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Perdue Farms · 21 hours ago

Senior Manager Executive Compensation

Salisbury, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$131K/yr - $196K/yr

5+ years exp

Perdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive environment. The Senior Manager Executive Compensation is responsible for the design, governance, analysis, and communication of executive and senior leader compensation programs, ensuring they are competitive, compliant, and aligned with company strategy.

Food and Beverage

Responsibilities

Leads the development of Executive Compensations business processes and deliverables (job evaluations, executive benchmarking, offers and offer approvals, etc)

Stays current on compensation trends, governance practices, communication approaches

Collaborates with stakeholders, including HR, finance, operations, and senior leadership, to design and implement performance-based incentive programs that drive business performance, enhance employee engagement, and align with the Company’s strategic objectives

Monitors and assesses the effectiveness of these incentive programs to ensure return on investment

Administers eligibility, record keeping and accrual, update communications, payouts and distributions for the: Short-Term (Management) Incentive Plan, Long-Term Incentive Plan, Executive Deferred Compensation Plan; Board Incentive & 409A Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

Serve as a trusted advisor on executive compensation best practices in a privately held environment, developing materials for senior leadership and Compensation & Development Committee review, including, but not limited to: Executive compensation summaries, Program design rationales, Pay-for-performance analyses, Scenario modeling and cost impacts

Support governance processes by documenting program decisions, approvals, and design principles

Leads the development of executive and broad-based compensation materials that are clear, concise and aligned with leadership messaging

Ensures consistency of messaging across compensation programs, leadership levels, and audiences

Translates complex compensation mechanics into narratives, brochures, visuals, QSGs, FAQs, offer letters and compensation summaries, annual compensation statements for executives, incentive plan documents and summaries, change communications related to program updates or redesigns, etc

Serves as the Compensation Business Partner for Corporate functions (Legal, Communications, Environmental, Procurement, IT, Finance, Strategy, Quality, Sales, Marketing) providing consultation, training, and other deliverables (including but not limited to: job evaluations, salary recommendations, re-organization work)

Collaborate with the Compensation Manager, Technology & Analytics to develop, build, implement and maintain executive compensation models, dashboards, and other reporting and analysis tools that help move HR, Compensation and the business forward

Ensures compliance with DOL, IRS, and all other applicable regulatory guidelines and entities

Remains aware of internal company practices, competitive and legislative environment and market trends and developments within all employee compensation areas

Qualification

Executive Compensation ExpertiseCompensation Program DesignAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsCompensation Principles KnowledgeHCM Systems KnowledgeRegulatory Compliance KnowledgeProject ManagementBusiness AcumenSelf-directedCuriosity for LearningNavigate ChangeMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointCompensation CertificationSAP SuccessFactors KnowledgePower BI KnowledgePower Automate KnowledgeAttention to DetailInterpersonal SkillsFast-paced Work Adaptability

Required

Bachelor's degree Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related discipline

Minimum 5 years' compensation management experience

Minimum 2 years' executive compensation experience

Strong understanding of Equity (Stock, Stock Options/SARs, RSU, PSU, etc.) and non-equity LTI

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (high proficiency)

Strong analytical and quantitative skills (high proficiency)

Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint (high proficiency)

Advanced project management skills

Knowledge of compensation principles and procedures (high proficiency)

Strong technical skill level with curiosity and desire to continue learning—in particular, how to effectively and securely leverage AI in the compensation space

Knowledge of HR employment laws and regulations

Knowledge and understanding of HCM systems

Ability to work in a fast-paced, forward-looking work environment

Ability to navigate ambiguity and change

Attention to detail & ability to see and understand the broader picture

Strong business acumen

Self-directed--ability to see what needs to be done, develop and propose a plan and drive toward solutions with minimal supervision