Manager, Compensation and Executive Total Rewards

Manager, Compensation & Executive Total Rewards As the Manager, Compensation & Executive Total Rewards, you will play a pivotal role in advancing Premera’s compensation strategy, ensuring our programs reinforce a performance-driven culture that attracts, motivates, and retains top talent. In this highly visible role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and executives while managing and supporting a strong, collaborative compensation team. Joining the Total Rewards team, you will collaborate closely with leaders across the organization to design and deliver market-competitive, forward-looking compensation programs that support Premera’s growth and transformation. Your insight and expertise will directly influence how we reward leadership, align pay with performance, and drive long-term organizational success. What You Will Do Design and lead Premera’s compensation strategy, delivering competitive, performance-driven programs that reinforce a pay-for-performance philosophy and support attraction, retention, and long-term leadership effectiveness. Lead market pricing, benchmarking, and trend analysis, ensuring compensation practices remain competitive, compliant, and aligned with evolving market conditions and regulatory expectations. Partner closely with senior leaders across the enterprise to assess compensation needs, advise on critical reward decisions, and translate business strategy into thoughtful, actionable Total Rewards solutions. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Compensation Committee of the Board, providing strategic guidance, rigorous analysis, and actionable recommendations while ensuring alignment with governance best practices and organizational goals. Evolve Premera’s sales compensation model from an administrative function to a strategic growth lever by designing performance‑aligned incentives that support revenue growth, market competitiveness, and enterprise transformation. Provide expert counsel on complex executive compensation, including short- and long-term incentive plans, deferred compensation, retirement programs, and perquisites, with clear insight into financial, budgetary, and talent implications. Lead and mentor a high-performing compensation team, providing coaching and strategic direction while strengthening bench capability and capabilities to support Premera’s growth and transformation. What You Will Bring Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or a related field, or four years of work experience. (Required) Eight years of experience in Human Resources, including five years in Total Rewards, including a background with compensation and benefit programs. (Required) Previous leadership and people management experience is preferred. Benefits Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums. Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents. Life and disability insurance. Retirement programs, including a 401(k) employer match and a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service. Wellness incentives with mental well‑being resources, counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs. Generous paid time off. Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees. Employee recognition program celebrating anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more. Hybrid work model with flexibility, on‑site resources, and networking opportunities. Commuter perks, free convenient on‑site parking, and subsidized on‑campus cafes. On‑site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs, and more. Complementary fitness & well‑being center offering both in‑person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling. Salary Range National Plus Salary Range: $135,600.00 – $230,500.00. National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska. Equal Employment Opportunity Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at View email address on click.appcast.io or via phone at View phone number on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr