Manager Total Rewards

The Christopher Group, Agile HR Business Solutions; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christopher Group is hiring a Senior Manager, Total Rewards in Houston, TX. This in-office role will lead global compensation strategies, merit planning, and governance to align with business results.

You will leverage Workday and advanced analytics, partnering with Finance and Legal to deliver competitive programs while driving internal equity and market competitiveness.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of progressive Total Rewards or compensation experience.
• Global experience across multiple geographic regions.
• Public-company experience and governance understanding.
• Expertise in merit and bonus programs, pay structures, and long-term incentives.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern global Total Rewards strategies, policies, and structures.
• Lead annual merit and bonus planning with budgets and governance.
• Develop job architecture, levels, and market positioning.
• Support executive compensation design and board materials.

Skills

Executive compensation

Financial modeling

Governance

Merit/bonus programs

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Accounting/Finance/Economics/HR-related

Tools

Workday

Excel

Job description

Houston, Texas | In office four days per week

THE OPPORTUNITY

A global technology and engineering organization is seeking a Senior Manager, Total Rewards to join its HR leadership team. Reporting to the Head of Total Rewards with visibility and alignment to the CHRO, this leader will help advance the organization’s global rewards agenda.

The role will support competitive, performance-driven programs that attract critical talent, reward performance, enable career mobility, and connect compensation investments to business results, talent priorities, and strong governance.

WHERE YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Support the design and execution of global Total Rewards strategies, policies, salary structures, and compensation programs across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Ensure programs are market-competitive, financially disciplined, and locally relevant.
• Lead annual global merit and bonus planning, including budgets, guidelines, performance differentiation, governance, and financial modeling.
• Build and govern job architecture, job families, organizational levels, career paths, pay ranges, compa-ratios, market positioning, and internal equity.
• Support executive compensation and long-term incentive plan design, modeling, administration, and the preparation of Board and committee materials.
• Leverage Workday, market data, advanced analytics, and Excel to strengthen decision-making, controls, reporting, and process efficiency.
• Partner closely with HR, Finance, Legal, business leaders, and external advisers to deliver competitive and financially responsible programs.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 10 to 15 years of progressive Total Rewards or compensation experience
• Demonstrated global experience across major geographic regions
• Public-company experience and a strong understanding of compensation governance
• Expertise in merit and bonus programs, job architecture, pay structures, compa-ratios, executive compensation, and long-term incentive plans
• Experience working with Workday
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling capabilities, including expert-level Excel proficiency
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, preferably in accounting, finance, business, economics, human resources, or a related field

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

Total Rewards is a critical component of the organization’s global talent strategy. The successful candidate will help create a clear, competitive, and performance-driven employee value proposition that supports growth, retains scarce capabilities, strengthens leadership and technical talent pipelines, and ensures compensation investments generate measurable business value.