Associate Director Compensation, North America

at  IPSEN BIOSCIENCE INC

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES & EXPERIENCE

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or other related discipline required, MBA preferred
• CCP or similar certification in Compensation and/or Benefits is desirable

Experience:

• Requires a minimum of 8 years of progressive Compensation and Benefits experience and comprehensive understanding of Total Rewards practices, programs and plans.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations relating to compensation.
• Demonstrated excellent working knowledge of key Total Rewards areas, concepts and policies
• Vendor Management and Program implementation experience

Languages:

• English

SUMMARY / PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

To provide functional and subject matter expertise in support of the design and delivery of the company’s Total Rewards strategy with a strong focus on broad-based compensation, incentive compensation and recognition. To execute on implementation and communication of Ipsen’s full suite of rewards offerings in alignment with Ipsen’s rewards philosophy. Be the subject matter expert on all compensation, recognition and reward programs for Ipsen NA.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES / JOB EXPECTATIONS

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Total Reward Program design, implementation and communication as well as respective vendor management to ensure excellent employee experience
• Manages annual recurrent Compensation and Benefit Projects locally in North America such as annual salary review cycle, Short-Term Bonus payouts, Benefit Annual enrollment projects, LTI nomination and Grant process, LTI sell to cover project, compliance communication
• Manage the design, administration, delivery and support of employee benefits programs and related procedures to ensure successful adoption and compliance with all applicable laws
• Provide Total Rewards guidance, new hire proposals, promotional reviews and overall consultation on Ipsen’s Total Rewards programs to HRBP teams and TA
• Owns Total Reward communication to all internal and external customers
• Develops impactful benefits-related HR Analytics, including ongoing reporting of dashboards and ad-hoc reports. SME to Finance for cost assessments and forecasting of Total Rewards program costs
• Owns competitive analysis, responsible for external market data analysis including data submission to external survey providers on Total Rewards policies and practices as well as compensation, audit of survey data, final reporting and communication of total reward competitive analysis
• Ensure alignment with global C&B team. Ensure programs and processes are documented and compliant with HR team strategies, policies and governmental regulations. Ensure benefits-related documentation, supporting materials and communications are thoroughly reviewed for accuracy, updated in a timely manner and compliant with respective plan or governmental regulations
• Proactively collaborate with HR CoE Teams and Business Partners in program delivery and other projects as assigned. Maintain clear understanding of the integration with other HR and Finance workstreams (e.g. payroll, accounting, etc.) and the downward impact of benefits-related decisions and process changes
• Continually evaluate existing benefits programs and processes; make recommendations for enhancements or improvements in support of strategic initiatives or as triggered by changes to available environments, regulation, technology or business needs