Senior Compensation Strategist

Walgreens Co.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens Co. is seeking a senior compensation expert to lead job design, salary structure development, and pay administration. You will provide rewards guidance to business leaders and HR partners, ensuring equity and market competitiveness across the enterprise.

You will manage complex job evaluation projects, stay current on compensation trends, and drive improvements in compensation processes and analytics while mentoring HR teams and cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or GED with compensation experience.
• Confidentiality requirements in HR and compensation.
• 2+ years applying compensation techniques, job evaluation, and salary program development.
• Experience applying the Fair Labor Standards Act to job evaluation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Word skills.
• 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership or cross-functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Responsibilities

• Provides advanced guidance to business leaders and HR Partners on all aspects of compensation, rewards, and organizational design.
• Functions as a subject matter expert on compensation, including job design, evaluation, salary program development and compliance with laws.
• Provides guidance to HR professionals to expand compensation knowledge.
• Develops and enhances enterprise-wide compensation programs to meet customer needs within timelines.
• Leads job evaluation activities during reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures.
• Manages complex ad-hoc compensation projects and initiatives.
• Keeps current in compensation through training and professional involvement.
• Represents compensation in cross-functional teams as a subject matter expert.
• Develops processes and systems to improve accuracy of job evaluation.
• Coaches HRBPs and TA on Walgreens’s reward philosophy and market pricing.
• Develops recommendations for compensation programs to support businesses and presents to senior executives.
• Leads compensation analysis for audits, compliance, or regulatory requirements.
• Enhances HRIS to support compensation strategies and initiatives.

Skills

Compensation knowledge

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Confidentiality handling

Policy guidance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School Diploma

Master’s Degree / MBA

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Walgreens Co. is seeking a senior compensation expert to lead job design, salary structure development, and pay administration. You will provide rewards guidance to business leaders and HR partners, ensuring equity and market competitiveness across the enterprise.

You will manage complex job evaluation projects, stay current on compensation trends, and drive improvements in compensation processes and analytics while mentoring HR teams and cross-functional partners.