Senior Manager, Total Rewards

Hootsuite • Waterloo • 2w ago

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Total Rewards to help us create an impactful experience for our employees through our strategies and our total rewards offerings. Reporting to an executive people leader, this global role will focus on Hootsuite's total rewards programs to include health and wellness benefits, employee recognition, equity incentive program, and global mobility needs. You’ll partner with other members of the Total Rewards team and the broader People Team leading the day to day work and strategic initiatives. In line with Hootsuite's distributed workforce strategy, our flexible work arrangement allows for remote work or a hybrid model. This role is open to applicants located across Canada, and the USA where we comply with our legal hiring entities. In this role, you will report to our Vice President of People & Culture.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Perform full scope of people management responsibilities, including selection, coaching, mentoring, development, performance management.
Develop programs and initiatives that enable us to attract, retain, and motivate the talent needed to meet our business objectives.
Lead the benefits program for North America including design, implementation, and administration of employee benefits across Canada and the U.S. This includes overseeing a range of benefits, such as health and income continuance plans, retirement programs, leave of absence policies, wellness initiatives, and other ancillary benefits.
Oversee the equity compensation program, including end-to-end plan design, administration, governance of all equity related offerings. This includes managing day-to-day operations of stock plans (e.g. RSUs, PSUs, Options), ensuring regulatory compliance, collaborating with stakeholders and supporting strategic decisions related to total rewards and employee ownership.
Lead the team on all global mobility needs. Oversee vendor relationships, coordinate cross-functionally with the Finance, Legal, and People teams, and provide strategic guidance on global mobility programs and continuously improve processes.
Design, implement, and manage rewards and recognition programs that drive employee engagement, reinforce desired behaviors, and align with the Hootsuite’s values, culture, and business goals.
Lead budget development and ongoing management of programs, ensuring operational efficiencies and alignment with broader people goals and objectives.
Collaborate with other People Teams on projects and initiatives to continuously look for ways to enhance people programs.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Extensive relevant experience in total rewards roles with preferred experience in compensation, stock plan administration, and mobility
Experience in leading a team of diverse total rewards specialists
Ability to challenge as well as support others to create the best possible results
Advanced financial modeling skills, and exceptional quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Experience with Shareworks.
Able to collaborate and work within diverse teams
Exceptional communication skills, specifically with C-Suite leaders.
Inclusive Leadership: Builds inclusive, cohesive teams which apply diversity to achieve common goals
Play to Win: Capably delivers results through others, is good at establishing clear direction, helping others achieve their best work
Long Range Planning: Identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; Builds an integrated plan for course of action to accomplish this vision
Enablement: Challenges and supports others to create results but also develop new capabilities. Successfully develops the capacity and capability of team and individuals on the team

WHO YOU ARE:

Solution seeker: You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked.
Lifelong learner: You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t.
Resilient adapter: In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity.
Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
Critical challenger: You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
Active communicator: You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively.
Integrated thinker: You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals.
Accountable owner: You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
Bar-raiser: You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.

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