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Your Role

Thornton Tomasetti is seeking a strategic and experienced Total Rewards Manager to lead the design, governance, and execution of the company's compensation, benefits, and leave administration programs across all regions in which we operate. Reporting to the Director of HR Operations & Technology, this role owns the end-to-end strategy, vendor relationships, and contract negotiations for benefits programs in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, India, Vietnam, and other countries, while also overseeing compensation programs and leave administration globally. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who is equally comfortable negotiating directly with carriers and brokers as they are coaching and developing a team of specialists.

What You'll Do

Benefits Strategy

• Develop and execute the organization's global benefits strategy aligned with business objectives and employee needs.
• Lead annual vendor selection, renewal negotiations, and RFP processes for all major benefit programs across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Vietnam, and future expansion countries.
• Own relationships with global brokers, consultants, insurers, retirement providers, and wellness vendors.
• Evaluate market trends and recommend new benefits or enhancements that improve employee experience while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
• Develop business cases for new global or country-specific benefit offerings.
• Serve as executive escalation point for complex benefit issues and vendor disputes.

Compensation

• Oversee the global compensation framework, including salary structures, job architecture/leveling, and market pricing across all countries of operation.
• Support pay equity reviews and compensation governance initiatives.
• Develop compensation recommendations for executive leadership and senior management.

Leave Administration

• Oversee the organization's global leave administration strategy.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, and international leave requirements.
• Continuously evaluate and improve leave policies, processes, and system configuration to enhance employee experience and reduce administrative risk.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure all compensation and benefit programs comply with applicable laws and regulations globally.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance on emerging legislative changes.
• Maintain governance over vendor contracts, renewals, audits, and documentation.
• Support internal and external audits related to benefits and compensation.

HR Technology & Analytics

• Partner with the HR Technology team to optimize Workday configuration supporting compensation, benefits, and leave administration.
• Develop executive dashboards and reporting for Total Rewards metrics.
• Analyze utilization, participation, costs, and employee engagement data to support strategic decision-making.
• Recommend automation opportunities and process improvements.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive Total Rewards experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• Experience managing or administering benefits programs across multiple countries (e.g., US, Canada, UK, and/or APAC).
• Demonstrated experience running RFPs and leading vendor selection and negotiation.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience presenting cost/utilization analysis and budget recommendations to senior leadership.
• Working knowledge of statutory benefits, leave, and pay regulations in multiple countries.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience delivering employee-facing benefits communications and executive-level presentations.

Preferred

• CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist), CCP (Certified Compensation Professional), or GRP (Global Remuneration Professional) certification.
• Experience with Workday benefits administration.
• Experience building or scaling Total Rewards programs in a growing, multi-country organization.

Compensation

The rate for this position generally is$150,000-$170,000annually.This range is a good faith estimate provided pursuant to the New York Pay Transparency Law. It is based on what a successful New York applicant might be paid and assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation.Actual pay rates may vary from the range, as permitted byNew YorkEqual Pay Transparency Law. Compensation offers will be based on various factors, including operational needs, individual education, qualifications and experience, work location and comparison to employee already in the role, as well as other considerations permitted by law. A potential new employee's pay history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Benefits

Depending on your employment status, benefits may include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Childcare

• Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Commuter Transit (where available)

• 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments

• Fitness Reimbursement

• And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives

Pursuant to the SanFrancisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Thornton Tomasetti is proud to be an equal employment workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Thornton Tomasetti are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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