Senior Vice President - Total Rewards - Virtual

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

Alight is seeking a dynamic and experienced  Vice President of Total Rewards to lead the global strategy for compensation, benefits, and rewards. This high-impact executive role is critical to attracting, retaining, and motivating top talent across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in executive and sales compensation, public company governance, job architecture and M&A integration, with a proven ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Compensation team to design, establish and maintain Exec comp and sales comp plans per the needs of various business
• Works collaboratively with the HR Leadership team, the CEO and Executive team, senior leaders, Finance, Legal, and external partners to design appropriate compensation and benefits programs globally including broad based and executive compensation programs.
• Prepares reports for and presents to the company’s Board of Directors.
• Lead the Total Rewards function to effectively evaluate, design, propose, implement, and communicate compensation and benefits strategy, programs, policies and initiatives that competitively position Alight in the attraction and retention of talent globally and are aligned with strategy, priorities and our core values.
• Creates and drives strategy that supports a diverse workforce of top talent to help Alight achieve its growth strategies.
• Lead the development and implementation of health and retirement programs ensuring competitive, sustainable, cost-effective plans and programs for all colleagues worldwide.
• Design and implement compensation plans to include competitive short- and long-term incentive plans.
• Actively involved in merger and acquisition activities including due diligence, evaluation and integration of pay and benefit programs.
• Actively promote an understanding and appreciation of the value of Alight’s Total Rewards program, including the creation and deployment of an ongoing communication strategy, programs to educate leaders and managers.
• Actively promote an understanding and appreciation of the value of Alight’s Total Rewards program, including the creation and deployment of an ongoing communication strategy, programs to educate leaders and managers.
• Provide expertise and consultation to adapt compensation and benefits design/approach to align with market trends and business strategies.
• Lead annual compensation planning process to ensure successful delivery, competitiveness and alignment with the compensation philosophy
• Ensure compensation and benefits plans globally comply with legal and other regulations and manage processes and controls to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and internal controls.
• Establish and manage compensation and benefit’s related budget and provide audit support as necessary.
• Proactively manage relevant vendors, auditors, and consultants and negotiate contracts for compensation and benefits products and services
• Ensure ongoing analysis and evaluation of services, coverage, and options available through insurance and investment companies to ensure programs best meet the needs of the organization.
• Lead compensation and benefits team to promote a positive, high-performing, fun, innovative and growth-oriented environment that consistently delivers results.