Strategic Head of Total Rewards & Benefits

Unitek Learning; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401K

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Unitek Learning seeks a senior Total Rewards leader to direct compensation and benefits for corporate, salaried, and hourly staff across its campuses. You will own pay structures, incentive programs, and retirement benefits while ensuring compliance in multiple markets.

The role is hands-on and strategic, driving merit cycles, benefit strategies, and broker negotiations, with responsibility for data modeling and executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years leading compensation and benefits with enterprise scope.
• Experience designing base pay structures, incentive plans, and job leveling.
• Strong knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, FLSA and pay transparency laws.
• Experience managing broker/vendor relationships and RFP/renewals.
• Advanced Excel and analytics in HRIS, compensation, and benefits systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and own job architecture, salary structures, and pay bands across all employee populations.
• Evaluate roles for leveling and FLSA classification; support offers and equity reviews.
• Lead market benchmarking, pay analysis, and differential adjustments to stay competitive.
• Design, budget, and administer merit, incentive, and plant-level bonus programs; collaborate with Finance on cost modeling.
• Own total rewards budget and prognose costs; present to CPO and Finance.
• Oversee benefits portfolio design, renewal, and day‑to‑day administration; ensure balance of quality, value, and cost.

Skills

CCP

CEBS

SHRM-CP

SHRM-SCP

PHR

SPHR

Master’s degree

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Dayforce

UKG

ADP

Job description

Unitek Learning seeks a senior Total Rewards leader to direct compensation and benefits for corporate, salaried, and hourly staff across its campuses. You will own pay structures, incentive programs, and retirement benefits while ensuring compliance in multiple markets.

The role is hands-on and strategic, driving merit cycles, benefit strategies, and broker negotiations, with responsibility for data modeling and executive communication.