Director of Benefits – Total Rewards, Compliance & HR Leadership (Healthcare)

Director of Benefits

📍 Location: Houston, Texas (Onsite/Hybrid)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
📈 Seniority Level: Director
🕒 Experience Required: 10+ years
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s Degree required (Master’s preferred)
💰 Salary: $160,000 – $200,000
🌎 Visa Sponsorship: Not available

🚀 Overview

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Director of Benefits to lead the strategy, design, and delivery of enterprise-wide benefits programs.

This role is responsible for building and managing competitive, compliant, and cost-effective total rewards offerings, while leading a high-performing team and partnering across HR, finance, and executive leadership.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

Benefits Strategy & Program Leadership

• Design, implement, and manage comprehensive benefits programs, including:

• Health & welfare plans

• Retirement plans (401k, 403b, pension, non-qualified)

• Life, disability, and voluntary benefits

• Develop programs that attract, retain, and engage top talent

• Drive continuous improvement of benefits offerings and service delivery

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure full compliance with:

• ERISA, IRS, DOL regulations

• COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, healthcare reform laws

• Oversee plan governance, reporting, and regulatory requirements

• Maintain audit readiness and risk mitigation processes

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Manage relationships with:

• Brokers

• Consultants

• Actuaries

• Third-party administrators

• Evaluate vendor performance and negotiate contracts

• Partner with internal stakeholders across:

• HR

• Finance

• HRIS

• Executive leadership

Total Rewards Integration

• Collaborate with Compensation and HRIS leadership to deliver a cohesive Total Rewards strategy

• Align benefits programs with organizational goals and workforce strategy

Operations & Systems

• Oversee benefits administration and HRIS integration

• Drive automation and system enhancements to improve employee experience and efficiency

• Act as escalation point for complex benefits issues

Analytics & Performance

• Develop and track KPIs and ROI metrics for benefits programs

• Use data-driven insights to optimize cost, utilization, and engagement

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of benefits professionals

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

• Support professional growth and capability building across the team

✅ Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in:

• Business

• Human Resources

• Or related field

• 10+ years of experience in:

• Benefits strategy, design, and administration

• Large, complex or multi-site organizations

• Strong experience across:

• Health & welfare plans

• Retirement programs

• Compliance and regulatory frameworks

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree (MBA, HR, or related)

• Professional certifications such as:

• CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist)

• CBP (Certified Benefits Professional)

🧠 Key Skills

• Strong leadership and team management capability

• Deep knowledge of benefits compliance and regulations

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making ability

• Experience with HRIS systems and benefits platforms

🎯 Ideal Candidate

• Strategic leader with deep benefits expertise in healthcare or complex environments

• Proven ability to balance cost management with employee experience

• Strong operator who can drive both strategy and execution

• Experienced in managing vendors, compliance, and large-scale program

Senior SAP SuccessFactors Specialist – Employee Central, Compensation & HR Systems

Senior IT SuccessFactors Specialist

📍 Location: Piscataway, New Jersey (Hybrid – scheduled WFH days)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
📈 Seniority Level: Mid-Senior
🕒 Experience Required: 5+ years
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s Degree required
🌎 Visa Sponsorship: Not available

🚀 Overview

A global consumer-focused organization is seeking a Senior IT SuccessFactors Specialist to lead the design, configuration, and delivery of HR technology solutions, with a focus on Total Rewards, Compensation, and Recognition systems.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role combining technical development, stakeholder engagement, and project leadership across a global environment.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

HR Technology & Solution Delivery

• Design, configure, and support SAP SuccessFactors solutions, primarily:

• Employee Central

• Compensation

• Variable Pay

• Recognition & Rewards

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and system designs

• Lead end-to-end delivery from design → build → deployment → support

Project Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the central point of contact between:

• HR teams (Total Rewards & Benefits)

• IT and architecture teams

• External vendors and consultants

• Manage global projects across multiple geographies and offshore teams

• Ensure timely delivery aligned to business priorities and SLAs

System Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain system performance, reliability, and scalability

• Conduct root cause analysis and implement improvements

• Identify opportunities to leverage:

• Automation

• AI-driven efficiencies

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Support security and architecture reviews for new solutions

• Ensure adherence to:

• SOX controls

• Internal audit and governance standards

• Maintain documentation and compliance across all system changes

Integration & Technical Development

• Configure Business Rules and support integrations (e.g., CPI exposure)

