Director Compensation Benefits and HR Operations US

Director Compensation Benefits And HR Operations US

Do you want to join a team where the mission is meaningful, the challenges are complex, and you can directly see the results of your hard work? Lundbeck is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing exclusively on brain health. With more than 70 years of experience in neuroscience, we are committed to improving the lives of people with neurological and psychiatric diseases. Lundbeck employees are inspired and driven by our purpose to advance brain health and transform lives. Join us on our journey of growth!

Directs the organization's compensation, benefits and HR operations functions. Responsible for overall design, implementation, communication, administration, and ongoing evaluation of the organization's compensation and benefits programs for the United States. Directs HR operations to ensure data accuracy, analytics and reporting support business decisions. Ensures that compensation and benefit programs support the organization's strategic objectives and meet all legal requirements.

Essential Functions :

• Develops and maintains total rewards philosophy and supporting programs that enable the organization in meeting its business objectives. These programs include base pay, short- and long-term incentive pay, health and welfare benefits, and retirement plans.
• Directs team processes including compensation planning, survey participation and market pricing, open enrollment, LTI grant processes, employee surveys, and related processes. Manages approval process with VP Human Resources.
• Directs HRIS activities, ensuring dashboards, data analytics, and special projects have sufficient staffing and support from Headquarters, Global Business Services, and the U.S. Analytics Team (ACE).
• Collaborates with global total rewards leadership in Copenhagen to ensure alignment of U.S. programs with global strategies; contributes to global total rewards team.
• Collaborates with Human Resource Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to ensure that programs address current and future business needs; aligns with Talent Management on major processes and communications campaigns.
• Leads communications strategy for total rewards for the U.S.; ensures regular, employee-focused education on total rewards programs are delivered in an appropriate manner at the appropriate time. Develops and leads manager training on compensation topics including pay transparency and compensation decisions.
• Evaluates market data, industry trends, and best practices, proactively seeks opportunities to enhance the competitiveness of compensation and benefits programs.
• Collaborates with the Incentive Compensation team and Finance to provide a complete analysis and snapshot of total rewards costs and budget requests.
• Recommends and presents plan design and annual total rewards budget to senior leadership. Manages the budget approval process with the VP Human Resources.
• Directs process documentation and process improvements. Ensures that appropriate processes are moved to and completed by the Global Business Services team.
• Contributes to due diligence for potential acquisitions, identifying costs and rewards risks. Leads integration of HR systems, compensation and benefits programs of acquired organizations into Lundbeck systems and programs.
• Manages vendors including selection of data vendors, consultants, brokers, and advisors; negotiates contracts, seeking to balance competitiveness and appropriate service levels with cost control.
• Ensures total rewards compliance with relevant regulatory standards and statutes. Identifies new compliance issues and manages compliance risk for both state and federal regulations.
• Manages and directs the work of 3 team members; provides coaching and performance feedback; makes and communicates compensation decisions.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills :

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills :

Willingness / Ability to travel up to 10% domestically. International travel may be required