Legacy Health

Sr Total Rewards Strategist - Executive Compensation

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled
US-OR-PORTLAND

Job ID: 26-47473
Type: Regular Full-Time
System Office 1919 Building

Overview

The People & Culture organization at Legacy is about prioritizing our people so that we can prioritize our patients. We are transforming a traditional human resources function into a team of professionals who develop creative solutions to attract, develop and retain diverse, high performing talent. Within the People & Culture team, we are building a spirit of curiosity, experimenting with innovative approaches and challenging past practices to ensure we aren’t just responding to today’s workforce challenges, but can predict them. This is a pivotal moment in the healthcare industry, and Legacy’s People & Culture team sees this as an opportunity to reimagine what it means to work in one of the world’s most complex yet rewarding industries. For us it’s about building a legacy where our people can do their best and be their best.

Responsibilities

Senior Strategist, Total Rewards is a thought-partner and subject matter expert within the Total Rewards center of excellence, which includes two independent departments: compensation and benefits. This experienced strategist helps inform, design, communicate, and administer all aspects of the leader and executive compensation and benefit plans, including incentive plan programs created to support organizational objectives. This work is performed collaboratively with colleagues in People & Culture, Legal, Finance, and other key areas. This professional works extensively with Legacy’s Chief People & Culture Officer (CPCO), as well as Legacy’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Vice President, People Services and Total Rewards, Director of Total Rewards, members of the Legacy Board of Directors, Management Compensation Committee, and Legacy’s external executive compensation consultants. The role works in direct support of the organization’s board compensation committee and internal executive committees. They provide knowledge and counsel to other People & Culture leaders to position Legacy as an employer of choice for executives, and to develop strategies that integrate with talent management (recruitment, retention, succession planning) and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) priorities.

Qualifications

Education:

• Requires bachelor’s degree in business administration, Human Resources, Accounting/Finance or related field or equivalent experience. Master’s degree in human resources management, finance or MBA preferred.

Experience:

• 5-7 years of relevant experience, with at least three years spent focused on executive compensation or total rewards.
• Some knowledge of benefits preferred but not required.
• Experience facilitating, leading, and managing complex, total rewards-related projects.
• Non-profit healthcare or non-profit industry experience required.
• Experience and confidence in giving executive and board-level presentations.
• Must be able to build strong working relationships with executives, board members and diverse stakeholders across the organization.

Skills:

• Operate at both a strategic and tactical level, balancing the big picture with a relentless focus on accuracy and details.
• Keen ability to understand a problem and provide a creative approach or solution that aligns with organizational and/or stakeholder needs.
• Displays the credibility necessary as an expert to build relationships and motivate and influence others to achieve successful outcomes.
• Demonstrates high emotional/social intelligence and a consistent ability to build rapport and trust with diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Leverages market and other data to inform a compliant, creative and competitive total rewards strategy.
• Confident and clear communicator who is comfortable respectfully educating others, pushing back against policy/practice inconsistencies and influencing others in service of shared goals or outcomes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of accounting / business principles and analytical methodologies. Working knowledge of statistical analysis.
• Ability to produce concise written analytical reports, white papers or presentations using a variety of software applications.
• Ability to translate complex information into a digestible format for a variety of audiences.
• Communicate with and present to a variety of diverse audiences in a way that builds rapport and understanding.
• Works collaboratively and thoughtfully with key internal and external partners.