Strategic Compensation Leader, Senior Manager

Tony's Pizza Events Center; Hopkins (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement and financial wellbeing

Time off programs

Wellbeing support programs

Job summary

CJ Schwan's Company is seeking a Senior Manager, Compensation to design, implement, and administer compensation programs across the organization. You will advise HR and business leaders, drive market analyses, and lead cost and equity initiatives to support talent strategy and financial objectives.

You will oversee base pay, incentives, sales compensation, and recognition programs while ensuring regulatory compliance and ongoing program effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• 10 years of progressively responsible compensation experience
• Deep knowledge of compensation principles, job evaluation, market pricing, incentive design, compensation regulations, HRIS systems
• Advanced Excel skills
• Strong analytical and communication skills, project management experience, and CCP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic compensation partner to HR, Finance, and business leaders by designing, administering, and continuously improving compensation philosophies and programs including base pay, incentives, sales compensation, recognition.
• Lead annual compensation planning, job evaluation, market pricing, benchmarking, pay equity reviews, and workforce cost analyses to ensure market competitiveness, internal equity, and alignment with business objectives.
• Develop compensation policies, governance practices, financial models, reporting, and analytics to support informed decision-making, regulatory compliance, and program effectiveness.
• Manage compensation survey participation, lead cross-functional projects and process improvements, and provide guidance, coaching, and development to compensation team members as applicable.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Finance, or Economics

Master's degree preferred

CCP certification preferred

Job description

CJ Schwan's Company is seeking a Senior Manager, Compensation to design, implement, and administer compensation programs across the organization. You will advise HR and business leaders, drive market analyses, and lead cost and equity initiatives to support talent strategy and financial objectives.

You will oversee base pay, incentives, sales compensation, and recognition programs while ensuring regulatory compliance and ongoing program effectiveness.