Vice President, Total Rewards

Guardian Pharmacy Services Management; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Pharmacy Services Management in Atlanta seeks a strategic Vice President of Total Rewards to lead compensation, benefits, and wellness programs. You will partner with executive leadership to shape a comprehensive Total Rewards roadmap aligned with business goals and workforce needs.

You will oversee governance, analytics, and vendor relationships while ensuring compliance and data integrity across HRIS and related systems.

Qualifications

• Strategic Total Rewards leadership experience and business-aligned rewards programs.
• Expertise advising executive leadership and HR leadership on compensation, benefits, and wellness.
• Strong governance and policy development across compensation and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and evolve Guardian’s enterprise Total Rewards strategy.
• Advise executives on compensation, benefits, wellness, and broader Total Rewards matters.
• Maintain awareness of market practices and regulatory developments to keep programs competitive and compliant.
• Establish governance frameworks across Compensation, Benefits, and HRIS with controls and documentation.
• Oversee vendor relationships and optimize service quality and cost.
• Deliver executive-level reporting on Total Rewards spend and ROI.

Skills

Total Rewards Leadership

Executive Advisory

Compensation Strategy

Benefits Management

HRIS governance

Tools

Workday

Job description

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Extraordinary Care. Extraordinary Careers.

With one of the nation's largest, most innovative long-term care pharmacy services providers, there is no limit to the growth of your career.

Our unique business model combines the personal touch of locally operated pharmacies with the robust support of our Atlanta-based corporate team, ensuring best-in-class pharmacy care for our customers.

Why Guardian Pharmacy?

We're reimagining medication management and transforming care.

Who We Are and What We're About:

Our core focus is delivering customized medication management solutions to support healthcare organizations serving seniors and individuals with complex care needs. With our comprehensive suite of tech-enabled pharmacy services and a dedicated team of professionals committed to enriching the lives of those we serve, we are redefining how pharmacy care is delivered.

We offer an opportunity to learn and grow your career in a fast‑paced, diverse, and inclusive environment. If you are looking for a challenging, team-oriented environment in which you can put your expertise to work, then this is the place for you.

The Vice President, Total Rewards also provides strategic leadership and governance for Guardian’s HR technology ecosystem, with primary responsibility for the strategy, administration, optimization, and long-term roadmap of Workday, the company's Human Capital Management (HCM) platform. This role ensures the effective delivery of HR systems, data integrity, reporting and analytics, process efficiency, compliance, and employee and manager self‑service capabilities, while leveraging technology to enhance decision‑making, improve the employee experience, and support the organization's evolving workforce and business needs.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (include the following)

Strategic Total Rewards Leadership

• Develop, implement, and continuously evolve an enterprise-wide Total Rewards strategy aligned with Guardian’s business objectives, talent priorities, and financial goals.
• Serve as the senior subject matter expert and strategic advisor to executive leadership, HR leadership, and business leaders on compensation, benefits, wellness, and broader Total Rewards matters.
• Maintain awareness of market practices, workforce dynamics, and legislative and regulatory developments to keep programs competitive, equitable, compliant, and financially sustainable.
• Establish governance frameworks, policies, processes, and internal controls across Compensation, Benefits, and HRIS, including effective documentation, testing, and remediation in support of public-company control requirements.
• Oversee vendor and other external partner relationships; establish performance expectations, evaluate service quality and value, manage escalated issues, and support contract and renewal decisions.
• Deliver executive-level reporting and insights on Total Rewards spend, market position, program effectiveness, employee outcomes, risk, and return on investment. Develop clear communication strategies that articulate the value of Guardian’s Total Rewards offerings and support employee understanding.
• Lead Total Rewards due diligence and integration planning for acquisitions and other strategic transactions, as applicable.

Benefits Strategy & Innovation

• Develop and execute a multi-year benefits strategy that improves program value, effectiveness, and employee experience while maintaining appropriate financial and risk controls.
• Define Guardian’s employee benefits proposition based on competitive practices, cost, liabilities, workforce needs, and business priorities.
• Oversee health and welfare plan compliance and retirement-plan governance, including fiduciary processes, required filings, audits, and coordination with Legal, Finance, Payroll, and external advisors.

Compensation Strategy & Design Administration

• Develop and lead a unified compensation strategy aligned with Guardian’s business, talent, and financial objectives.
• Maintain job architecture, career levels, salary structures, market-pricing methodology, and compensation governance across the enterprise.
• Partner with senior leaders to align base pay, incentive, and equity programs with business performance, career growth, and workforce planning objectives.
• Lead the annual compensation planning process, including merit, bonus, and equity cycles, with responsibility for program governance, budgeting, data integrity, system administration, approvals, controls, executive reviews, and employee communications.
• Oversee pay-equity analyses and compliance with applicable pay-transparency and compensation disclosure requirements.
• Design and govern sales, field, or other variable incentive programs, as applicable, in partnership with Finance and business leadership.
• Partner with executive leadership, external compensation advisors, Legal, Finance, and the Compensation Committee to align executive compensation progr