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WGU is hiring a Director, Compensation. The role involves developing and implementing strategic compensation programs, partnering with senior leaders to design competitive pay structures, and leading a team of compensation professionals to ensure alignment with organizational goals and compliance with regulations.

Highlights

Develop and articulate global compensation strategy and programs.
Oversee compensation philosophy, policies, and compliance with laws and regulations.
Lead executive compensation market analysis and program design.
Manage budget oversight and cost management related to compensation.
Lead and develop a high-performing team of compensation professionals.
Require proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and knowledge of human resources leadership.
Minimum 10 years of related leadership experience, including 5 years in people leadership.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Management, Economics, or related field; MS, MBA, or CCP certification preferred.
Responsible for data analysis to support pay equity and market competitiveness.
Eligible for bonuses, comprehensive benefits, flexible paid time off, and parental leave.

Director, Compensation Full Description

Director, Compensation

Home Office

Salt Lake City Office

Full time

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Management_Executive 612Pay Range: $157,200.00 - $282,900.00

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

• Develops and articulates the strategic vision for comprehensive global compensation programs.
• Oversees the development and implementation of compensation philosophy, policies, and procedures.
• Provides business case for all compensation programs and directs, designs, and plans compensation objectives and initiatives.
• Plans and administers long and short-term strategies that drive company performance and comply with laws and regulations.
• Builds consensus for programs and goals that support the business and position it for the future.
• Leads executive compensation market analysis and program design.
• Partners with senior leaders in the development and design of a strategic roadmap for compensation programs, designing market competitive programs that meet the needs of the company and scalable to growth.
• Monitors performance against plans and acts as necessary to ensure achievement.
• Collects, analyzes, and summarizes compensation information to satisfy statutory, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
• Champions robust and timely data collection and analysis that supports market, pay equity, and other compensation practices.
• Continually reviews the university’s comparative position relative to the market and determines and implements appropriate actions and initiatives.
• Analyzes best practice and benchmark data both internally and externally to ensure the university’s compensation programs are aligned with market and internally equitable.
• Provides subject-matter and technical expertise and proactive guidance to monitor and maintain competitive positioning, and to advance and scale compensation programs.
• Partners with external consultants and professional industry organizations to understand best practices, compliance, program administration and design options, and program resources.
• Oversees messaging to employees to promote clarity and reinforce the value of compensation programs.
• Provides budget oversight and cost management.
• Manages and oversees end-to-end operation processes, leveraging HCM, and ensuring implementation of ongoing process improvements.
• Leads executive compensation market analysis and program design.
• Develops and leads a team of highly qualified and high-performing compensation professionals.
• Leads, plans, organizes, coordinates, and prioritizes simultaneous operational and strategic activities related to People & Talent strategic plans, projects, and operations.
• Establishes, leads, and advocates for the full gamut of processes central to P&T operational practices, anticipating unintended consequences and broader impacts of proposed changes.
• Performs root cause analysis associated with compensation service delivery issues. Identifies and leads process or system improvements as needed.
• Identifies emerging market trends to strategically deliver on opportunities and gaps.
• Maintains confidentiality, neutrality, and calm in addressing sensitive situations.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of and experience with creation, design, administration, and strategy of compensation programs, including base and variable pay.
• Demonstrated success in positions of increased accountability and broad organizational impact.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of and experience with human resources leadership, policy, practice, and initiative management.
• Ability to lead through complex and multidimensional issues with broad-based consideration of variables that impact multiple areas of the organization.
• Ability to take a proactive approach to anticipating and alleviating roadblocks, performs complex tasks and problem solving involving and impacting multiple stakeholders.
• Outstanding communication capability – both written and verbal. Ability to represent initiatives to diverse internal and external individuals through gracious yet firm communication.
• Ability to articulate and distil complex ideas and concepts to multiple audiences to effectively communicate and influence.
• Strong work ethic, cultural competency, collaborative orientation, and eagerness to take on new assignments, with the ability to excel in a very fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise extreme judgment, maintain confidentiality, discretion, and attention to detail.
• Bias for action, results driven. Does not confuse activity with results.
• Ability to tackle difficult topics and conventional thinking with integrity and aplomb.
• Ability to develop and earn trust, both with internal teams and senior leaders. Aligns others through command of the complex, clear, action plans, ad a commitment to realizing mutual interests.
• Deals effectively with ambiguity and paradox, exhibits sound instincts, while being willing to make tough calls with a degree of adaptability.
• Ability to acquire and develop exceptional talent and future leaders. Inspires and motivates team members to achieve results.
• Develops, articulates, and carries through strategic plans related to the employee experience with wide-ranging impact and long-term results.
• Expert knowledge in the design and management of all standard compensation programs to include project management, outside consultant management, training, education, and communication.
• Demonstrated prior experience and knowledge across strategic, design, and operation aspects of human resources.
• Strong interpersonal skills in dealing proactive with all levels of internal and external individuals, including employees, senior leadership, fellow team members, and external administrators and advisers.
• Data-driven orientation with the ability to diagnose root causes, identify primary drivers of outcomes, and recommend positive changes. Evaluates data on an ongoing basis, analyzing and interpreting them for trends, improvements, and efficiencies.
• Working knowledge of human resources trends, laws, and regulations.
• Strong understanding of the People Technology stack and related processes and the cross-functional impacts with other enterprise systems.

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Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Management, Economics, or a related field

Experience

• 10 years of experience in similar leadership position, including 5 years of people leadership.

Experience in lieu of education

Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements. Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or MBA
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) Certification

Position & Application Details
Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.

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