Compensation Project Manager

Overview:

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Responsibilities:

Must having Compensation/HR experience with Project Management. 

Job Summary / Purpose
The Project Manager Compensation supports CommonSpirit Health compensation and total rewards programs and initiatives from plan design through implementation and ongoing administration. This position drives the development and management of roadmaps, milestones, and coordination of new initiatives, continuously evaluating the effectiveness of our compensation programs to ensure they are aligned with our business and talent strategies. It focuses on data analytics and performance metrics to assess the effectiveness of compensation processes and programs to identify areas for improvement, and make data-driven recommendations. This position also works closely with Compensation leaders and subject matter experts to develop and deploy implementation plans and other project tools to drive projects to completion. It will work collaboratively with Compensation leaders and with COEs, region teammates and other project managers, as needed in all aspects of the implementation process.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• Manages and coordinates key departmental projects and initiatives. Drives projects to completion and works closely with compensation leaders to remove roadblocks.
• Manages all aspects of projects from planning, design, implementation, communication and assessment/reporting.
• Leads process improvement activities and collaborates with subject matter expertise and stakeholders for best practices and outcomes.
• Ensures projects are aligned with compensation and total rewards roadmap. Evaluates project or program effectiveness and practices continuous improvement process methodology to collect and analyze metrics and improve processes.
• Fosters an environment of collaboration with a positive team culture. Encourages participation and is a supportive listener, while driving team work toward common goals.
• Ensures appropriate project governance is in place, e.g. project steering committee, change control, baseline management
• Identifies, assesses and manages project risk and issues. Works with compensation leadership to devise and implement effective strategies to mitigate or resolve issues.
• Plans and conducts regular team meetings; prepares (or oversees the preparation of) progress/status/problem resolution/change request and related material. Facilitates reviews and project updates.
• Ensures controls processes are in place to measure delivery productivity and achieve ROI.
• Serves as point-person for internal communications; communicates project milestones, completion dates, costs, risks, issues, contingencies and other significant matters to team and stakeholders.
• Coordinates and collaborates with other project managers and teams to ensure larger projects and initiatives meet their milestones to successful project completion.
• Leads test plan development and scenario identification as needed.
• Performs compensation analyst work as needed and during higher volume timeframes.
• Participates or leads committees to advance compensation projects and initiatives. Meets deadlines, prioritizes and has the flexibility to re-evaluate and reprioritize as needed. 

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education and Experience 
Bachelor's degree or five (5) years of related job or industry experience in lieu of degree. Four (4) years of compensation, human resources, or finance experience. One (1) year experience in project management.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training

• Possess understanding of healthcare business and care delivery processes. Understand Compensation and Total Rewards and other HR Functions
• Excellent project management skills, ability to multitask, work independently, balance competing priorities and work to deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to communicate effectively to direct, influence and motivate management and project teams; maintaining a persuasive and credible presentation style at all levels of the organization. 
• Strong analytical skills and process focus required. Strong technology skills in Google products, Excel and Project Management tools.
• Experience in presentation and education skills to include delivery and communications as well as technical software. 

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