Director, HR Operations & Total Rewards

Key Responsibilities

• Build Scalable HR Operations
• Lead the evolution of HR Operations into a centralized, efficient, service-oriented function.
• Drive the consolidation of HR systems onto a unified ADP platform and establish governance for HR data, processes, and reporting.
• Partner with Regional HR Business Partners to standardize HR policies and workflows and drive consistent operational practices across all business units.
• Ensure operational excellence, compliance, data integrity, and continuous process improvement.
• Manage the Total Rewards Strategy
• Design and implement a consistent compensation philosophy, job architecture, and job leveling framework across the enterprise.
• Develop competitive salary structures and benchmarking methodologies aligned with business and talent objectives.
• Partner with leadership on incentive compensation, executive rewards, and future long-term incentive frameworks.
• Lead the evolution and harmonization of employee benefits while balancing competitiveness, cost effectiveness, and business integration priorities.
• Build HR Data & Decision Support
• Develop enterprise HR dashboards, metrics, and reporting capabilities that provide leaders with meaningful workforce insights.
• Leverage analytics to support workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and business decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant certification preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience across Total Rewards, Compensation, Benefits, HR Operations, or related HR Centers of Excellence.
• Demonstrated success building or transforming HR infrastructure in high-growth, multi-business, or acquisition-driven organizations.
• Deep expertise in compensation strategy, job architecture, market benchmarking, and incentive design.
• Experience leading HR technology implementations or enterprise HRIS transformations; ADP experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical, financial, and project management capabilities.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, establishing priorities, and building sustainable processes where none previously existed.
• Experience within engineering, construction, professional services, consulting, or similarly decentralized organizations is highly desirable.