Senior Director, Total Rewards & Payroll Strategy

Ironclad Powered by Mersino; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

IRONCLAD Powered by Mersino seeks a Senior Director of Compensation, Benefits & Payroll to lead enterprise Total Rewards. This role drives compensation philosophy, benefits design, and payroll governance across 1,100+ employees at 70+ locations.

The candidate will partner with Finance, Operations, HRBP, Payroll, and executives to build scalable programs, ensure compliance, and deliver analytics-driven insights that attract and retain top talent.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive Total Rewards, Compensation, Benefits, or Payroll leadership experience.
• Experience supporting 1,000+ employees across multiple locations.
• Industrial services, construction, manufacturing, equipment rental, logistics, or field services experience preferred.
• CCP, CEBS, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or CPP certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise compensation philosophy and total rewards strategy.
• Lead annual compensation planning including merit, promotions, market adjustments, and incentive programs.
• Design salary structures, job grades, pay bands, and market pricing methodology.
• Conduct pay equity analyses and recommend corrective actions.
• Partner with Finance on labor budgeting and workforce planning.
• Lead all health and welfare benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, FSA/HSA, and 401(k).
• Manage brokers, consultants, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators.
• Lead annual renewals and Open Enrollment.
• Develop employee communications and education materials.
• Provide strategic oversight of multi-state payroll operations.
• Partner with Payroll leadership to ensure timely, accurate payroll processing.
• Strengthen payroll controls, audits, and compliance.
• Maintain enterprise job architecture, career frameworks, and salary grades.
• Ensure compliance with ACA, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, IRS reporting, and applicable federal and state laws.
• Develop executive dashboards and KPIs.
• Analyze compensation, benefits, and labor cost trends.
• Present recommendations to executive leadership.
• Partner with HRIS to optimize Paycom compensation and benefits modules.

Skills

Compensation strategy

Total Rewards

Payroll governance

HRIS administration

HR analytics

Executive communication

Change leadership

Budgeting

Project management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Paycom

HRIS

Job description

IRONCLAD Powered by Mersino seeks a Senior Director of Compensation, Benefits & Payroll to lead enterprise Total Rewards. This role drives compensation philosophy, benefits design, and payroll governance across 1,100+ employees at 70+ locations.

The candidate will partner with Finance, Operations, HRBP, Payroll, and executives to build scalable programs, ensure compliance, and deliver analytics-driven insights that attract and retain top talent.