Total Rewards Manager: Strategy, Pay & Benefits

Rutland Regional Medical Center; Rutland (VT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Rutland Regional Medical Center is seeking a Manager of Total Rewards to provide strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s compensation and employee benefits programs. You will design, administer, and continuously improve total rewards practices aligned with RRMC’s Employer of Choice strategy.

The role partners with Human Resources, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and external benefit consultants to ensure programs are competitive, compliant, and fiscally responsible in a complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Healthcare Administration or related field.
• 5 - 7 years of progressive Total Rewards experience with significant direct experience in both compensation and employee benefits required.
• Demonstrated expertise in compensation philosophy, market pricing, salary structure design, job evaluation, internal equity analysis, and compensation administration required.
• Demonstrated experience administering complex health and welfare benefit programs and employer‑sponsored retirement plans required.
• Experience with 403(b), 457, Section 125, ERISA‑governed plans, Form 5500 filings, retirement‑plan audits, and regulatory compliance strongly preferred.
• Experience working in a healthcare environment strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting compensation and benefit programs in a highly unionized or complex collective bargaining environment strongly preferred.
• Experience managing staff and leading complex cross‑functional initiatives required.
• Experience with Workday or another enterprise HRIS strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for compensation and employee benefits.
• Develop, administer, evaluate, and continuously improve total rewards programs.
• Align programs with Employer of Choice strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Lead cross‑functional initiatives and manage staff.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and vendors.

Skills

Total Rewards strategy

Market pricing

Salary structure design

Internal equity analysis

Benefits administration

ERISA compliance

Healthcare experience

Union environments

Staff management

Workday

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/admin

Tools

Workday

Job description

Rutland Regional Medical Center is seeking a Manager of Total Rewards to provide strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s compensation and employee benefits programs. You will design, administer, and continuously improve total rewards practices aligned with RRMC’s Employer of Choice strategy.

The role partners with Human Resources, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and external benefit consultants to ensure programs are competitive, compliant, and fiscally responsible in a complex