Senior HR Manager, Total Rewards

Are you passionate about supporting employees and making a real impact on their work lives? Join our Human Resources team in San Diego as the Sr. HR Manager, Total Rewards, where you’ll assist in shaping and maintaining the programs that keep our employees happy, healthy, and engaged. In this role, you’ll be the go-to expert for everything from medical and dental benefits to communicating our fair and equitable employee compensation plans while ensuring our employees have the best resources and up to date information.

This will be a hybrid role in our San Diego, CA office. 

JOB SUMMARY:

As the Senior Human Resources Manager, Total Rewards, your role is to design, develop, and implement compensation and benefits packages to attract and retain employees. You will work closely with other HR team members and department managers to ensure that the organization is providing a fair and competitive rewards system that aligns with the company's goals and values. Your responsibilities will include analyzing employee compensation data, researching industry trends, conducting market surveys, and evaluating the effectiveness of existing rewards programs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create policies and procedures related to compensation and benefits. Advise leadership on best practices for total rewards and talent retention.
• Manage vendor relationships and negotiations for benefit programs.
• Address employee questions about benefit claims, plan changes, and enrollment statuses, providing clear, compassionate guidance.
• Benchmark jobs against external survey providers, and other market intelligence to determine compensation ranges for each position; provide summary reports of job and compensation analyses.
• Conduct job evaluations, evaluate market positioning, and assist with maintaining salary structures to ensure alignment with the overall compensation strategy.
• Design and build compensation metrics, reports, and tools to inform compensation program decisions and forecast/analyze compensation outcomes
• Prepare survey submissions and gather data from market-based compensation surveys; use spreadsheets and data analysis techniques to assess results and market trends.
• Support annual compensation review cycles, including planning, system configuration, testing, and execution.
• Develop custom reports, dashboards, and provide insights from HR data.
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements, and organizational standards.
• Ensure data integrity within HR systems; develop system procedures and guidelines to drive consistency.
• Leverage project management skills to contribute to HR projects as needed.
• Generate reports and visualizations of data on a scheduled or on-demand basis
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field is preferred. Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Certified Benefits Professional (CBP) is a plus.
• Minimum of 7+ years’ broad-based Human Resources experience with expertise in compensation and benefits management, knowledge in finance a plus.
• Life Sciences, startup type environment preferred.
• Experience with designing, implementing, and maintaining employee compensation, benefits, and recognition programs.
• Deep understanding of legal compliance and regulations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Excellent project management skills, attention to detail, ability to work with all levels of employees.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Strong reporting and organization skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Intermediate to expert level in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage workload efficiently.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Professional demeanor and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Customer Service oriented.