Senior Manager, Board and Governance Advisory

American Corporation for Public Well Being; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

American Corporation for Public Well Being seeks a Senior Manager, Board and Governance Advisory to lead high‑impact executive pay accountability analyses for Fortune 500 clients. You will own methodology, synthesize market data, and deliver insights the clients cannot produce themselves.

The role sits within a Stakeholder Engagement team of 11 in Milwaukee, with demanding engagements, strong client relationships, and opportunities to shape governance practice and reporting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in a client-facing advisory role within the real estate and construction sector or broader professional services
• 7+ years of experience in compensation consulting, HR advisory, or a related analytical field
• Knowledge of equity compensation instruments (RSUs, options, performance shares)
• Familiarity with change management considerations related to compensation program redesign
• Exceptional presentation skills with ability to communicate complex findings to non-technical executives
• Ability to prioritize effectively across competing client demands without escalation

Responsibilities

• Present findings to client audiences, including compensation committees and boards of directors
• Design and execute quantitative analyses of compensation, workforce, and governance data across industries
• Identify, synthesize, and communicate market trends relevant to client engagements
• Produce written analyses suitable for publication under ACPWB's research brand
• Serve as internal subject matter expert on executive pay accountability across the firm
• Develop and maintain a library of benchmark statistics, case studies, and templates for internal use
• Manage data acquisition and vendor relationships for Mercer US Benchmark Database and other benchmarking resources

Skills

Client relationships

Presentation skills

Equity compensation

Change management

Executive communication

Job description

Stakeholder Engagement Senior Director Full-Time, Exempt

About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Board and Governance Advisory who has strong opinions about executive pay accountability methodology and the professional restraint not to volunteer all of them at once. You will join a Stakeholder Engagement team of 11 who are similarly opinionated and similarly restrained. The work is serious. The environment is not humorless. These are not in conflict.

ACPWB is investing in its CEO pay ratio disclosure support package capability, and the Senior Manager, Board and Governance Advisory is the hire that makes that investment coherent. This role will have significant ownership over methodology, delivery, and client relationships for a specialized set of engagements. The work is intellectually demanding. The clients are discerning. The parking situation has improved considerably since 2022.

ACPWB's Fortune 500 compensation committees clients represent some of the most sophisticated consumers of executive pay accountability research in the market. The Senior Manager, Board and Governance Advisory will be their primary ACPWB contact, responsible for understanding their needs deeply and delivering analysis they cannot produce themselves. This is a high-bar engagement environment. We would not describe it otherwise.

Key Responsibilities

• Present findings to client audiences, including compensation committees and boards of directors
• Design and execute quantitative analyses of compensation, workforce, and governance data across industries
• Identify, synthesize, and communicate market trends relevant to client engagements
• Produce written analyses suitable for publication under ACPWB's research brand
• Serve as internal subject matter expert on executive pay accountability across the firm
• Develop and maintain a library of benchmark statistics, case studies, and templates for internal use
• Manage data acquisition and vendor relationships for Mercer US Benchmark Database and other benchmarking resources

Qualifications

Required

• 7+ years of experience in a client-facing advisory role within the real estate and construction sector or broader professional services
• 7+ years of experience in compensation consulting, HR advisory, or a related analytical field
• Working knowledge of equity compensation instruments including RSUs, options, and performance shares
• Familiarity with change management considerations related to compensation program redesign
• Exceptional presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex findings to non-technical executives
• Ability to prioritize effectively across competing client demands without requiring escalation

Preferred

• Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP) designation
• Experience with compensation committee charter review and governance documentation
• Demonstrated expertise in CEO succession planning and associated compensation considerations

WHY ACPWB

We attract people who could work elsewhere and choose to work here because the work matters, the colleagues are excellent, and Milwaukee genuinely surprised them. We are not for everyone. We are very clearly for some people, and those people tend to stay for a long time.

ACPWB was founded in Milwaukee in 2006 with a simple mandate: help working Americans understand and advocate for the compensation they deserve. Eighteen years later, that mandate has grown into a full-service research and advisory practice serving clients from early-stage employers to Fortune 50 enterprises - and we are still based in Milwaukee, because Milwaukee is genuinely underrated.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

Candidates will complete a two-stage process: a 45-minute exploratory call followed by a comprehensive final interview including a skills demonstration. We do not require unpaid work samples. We do require genuine expertise. These are different things.

What Success Looks Like In Year One

• Deliver an internal presentation sharing key insights from your first major client engagement
• Successfully guide a junior team member through a full engagement cycle as a peer coach
• Complete at least one external professional development activity - conference, certification, or course