Senior Board & Executive Compensation Consultant (Public Pension)

Alphahire; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

AlphaGov is building a bench of independent compensation consultants for board-level engagements with large public pension funds, retirement systems, and comparable governmental organizations. This is remote, project-based work focusing on annual total-compensation reviews for board direct reports and incentive-plan design, with occasional on-site board meetings.

Ideal candidates have advised Boards of Trustees on executive compensation for large public pension, investment, or nonprofit

Qualifications

• ≥5 years of compensation analysis for financial, investment, or pension-fund sectors.
• Experience presenting benchmarking to Boards of Trustees.
• Experience with executive compensation and incentive design for large public organizations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as named technical lead on board/executive compensation for public pension systems.
• Conduct annual total-compensation reviews for board direct reports.
• Design incentive plans and assess performance-pay structures.
• Prepare board-ready reports and presentations; support on-site meetings as needed.

Skills

Board compensation

Executive compensation

Benchmarking

Remote consulting

Education

CEBS/ CCP

Job description

AlphaGov is building a bench of independent compensation consultants for board-level and executive compensation engagements with large public pension funds, retirement systems, and comparable governmental organizations. Remote, project-based work: annual total-compensation reviews for board direct reports (e.g., Executive Director, CIO, Chief Audit Executive), performance-pay / incentive plan design and assessment, target-market reviews and independent market studies, compensation philosophy advisory, board education, and written analyses for Boards of Trustees (occasional on-site board meetings). This is not a municipal classification & pay-plan study role. Ideal candidates have advised Boards of Trustees on executive compensation for large public pension, investment, or nonprofit organizations.

What you'll do:

• Named technical lead on board/executive compensation for public pension/retirement systems
• Annual total-comp reviews for board direct reports (base + performance-pay)
• Performance-pay / incentive plan design assessment
• Target-market reviews and independent market studies (peers often >$100B AUM funds)
• Board-ready reports and presentations; occasional on-site board meetings
• Proposal past-performance support under AlphaGov - Maintain independence / no conflicts

Requirements Ideal:

• ≥5 years compensation analysis for financial, investment, or pension-fund industries
• ≥5 years working with Boards of Trustees including presenting compensation benchmarking
• ≥5 years executive compensation and incentive strategies for large public-pension / governmental / nonprofit orgs
• Available for remote project-based consulting

Nice to have:

• CCP/CEBS/WorldatWork/SPHR; Mercer/Pearl Meyer/WTW/McLagan/Aon board-comp background; Texas or large pension experience