Senior Human Resources Manager Total Rewards

Your New Company

Our client is a well-established North American organization with operations across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The company offers a collaborative, performance-focused environment and is seeking a senior HR professional who can bring strategic leadership, strong Total Rewards expertise, and the ability to guide the organization through complex workforce changes.

Your New Role

As the Senior Human Resources Manager, Total Rewards, you will lead and execute corporate HR initiatives supporting North American operations. Reporting to the Director, Corporate HR & Total Rewards, you will play a key role in compensation, Canadian benefits, equity programs, global mobility, HR operations, and organizational change.

You will also partner with senior leaders through acquisitions, integrations, restructures, and divestitures, helping the organization manage workforce planning, risk, communications, and the employee experience.

What You’ll Do

• Support compensation programs for US and Canadian operations, including market benchmarking, job architecture, market pricing, bonus administration, annual compensation cycles, governance, and pay equity.
• Provide leadership for Canadian benefit plans, including administration, vendor coordination, renewals, communications, and regulatory compliance.
• Support equity plans and Employee Share Purchase Plan administration, including vendor management and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate immigration and global mobility requirements across Canada and the United States, including visas and work permits.
• Develop and present HR strategies, business cases, recommendations, and workforce plans to senior executives.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, IT, and operations to strengthen HR systems, processes, controls, HRIS practices, and data quality.
• Lead HR activities related to acquisitions, integrations, divestitures, and restructures.
• Support due diligence, organizational design, workforce planning, policy harmonization, change management, and risk mitigation.
• Develop integration and separation plans covering Day 1 readiness, retention, compensation, benefits, communications, and stakeholder management.
• Provide leadership and guidance through reorganizations, role changes, workforce reductions, and other sensitive employee transitions.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• CHRP designation or an equivalent HR professional designation.
• At least 10–15 years of progressive HR experience, including experience leading teams.
• Strong knowledge of compensation programs, including job architecture, market pricing, benchmarking, base pay, incentive plans, governance, and pay equity.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, restructures, divestitures, due diligence, and change management an asset
• Strong knowledge of Canadian employment legislation and HR best practices.
• Experience with Canadian benefit plans, vendor relationships, annual renewals, employee communications, and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and present HR strategies and recommendations to senior executives.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Deep experience with HRIS platforms. Experience with UKG is considered an asset.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills, with the discretion required to manage confidential and sensitive matters.

What You’ll Get in Return

• Competitive annual salary of $139,000–$178,000. (if you don't reach the senior manager level, there is also an option to join at manager level, with the band being $115,000 - $135,000)
• Annual bonus opportunity.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, pension, life insurance, disability coverage, accident insurance, vacation, and holidays.
• The opportunity to influence Total Rewards strategy across North American operations.
• Meaningful exposure to executive leadership and complex organizational transformation.

If you are an accomplished HR leader with extensive experience in Total Rewards, compensation, benefits, and organizational change, we would love to hear from you.

This posting is for an existing vacancy with the organization.

AI may be used to screen, assess or select applicants for the position.

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