Vice President, Compensation and North America Benefits

Why join us?

Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

Vice President, Compensation and North America Benefits

GENERAL PURPOSE

Accountable for Broad-Based Compensation and North America Benefits, helping to ensure the organization continues to attract, hire, retain, and motivate top talent while maintaining a competitive and dynamic approach to performance and rewards. This role will partner closely with senior business leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to translate business strategy into meaningful Total Rewards strategies that meet the organization's needs and invest in its people.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Analyze existing rewards practices to ensure they align with the business strategy, including links to diversity, inclusion, and engagement.

Collaborate with senior leadership and the HR Team to recommend changes to existing total rewards practices and secure approval for new programs.

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the competitive environment in which the firm operates to serve as a basis for planning and managing the company’s investment in total rewards.

Demonstrate thought leadership on development of total rewards methodologies and philosophy, including supporting policies, practices, and vendors.

Develop, communicate, and administer competitive total rewards strategies that are cost-effective and consistent with market trends and organizational objectives to help ensure the firm continues to attract, hire, retain, and motivate employees.

Lead the Compensation and North America Benefits Teams. You will assess the necessary skills and capabilities and develop/grow the team as needed.

Partner/interface with senior business leaders, including working closely with the SVP, Total Rewards to drive investment-facing total rewards decisions in alignment with a meaningful pay-for-performance culture.

Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field required.

Master's Degree preferred.

10+ years of professional total rewards experience, including a strong executive presence, experience in total rewards strategy, executive compensation and benefits design, and capability across HR operations.

Five or more years of leadership experience across multiple functions and/or previous executive leadership experience. Global experience is preferred.

Prior experience with a distributed workforce and exposure to best-in-class HR from other organization of similar size and stage of transformation, as well as experience successfully building, developing, and managing a relevant scale total rewards function.

Skills and Abilities

A strong focus on people to develop team and operate in a highly collaborative, team-focused manner.

Exceptional coaching, mentoring, and people development skills.

A strong aptitude for leading through influence, setting direction, and delivering results.

Strong relationship and consensus-building skills to manage projects in a complex matrixed environment.

A demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and work with all levels in the organization.

High personal performance standards, the desire and ability to continuously learn, and an orientation for results.

Demonstrated leadership competence as defined by Executive Competencies, including the proven ability to effectively focus resources to implement a business strategy, generate excitement and commitment around the vision and goals, and drive innovation and change.

Successful experience with change management principles and a demonstrated ability to drive and manage the change process from strategic planning through implementation and follow-through.

An expert ability to think strategically and execute tactically.

The ability to see the “big picture” with a strong attention to detail.

The ability to use a broad business acumen and holistic perspective to see the opportunities and risks of potential trade-offs. You must also be profit conscious and proficient with P&L responsibilities.

Demonstrated expert written/verbal communication skills and a proven capability to present complex concepts in a concise and understandable way to a variety of audiences, including the highest level of the organization.

The ability to effectively use the office automation, communication, software, and tools currently used in the office environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.