeting, modeling, system readiness, approvals, communications, and payment validation.
• Conduct market benchmarking and provide data-informed recommendations related to hiring, promotions, internal equity, pay compression, retention, and hard-to-fill roles.
• Oversee health and welfare, retirement, leave, wellness, and voluntary benefit programs, including renewals, financial modeling, plan design, employee contributions, compliance, and communications.
• Manage brokers, consultants, carriers, recordkeepers, and other vendors to ensure strong service, appropriate controls, cost effectiveness, and accountability.
• Oversee retirement plan governance, testing, audits, filings, and administration.
• Provide leadership and governance for prevailing-wage requirements, including classifications, wage rates, fringe-benefit treatment, payroll support, recordkeeping and audit readiness.
• Support compensation and benefit matters for union-represented employees, including collectively bargained wage structures and negotiated changes.
• Lead total rewards support for acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and integrations, including due diligence, risk assessment, cost modeling, and Day One readiness.
• Ensure compliance with applicable compensation, benefit, wage-and-hour, retirement, pay-equity, and pay-transparency requirements.
• Develop reporting and analytics related to compensation, benefit costs, market position, participation, utilization, equity, vendor performance, and program effectiveness.
• Partner with HRIS and Payroll to ensure accurate system configuration, eligibility, interfaces, calculations, testing, and employee data.

Skills

Total Rewards strategy

Financial analysis

Cost modeling

Executive-level reporting

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Change management

HRIS/payroll experience

Vendor management

Union workforce experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

CCP

CEBS

SHRM or similar certification

Tools

HRIS systems

Payroll systems

Job description

Azuria Water Solutions, Inc. seeks a Director of Total Rewards to lead strategy, design, administration, and evolution of compensation, benefits, retirement, and recognition programs across a diverse multi-state workforce.

You will ensure programs are competitive, financially responsible, compliant, scalable, and aligned with Azuria’s employer of choice philosophy. This hands-on leadership role partners closely with HR, Finance, Legal, Payroll, and Operations, guiding governance, budgeting, and