Corporate Governance Implementation Lead

About The Role

ACPWB's Executive Advisory Services practice serves organizations that are trying to do the right thing on workforce transparency — and some that are trying to appear to do the right thing on workforce transparency. The Corporate Governance Implementation Lead will work with both categories. This requires a particular combination of intellectual integrity and interpersonal diplomacy. We can train the latter. We cannot train the former.

The Corporate Governance Implementation Lead position within ACPWB's Executive Advisory Services group offers the opportunity to build genuine expertise in workforce transparency within a firm that is recognized as a leading voice in the field. You will manage multiple concurrent workstreams, develop client-ready deliverables, and contribute to the internal knowledge base that makes ACPWB's research products distinctive. We have snacks.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role for a Corporate Governance Implementation Lead who wants to shape ACPWB's approach to workforce transparency. The Executive Advisory Services team works closely with clients ranging from startup-stage employers benchmarking their first compensation philosophy to public company boards navigating activist scrutiny. Your work will be used. That is not a guarantee we make lightly.

Responsibilities

• Lead client workshops and working sessions on workforce transparency strategy and implementation
• Participate in expert interviews, panels, and press inquiries on behalf of ACPWB regarding workforce transparency
• Conduct competitive intelligence on peer firm approaches to workforce transparency advisory services
• Manage the full lifecycle of proxy season benchmarking report engagements from discovery through final presentation
• Author quarterly client-facing research briefs summarizing key market trends in workforce transparency

Qualifications

Required

• Experience managing complex client engagements with multiple workstreams and diverse stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, develop, and retain junior analytical talent
• Proven track record of producing high-quality written deliverables under deadline
• Working knowledge of ESG frameworks including GRI, SASB, or TCFD

Preferred

• Familiarity with ESOP or equity compensation for private companies
• Demonstrated ability to produce publishable-quality research and analysis
• Track record of developing proprietary analytical methodologies and IP
• Prior involvement with SHRM, WorldatWork, or equivalent professional associations
• Background in actuarial science or insurance with application to benefits program design

Why ACPWB

ACPWB's Milwaukee headquarters is not an accident. We chose this city because we believe in American cities that do serious work without requiring a three-hour commute to do it. Our team enjoys the quality of life that Milwaukee offers, the compensation that ACPWB provides, and the professional satisfaction of working on problems that actually matter.

ACPWB was founded in Milwaukee in 2006 with a simple mandate: help working Americans understand and advocate for the compensation they deserve. Eighteen years later, that mandate has grown into a full-service research and advisory practice serving clients from early-stage employers to Fortune 50 enterprises — and we are still based in Milwaukee, because Milwaukee is genuinely underrated.

Interview Process

Our process has three stages: application review, a 45-minute screen with the hiring manager, and a final panel. We tell candidates what to expect before each step and provide an outcome within five business days of any interview. We do not leave candidates wondering.

What Success Looks Like In Year One

• Develop fluency with ACPWB's client communication norms, deliverable standards, and quality review process
• Build productive working relationships with team members across at least three internal practice areas
• Complete ACPWB's structured onboarding program and gain working fluency in our core analytical methodologies
• Produce at least one deliverable that appears in a client's board materials or proxy statement