Total Rewards & AI-Driven Compensation Strategist

The Gorilla Glue Company

Cincinnati (OH)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Gorilla Glue Company is seeking a Total Rewards Strategist to advance compensation governance, analytics, and AI-enabled transformation across the organization. This role partners with HR, Finance, Payroll, HRIS, and business leadership to modernize compensation and rewards programs, improve workforce insights, drive automation, and create scalable processes that support organizational growth.

A key focus will be leading AI-enabled improvements to compensation planning, merit and bonus

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in Compensation, Total Rewards (Comp, Benefits, HRIS, Payroll), HR Analytics, HR Technology.
Experience supporting annual merit and incentive planning cycles.
Strong analytical, project management, and business partnering skills.
CCP, CEBS, SHRM-SCP, or a related certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Support compensation design, salary structures, incentive programs, pay equity analysis, and market competitiveness.
Lead the optimization and AI enablement of annual merit and bonus planning processes, including modeling, controls, and analytics.
Develop and deliver compensation insights, workforce cost analysis, Total Rewards effectiveness metrics, and executive dashboards to support business, talent, and financial decisions.
Serve as a strategic partner across all Total Rewards functions, including Compensation, Benefits, HRIS, and Payroll, to ensure programs, processes, and systems are aligned, scalable, compliant, and support an exceptional employee experience.
Partner with HRIS to improve data quality, reporting capabilities, workflow automation, system integrations, and employee and manager self-service functionality.
Drive continuous improvement across Total Rewards by identifying opportunities to leverage automation, artificial intelligence, analytics, and technology-enabled solutions to increase efficiency, reduce administrative effort, and improve decision-making.
Partner with Compensation, Benefits, HRIS, and Payroll teams to evaluate and optimize day-to-day processes, ensuring operational excellence, strong internal controls, regulatory compliance, and a high level of customer service.
Support the development and monitoring of key Total Rewards metrics, including compensation competitiveness, pay equity, benefits utilization, payroll accuracy, workforce costs, and employee program effectiveness.