Senior Total Rewards & Compensation Leader

Insight Global; Smyrna (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Total Rewards & Compensation Manager for a strategic restructuring initiative with a multi-site manufacturing client. Serve as the organization’s subject matter expert on compensation, benefits, and rewards strategy, partnering with HR, Finance, Payroll, and leadership to design, administer, and optimize enterprise-wide programs.

The role focuses on governance, market pricing, budgeting, and analytics, while aligning programs with business goals and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 6+ years of progressive Total Rewards, Compensation, HR, or Benefits experience.
• Strong experience with compensation analysis, benchmarking, salary structures, and job evaluation.
• Experience supporting multi-site organizations, preferably within manufacturing, industrial, or distribution environments.
• Advanced Excel, reporting, and workforce analytics capabilities.
• Experience partnering with Finance on budgeting, labor cost analysis, and compensation modeling.
• Experience working with HRIS, compensation planning tools, and benefits administration systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration and ongoing enhancement of enterprise Total Rewards programs, including compensation, incentive plans, benefits, recognition, and wellbeing initiatives.
• Manage salary structures, job grading, compensation benchmarking, internal equity reviews, and market pricing analysis.
• Drive annual compensation planning, merit cycles, pay reviews, and budgeting processes in partnership with Finance and HR leadership.
• Provide compensation guidance for promotions, transfers, market adjustments, retention actions, and new hire offers.
• Oversee benefits strategy, vendor relationships, open enrollment activities, and program effectiveness reviews.
• Develop and maintain job architecture, career frameworks, leveling methodologies, and compensation governance standards.
• Create executive-level dashboards and reporting focused on compensation, labor costs, retention, turnover, pay equity, and workforce analytics.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners to support workforce planning and competitive hiring decisions.
• Support M&A integration efforts, organizational changes, and enterprise HR initiatives related to reward programs.
• Ensure compliance with compensation and benefits regulations while maintaining strong governance and data integrity standards.

Skills

Compensation strategy

Salary benchmarking

Job architecture

Workforce analytics

Budgeting

HRIS

Executive consulting

Vendor management

Multi-site manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Finance/Economics

Job description

Insight Global seeks a Total Rewards & Compensation Manager for a strategic restructuring initiative with a multi-site manufacturing client. Serve as the organization’s subject matter expert on compensation, benefits, and rewards strategy, partnering with HR, Finance, Payroll, and leadership to design, administer, and optimize enterprise-wide programs.

The role focuses on governance, market pricing, budgeting, and analytics, while aligning programs with business goals and regulatory