Compensation Program Manager

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about. 

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Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Compensation Program Manager to join our global Total Rewards team.

In this role, you'll lead most global compensation programs, including global bonus programs, global benchmarking and salary range development. You'll leverage your diverse compensation and project management expertise to ensure the cyclical processes and other key projects on the Global Compensation Team are managed successfully and in a timely manner. Success in this role will be dependent upon building and maintaining relationships with the Compensation Partners, HR Technology team, HR Leaders, Business and/or Department Leaders, and HRBPs, while also ensuring cross-collaboration when needed with other HR COEs, Finance, Payroll and Legal.

The following are the key responsibilities related to the Senior Compensation Program Manager. 
 • Take ownership of the annual compensation calendar to establish standardized timing of cyclical and ad hoc projects and programs.
 • Manage the project plans for select annual, cyclical efforts.
 • Manage the project plans for ongoing, year-round efforts, such as compensation benchmarking and salary range development.
 • Partner with the HR Technology and Communications teams to ensure compensation project needs are appropriately captured.
 • Manage other projects as requested (e.g, modeling of design alternatives and other analytics).

Job Qualifications

Job Qualifications 
 •  Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or equivalent, preferably in a related field of business or mathematics
 •  5+ years of progressive, related Compensation experience, including managing cross-functional, global projects
 •  Experience with global compensation (US and outside US) is strongly preferred
 •  Experience within a globally matrixed organization is strongly preferred
 •  Experience with driving culture change is strongly preferred
 •  Experience and understanding of other areas of HR a strong plus
 •  Experience in a public organization and/or within the life sciences, pharma, medical device, therapeutics, or biotech industries a plus
 
 Qualified Skills: 
 •  Strong analytical, technical, Excel and PowerPoint skills
 •  Ability to manage through ambiguity; adaptability and agility to change
 • Ability to communicate to and influence at multiple levels of an organization
 • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to creatively approach solutions for unique challenges
 • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of collaborating and partnering with others across cultures, generations, and geographies
 • High attention to detail, and high-quality standards

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

Vaccine Mandate 
 Charles River is a U.S. Federal Contractor. As a result, we must follow the Presidential Executive Order to mandate vaccinations, and ensure our employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Our main priority is the wellbeing, health, and safety of our people. We require proof of vaccination from all employees. 

Anyone with requests for disability-related and/or religious exemptions should contact Talent Acquisition (crrecruitment_US@crl.com) so that information can be provided about the accommodation process at Charles River. 

About Corporate Functions 
 The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

About Charles River 
 Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market. 

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. 

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021. 

Equal Employment Opportunity
 Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. 

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications. 

For more information, please visit www.criver.com. 

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