# Senior Manager, Total Rewards **Company**: Freenome **Location**: Brisbane, California **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $180,975 - $232,575 **Category**: Human Resources **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freenome/jobs/8920719002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_966b5f6b-c89 ## Description We are seeking a Senior Manager, Total Rewards to lead and co-own our end-to-end total rewards strategy, balancing strategic design and hands-on operational leadership across compensation and benefits programs as a newly public company. This role will oversee and personally execute recurring processes, resolve complex employee and vendor escalations, and maintain rigor, administrative accuracy, and compliance across all program workflows. **Responsibilities:** **Benefits and Wellness Management** - Lead day-to-day health and wellbeing benefits strategy and administration, including executing enrollments, terminations, leaves, wellness initiatives, and plan updates. - Execute hands-on processing for new-hire enrollments, qualifying life events, annual open enrollment, and employee status changes. - Develop and manage employee wellness initiatives in partnership with key stakeholders. - Act as primary point of contact for employee inquiries, investigating and resolving benefits questions and claim issues. - Partner with brokers, carriers, vendors, Payroll, HR Operations, and internal teams to resolve cases and coordinate plan administration. - Audit, reconcile, and process monthly benefit billing invoices, vendor files, and payroll deduction feeds. - Drive annual open enrollment execution, building timelines, performing HRIS system setup, and running post-enrollment audits. - Maintain accurate benefits documentation, employee resources, plan summaries, procedures, and internal guidance. - Execute required compliance filings, audits, and testing throughout the year. - Support renewals and program changes by gathering data, preparing analyses, and coordinating implementation. - Identify recurring questions, service issues, and process gaps; recommend practical improvements. **Compensation and Rewards** - Lead and execute cycle operations for annual compensation planning, including updating job structures, configuring pay ranges, auditing manager entries, and updating employee compensation records. - Perform market pricing and salary benchmarking across survey databases for new roles, promotions, and annual market adjustments. - Prepare comprehensive compensation reports, equity models, and analyses for executive leadership and Compensation Committee review. - Audit calculations for annual and quarterly bonus payouts, execute proration formulas, generate reward statements, and transmit accurate payout files to Payroll. - Oversee routine equity grant administration tracking and coordinate approved equity schedules with Stock Admin, Legal, and Finance. - Maintain accurate compensation records and support established review and approval workflows. - Drive preparation of compensation data, slides, and materials used for internal governance, Compensation Committee meetings, audit support, and public-company reporting processes. - Contribute to clear employee communications about compensation, benefits, and total rewards programs. **Program Ownership and Partnership** - Build, maintain, and directly manage standard operating procedures, administrative calendars, tracking sheets, and internal SOX control checklists. - Own Total Rewards projects end-to-end, taking full responsibility for defining task steps, driving timelines, executing deliverables, and resolving roadblocks independently. - Build effective working relationships across People, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and external partners. - Identify opportunities to improve data quality, vendor service, administrative efficiency, and employee experience; recommend and help implement practical solutions. - Use sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive employee matters and confidential benefits, compensation, and equity-related information. **Requirements:** - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Human Resources, Business, or a related field. - Minimum 8+ years of progressive experience in benefits, compensation, total rewards, or HR operations, including direct experience in the biotechnology or life sciences industry. - Experience supporting Total Rewards programs at a publicly traded company. - Hands-on experience administering health and welfare benefits and partnering with brokers, carriers, vendors, Payroll, and HR systems. - Experience supporting compensation processes such as market benchmarking, salary range administration, annual compensation planning, bonus or incentive programs, or equity administration. - Strong analytical and organizational skills. - Proficiency with HRIS and benefits systems and strong spreadsheet skills. - Clear written and verbal communication skills. - Ability to manage work independently, prioritize competing needs, and know when to involve the appropriate partner or leader. - Fluency and practical proficiency with modern AI tools and technology. - Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information. **Nice to Haves:** - Experience in a growing life sciences company or an environment with evolving programs and processes. - Familiarity with benefits compliance coordination and working with external advisors. - Experience supporting public-company compensation, equity, audit, or reporting processes. - Experience documenting procedures, improving workflows, or leading cross-functional projects. **Benefits and Additional Information:** The US target range of our base salary for new hires is $180,975 - $232,575. You will also be eligible to receive equity, cash bonuses, and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits depending on the position offered. ## Skills ### Required - HRIS - benefits administration - compensation planning - market benchmarking - equity administration - HR operations - total rewards - biotechnology - life sciences ### Nice to have - benefits compliance coordination - public-company compensation - equity audit - reporting processes - procedure documentation - workflow improvement - cross-functional project management --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freenome/jobs/8920719002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)