Strategic Leader, People Ops & Total Rewards

King Arthur Baking Company; Hartford (VT); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer hours (40/year)

ESOP participation

Profit sharing

Company 401(k) match

Job summary

King Arthur Baking Company is seeking a Senior Manager, People Operations & Total Rewards to design and optimize compensation, benefits, HR compliance, HRIS, and data analytics for our employee-owners. You will lead Total Rewards, HRIS, compliance, reporting, and support vendor management while partnering with Finance on payroll and retirement programs.

This role drives workforce analytics, governance, and scalable People Operations practices and reports to the Vice President, People & Culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in total rewards, people operations, HR systems, compliance, or related discipline.
• 2+ years of formal people leadership or equivalent experience.
• Experience owning complex programs and cross-functional work.
• Experience partnering with Finance on payroll, retirement or ownership programs, labor planning, budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Lead compensation program design and administration, salary structures, market benchmarking, and annual merit processes.
• Oversee employee benefits programs, vendor relationships, and educate employees on total rewards.
• Partner with Finance on payroll, 401(k), ESOP, and compensation planning.
• Maintain HR policies, ensure legal compliance, and conduct required audits and reporting.
• Own HRIS strategy, data integrity, and implementation of people systems and related vendor relationships.
• Develop workforce dashboards and analytics to inform leadership and boards.
• Support workforce strategy and organization design in collaboration with executives.

Skills

HR analytics

People leadership

HRIS ownership

Payroll coordination

Benefits administration

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Finance

Job description

King Arthur Baking Company is seeking a Senior Manager, People Operations & Total Rewards to design and optimize compensation, benefits, HR compliance, HRIS, and data analytics for our employee-owners. You will lead Total Rewards, HRIS, compliance, reporting, and support vendor management while partnering with Finance on payroll and retirement programs.

This role drives workforce analytics, governance, and scalable People Operations practices and reports to the Vice President, People & Culture.