Sr Director, Compensation-Total rewards

About the role

Serves as the enterprise-wide strategic leader for the compensation, responsible for designing, governing, and continuously advancing Nemours compensation programs across all locations and job families.

Blends strategic vision, operational excellence, and sophisticated analytics and communication ensuring compensation programs attract, motivate, and retain top talent while supporting Nemours mission, financial stewardship, and growth strategy within a dynamic healthcare industry vertical.

Works directly with management at all levels to influence, guide, and lead compensation decisions to assist the organization with its overall goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develops salary planning and forecasting for compensation adjustments that are aligned to financial objectives.
• Leverages compensation programs against the marketplace with insights for best practice and trends while being mindful of internal policies and government regulations, where applicable.
• Leads the design, implementation, and governance of all compensation programs—base pay, variable pay, premium pay, recognition programs, and executive- or physician-related intersections—ensuring alignment with talent objectives and financial constraints.
• Establishes and maintains compensation policies, decision frameworks, and governance standards to ensure consistency and compliance across all locations and job families.
• Owns Nemours’ enterprise job architecture, job leveling, job families, and job description standards.
• Oversees enterprise job design, evaluation, market pricing, and structure development.
• Ensures scalable job governance to support organizational growth, restructuring, and workforce optimization.
• Leads the design and governance of short-term incentive programs, including clinical incentive structures, mission-based awards, and organizational variable compensation programs.
• Partners with HR and Finance leaders to align performance management, goals, and compensation levers.
• Oversees compensation-related ERP modules and ensures system optimization and integration across HR processes.
• Builds, mentors, and develops a high-performing compensation team with strong analytical and consulting capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Human Resources, or related field required.
• Master’s degree (i.e., MBA, MS-HR, or related field) preferred.
• Minimum: 10-15 years of progressive compensation experience, including at least 4-10 years in leadership roles.
• Experience in a complex healthcare environment; experience supporting physician or clinical compensation models a plus.
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or CCP preferred.