• Collaborate with technical teams on system enhancements

• Stay up to date with SuccessFactors innovations and best practices

✅ Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in:

• Engineering

• Science

• Or related field

• 5+ years of experience in:

• SAP SuccessFactors (Employee Central focus)

• Strong hands-on experience in:

• Configuration and system development

• Proven ability to:

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Work independently in a fast-paced environment

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• SuccessFactors certifications (especially:

• Compensation

• Variable Pay)

• Experience with:

• Business Rules configuration

• SAP CPI (Cloud Platform Integration)

• PMP certification

• Knowledge of HR processes (Total Rewards, Benefits, Compensation)

🧠 Key Skills

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving ability

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously

• High level of ownership and accountability

• Adaptability to evolving technologies and business needs

🎯 Ideal Candidate

• Hands-on SuccessFactors expert with strong Employee Central experience

• Experience working in global, matrixed environments

• Strong mix of technical delivery + business-facing capability

• Proactive, solutions-driven mindset with ability to lead initiatives independently

Senior HRIS Analyst- Compensation - USA, Remote - $80,000 - $100,000

Senior HRIS Analyst- Compensation

USA, Remote

$80,000 - $100,000

Job Description

Our company has an opportunity for a Sr. HRIS Analyst – Compensation- Remote. The Sr. HRIS Analyst – Compensation is responsible for supporting the design, development, testing, implementation, and on-going administration of our’s Advanced Compensation functionality and ensure HCM configuration supports outsourced benefit enrollment processes. This position also partners with Human Resources to enable system processes and data elements while continually evaluating the effectiveness of HRIS tools and processes to align with business needs. In addition, this position works with Finance to ensure HCM configuration effectively supports payroll and garnishment processing. The Sr. HRIS Analyst – Compensation must be passionate about delivering exceptional customer support while fulfilling HRIS responsibilities for Human Resources and its customers. This individual must have great interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Our company is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation.

·        System Development: Serves as a system administrator who is responsible for the configuration and maintenance of our companies’ Advanced Compensation HCM business processes, workflow and reporting.

·        Subject Matter Expert: Serves as HRIS compensation subject matter expert for HR and Finance customers, helping to assess business issues, providing knowledge on system configuration and workflow. Collaborates with Core, Talent, Benefits, and other HRIS teams on a variety of projects and initiatives, including design, analysis, budgeting, and implementation of new projects and programs.

·        System Maintenance: Responsible for the review, testing and implementation of system upgrades. Provides notification to customers on impact of system upgrades or maintenance to existing processes, workflow, or reporting.

·        Writes, maintains, and supports a variety of reports or queries using appropriate reporting tools. Assist in development of standard reports for ongoing customer needs and analyzes data flows for process improvement opportunities.

Projects/Process Improvement: Resolves problems, recommending solutions or alternate methods to meet business needs, builds efficiencies and drives optimization. Recommends process improvements, innovative solutions, and ways to remain compliant with policy and legal changes.

User Support: Works directly with internal customers to help troubleshoot issues. Identifies areas needed for extra training or communication, including system or process updates. Initiates efforts and procedures to maintain data integrity, troubleshoot and recommend solutions. Serves as point of contact for HRIS Compensation technical assistance.

Training: Develops user procedures, guidelines and documentation. Trains new system users as needed and ensure successful implementation of change.

System Integration: Takes ownership of HRIS Compensation processes and manages interface between HR systems and third-party systems/solutions, while enhancing and driving efficiencies in support of enterprise initiatives.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Information:

·        Serves as HRIS Compensation point of contact for upgrades, testing and other technical projects as assigned.

·        Supports the continued development of HRIS methodologies, tools, and best practices within the company.

·        Position serves both internal co-workers and external customers and vendors.

·        Access to and/or works with sensitive and/or confidential information.

·        Exhibit a basic understanding of healthcare regulatory and compliance (e.g., HIPAA). Skilled in the application of policies and procedures. Knowledge of Business Office Standards and Recommended Practices.

At our company, our Mission of Making Communities Healthier extends to our employees. We offer an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary and benefits. Some of our benefits include 401k, flexible PTO, generous Employee illness benefit (EIB), medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program. We believe that happy, healthy people have a passionate engagement with life and work and have designed our package to enhance your wellbeing.