Director, Compensation

The Director, Compensation leads the design, governance, and administration of enterprise compensation programs that support Learning Care’s talent and business strategies for both Support Central and our schools. This role provides strategic guidance on base pay, incentive compensation, job architecture, market pricing, and pay equity while ensuring programs are competitive, scalable, and compliant. The Director leads a team of compensation analysts by establishing and guiding their goals, delegating work, monitoring progress, coaching members, and maintaining morale. The role partners with Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Payroll, and business leaders to translate compensation strategy into practical programs and decisions.

The position is hybrid and based in Novi, MI.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the enterprise compensation strategy, philosophy, governance framework, and annual operating plan in alignment with business and talent priorities.
• Lead the design and administration of base pay structures, annual merit and promotion processes, short-term incentive programs, and other compensation programs.
• Oversee job architecture, job evaluation, market pricing, pay grade assignment, and salary range development to support consistent and defensible pay decisions.
• Direct compensation analytics, including market competitiveness, pay equity, compression, range penetration, incentive outcomes, and program effectiveness.
• Provide advice to leaders, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Payroll, and Legal related to complex compensation decisions.
• Establish compensation policies, controls, documentation, and approval processes that support compliance with applicable wage, hour, pay transparency, and equal pay requirements.
• Manage external compensation survey participation, vendor relationships, data sources, and compensation technology or reporting tools.
• Build team capability and provide leadership, prioritization, coaching, and quality oversight for compensation projects and recurring processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, finance, economics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience, is required.
• 8-10 years of progressive compensation or total rewards experience, including experience designing and administering enterprise compensation programs, is required.
• Experience leading complex compensation cycles, job architecture or market-pricing work, and cross-functional initiatives is required.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and compensation data analysis is required.
• Experience interpreting and applying compensation-related employment laws and regulatory requirements is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in human resources, business administration, finance, or a related field is preferred.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS), or similar total rewards credential is preferred.
• Experience supporting a large, multi-site, geographically dispersed, or service-based organization is preferred.
• Experience with Oracle, UKG, or comparable HRIS and compensation planning platforms is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Deep knowledge of compensation strategy, salary structures, incentive design, job evaluation, market pricing, pay equity, and compensation governance.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to connect compensation recommendations to workforce and operating outcomes.
• Advanced analytical skills and the ability to synthesize complex data into clear executive-level recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, manage competing priorities, and drive decisions across functions.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and attention to detail when handling sensitive employee and compensation information.
• Ability to lead change, build scalable processes, and develop compensation team capability.
• Excellent customer service skills with both internal and external customers.
• Capable of working with frequent interruptions and changing priorities.
• Effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficient time management and organizational skills, with the ability to meet established deadlines.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Compensation based on position, education and experience. Bi-weekly paid.
• Base salary range: $188-220k
• This position is eligible for our Support Central bonus program which is based on annual achievement of company performance.

Health and Wellness Benefits:

• Employees are eligible for a variety of health and welfare benefits based on their Full-time or Part-time status on their date of hire, which include medical, dental, vision, healthcare & dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs), life insurance, disability, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, pre-paid legal, pet insurance and identity theft protection.
• Employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan after 30 days of employment. Participating employees are also eligible to receive a company provided match on their elective deferrals once they reach 1 year of employment with the company.

Employee perks/discounts:

• Education assistance including tuition reimbursement
• Childcare discount available to all employees
• Corporate partner Discounts
• This position is eligible for paid time off. All Corporate employees are enrolled in our Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) plan. This plan allows for flexibility and discretion between employees and managers in taking time off - with no set accrual for vacation or sick time. Employees can use Flexible PTO for any reason and is compliant with the Colorado Healthy Families Work Act.
• Applications accepted through 11/18/2026.