Senior Compensation Strategist (Hybrid)

Purple Cow Recruiting; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible hybrid work model

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Heartline Staffing seeks an experienced Senior Compensation Consultant to lead compensation strategy development and client engagements in a hybrid Chicago setting. You will partner with senior management to design programs that attract, retain, and motivate talent, while guiding junior team members and expanding client relationships.

The role emphasizes deep compensation expertise, executive-level advisory skills, and strong communication and leadership capabilities, with a flexible hybrid work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Finance or a related field is required.
• 8+ years of compensation consulting or related HR advisory experience with demonstrated subject-matter expertise is required.
• Proven ability to manage multiple large-scale projects and complex client engagements is required.
• Deep knowledge of compensation strategy and regulatory compliance is required.
• Strong client relationship-management skills and ability to advise senior executives are required.
• Excellent communication, presentation and leadership skills are required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop compensation strategies, philosophies and programs addressing attraction and retention needs.
• Advise senior management on compensation strategy, structure and competitiveness.
• Support job architecture design and digital activation of compensation designs.
• Apply expertise in incentive plan design, market-analysis methodologies and regulatory compliance.
• Work with compensation-related technology and technology-enabled solutions.
• Lead delivery of large-scale projects and complex client engagements.
• Structure, direct, review and interpret analyses performed by project teams.
• Manage day-to-day client interactions and build strong client relationships.

Skills

Client relationship-management

Communication & presentation

Leadership

Problem-solving

Proactivity

Education

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

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Job description

Heartline Staffing seeks an experienced Senior Compensation Consultant to lead compensation strategy development and client engagements in a hybrid Chicago setting. You will partner with senior management to design programs that attract, retain, and motivate talent, while guiding junior team members and expanding client relationships.

The role emphasizes deep compensation expertise, executive-level advisory skills, and strong communication and leadership capabilities, with a flexible hybrid work