Reporting to the Chief Human Resource Officer, the Vice President of Total Rewards Strategy & Agility is responsible for shaping the future of our organization by reimagining how we reward and recognize our talent. This role serves as the architect for a holistic review and design of Beacon’s overall rewards programs including compensation, benefits, employee health services and a contemporary wellbeing program that drives results.

Ideal Candidate Characteristics:

The ideal candidate for Beacon Health, Vice President, Total Rewards Strategy and Agility will have an innovative and entrepreneurial leadership style, with the ability to lead within a complex, matrixed health system that is growing through a recent acquisition.  A creative leader who has the desire to assist in the transformation of Beacon Health’s human resources strategy and function to a contemporary human resources model is desired. In addition, the new Vice President will have these other essential leadership characteristics:

• Political Savvy/Credible Activist- sophisticated understanding of organization dynamics and ability to navigate complex political environment. Able to build credibility for ideas and move then forward. 
• Operational Executor/Process engineer- results oriented, and able to get things done while architecting process improvement and redesign agenda.
• Service Orientation/Business Ally- strong commitment to customer service, able to partner with business leaders to define service standards and demonstrate ability to elevate HR activities to meet business and customer requirements.
• Collaboration/Building Partnerships- able to bring others together and gain cooperation and shared urgency to drive improvements and reach shared goals. Able to find win-win solutions and generate broad-based enthusiasm and engagement in change activities.
• Functional Competence- knowledgeable and credible in core Total Rewards disciplines and brings expertise and global best practice knowledge to develop innovative solutions, and performance improvement. Able to bring together solutions across the enterprise, and credibly organize improvement efforts, and transformation roadmap.
• Digital and Data Literacy- knowledgeable of technology solutions such as Artificial Intelligence, able to develop analytics, reports, metrics and use data to inform decisions.
• Strategic Orientation- has vision for Total Rewards function, can develop and lead execution of People and Workforce Strategies that enable Beacon Health System to achieve the Business strategy and competitive advantage in the market.

Position Requirements

Education and Experience

• The knowledge, skills and abilities acquired through the successful completion of a bachelor’s degree in business, Human Resources, or a related field.
• A master’s degree in human resource management or business administration is highly preferred.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant business and progressive human resources experience with at least 5-7 years of experience leading teams at various levels within HR. HR professional certification preferred (PHR, SPHR, SHRM, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience operating within a complex system, healthcare experience highly preferred.

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrated experience promoting and fostering a diverse work environment. Builds and promotes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
• Expert and broad knowledge of end-to-end Total Rewards and Innovative Wellbeing programming.
• Demonstrated experience within Compensation and Benefits and Employee Health services.
• Strong vendor and contract management skills.
• Expert communication skills with a diversity of communication styles; savvy communicator both orally and in writing
• Excellent leadership and coaching skills that foster collaboration and development across and within teams.
• Highly developed project management skills
• Experience with M&A and integration planning / implementation, a plus.
• Must be a highly motivated, innovative, change oriented strategic thinker with a high EQ and outstanding executive presence.
• Must be able to connect with and demonstrate empathy for teammates at all levels along with significant influence and negotiation skills.
• Must have keen analytical abilities as well as outstanding systems skills, including HRIS, Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft applications.

Ideal Candidate Characteristics:

The ideal candidate for Beacon Health, Vice President, Total Rewards Strategy and Agility will have an innovative and entrepreneurial leadership style, with the ability to lead within a complex, matrixed health system that is growing through a recent acquisition.  A creative leader who has the desire to assist in the transformation of Beacon Health’s human resources strategy and function to a contemporary human resources model is desired. In addition, the new Vice President will have these other essential leadership characteristics:

• Political Savvy/Credible Activist- sophisticated understanding of organization dynamics and ability to navigate complex political environment. Able to build credibility for ideas and move then forward. 
• Operational Executor/Process engineer- results oriented, and able to get things done while architecting process improvement and redesign agenda.
• Service Orientation/Business Ally- strong commitment to customer service, able to partner with business leaders to define service standards and demonstrate ability to elevate HR activities to meet business and customer requirements.
• Collaboration/Building Partnerships- able to bring others together and gain cooperation and shared urgency to drive improvements and reach shared goals. Able to find win-win solutions and generate broad-based enthusiasm and engagement in change activities.
• Functional Competence- knowledgeable and credible in core Total Rewards disciplines and brings expertise and global best practice knowledge to develop innovative solutions, and performance improvement. Able to bring together solutions across the enterprise, and credibly organize improvement efforts, and transformation roadmap.
• Digital and Data Literacy- knowledgeable of technology solutions such as Artificial Intelligence, able to develop analytics, reports, metrics and use data to inform decisions.
• Strategic Orientation- has vision for Total Rewards function, can develop and lead execution of People and Workforce Strategies that enable Beacon Health System to achieve the Business strategy and competitive advantage in the market.