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Organization: HR Administration
Job Summary: The Vanderbilt Health Executive Search Team is conducting a national search for an Executive Director of Total Rewards. Vanderbilt Health is seeking a strategic and collaborative Executive Director of Total Rewards to lead our Compensation and Benefits teams. The Executive Director of Total Rewards will lead the strategies, processes, and programs that support our commitment to recruit, retain, and motivate top talent. Reporting to the CHRO, the successful candidate will use a proactive and data-driven approach to ensure that our rewards help achieve desired business results, are aligned with our culture, and are valued by our workforce. The Executive Director of Total Rewards must be a strategic leader and a hands-on contributor with deep experience overseeing compensation and benefits and the employee experience delivered via the HR systems that support these programs.
Shift: First Shift (Days) Remote
Role Accountabilities:
- Develop and lead the comprehensive strategy for Total Rewards aimed at attracting and retaining top talent in a competitive environment.
- Demonstrate leadership on compensation issues related to pay structures, pay change recommendations, and wage and hour regulations.
- Design and implement a variety of health and welfare, retirement, and voluntary benefits to support a growing and diverse workforce.
- Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of our rewards programs and identify and implement improvement initiatives.
- Work closely with the CHRO, finance colleagues, and other appropriate stakeholders, on annual increases and market adjustments; monitor workforce salary, wages, and benefits spend for trends and variances.
- Routinely assess cost-effective, competitive, benefits position relative to the market.
- Ensure all programs are administered consistently and in compliance with regulations including management of all compliance filings, reports, and audits directly or through vendors/partners.
- Cultivate relationships with external vendors and consultants to remain informed about innovative best practices that are proven to drive measurable business impact.
- Coordinate with our communications team to ensure the total rewards offerings are well understood and utilized by our diverse workforce.
- Provide engaging leadership to the Total Rewards teams, supporting a growth and development mindset.
- Serve as an integral member of the HR Senior Leadership Team.
- Prepare materials for Vanderbilt’s Health executive leadership team and Board of Directors as needed.
Qualifications – External:
- Master's Degree and 10 years’ experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ten plus years of relevant work experience in Total Rewards, or HR Operations, with a concentration on compensation and benefits.
- Experience developing and using data and analytics to understand trends and establish strategic practices that enhance the quality of total rewards, build compelling business cases, and drive sound decision-making.
- Workday and healthcare industry experience is strongly preferred.
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Certified Benefits Professional (CBP), or similar certifications are a plus.
- Strong work ethic with planning and execution skills in a fast-paced environment.
- A service-oriented mindset and ability to interface with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
- Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, along with strong attention to detail.
Core Accountabilities:
- Organizational Impact: Establishes function strategies with direct impact on the function results.
- Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Directs the resolution of numerous strategic issues that affect own function and the broader organization.
- Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth business knowledge across multiple areas of the business.
- Team Interaction: Leads a function serving the organization at large.
Core Capabilities:
- Supporting Colleagues: Develops Self and Others: Acts upon constructive feedback from all levels of the organization and initiates strategies to develop talent in others.
- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Leverages relationships and insight to forecast potential future needs and influence delivery of work to exceed expectations.
- Communicates Effectively: Anticipates different audience concerns, styles and finds mutually beneficial solutions across conflicting and sensitive issues.
- Delivering Excellent Services: Serves Others with Compassion: Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of broad-based issues and considers the interests of others to improve satisfaction of services.
- Solves Complex Problems: Critically evaluates complex information and identifies trends/risks to make recommendations to improve processes across areas.
- Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing feedback and development discussions to motivate and support team members to maximize performance.
- Ensuring High Quality: Performs Excellent Work: Anticipates problems or obstacles which may interfere with quality standards and develops plans to ensure area's quality standards are met.
- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Routinely draws upon valuable learning from others, past experiences, and new information to determine key opportunities.
- Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Develops appropriate corrective actions for unsafe environments in order to ensure operational and safety compliance.
- Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates Accountability: Identifies potential obstacles to goal achievement and develops solutions to address those obstacles.
- Stewards Organizational Resources: Creates the appropriate systems and processes to effectively manage resources.
- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Applies in-depth knowledge of data to recommend and implement new approaches to improve decision making capabilities.
- Fostering Innovation: Generates New Ideas: Identifies opportunities and leads development of new initiatives that create value across areas.
- Applies Technology: Creates the energy and drive for self/others to identify and leverage technology in new, innovative ways to drive greater efficiencies.
- Adapts to Change: Anticipates the change process and clearly communicates impact on others/own team(s), assisting them in embracing the change.
Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled
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