Compensation Manager (Project Management)

Ardurra is seeking a Compensation Manager to join our team in Dallas, TX!

• Hybrid/remote work options may be considered for the right candidate

 

At Ardurra, the Compensation Manager is a blend of a strategic and detailed hands-on role responsible for applying and participating in enhancing human resources solutions that align with our growing organization's goals and supporting our culture and a great employee work environment. Ardurra's organic growth and acquisitive growth strategies require a successful Compensation Manager to have a deep understanding of both technical and business aspects to identify and address hidden issues that may impede the company's success. Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential to effectively interact and to positively influence organizational and/or regional outcomes.

Job Summary

This role will report to the Chief Human Resources Officer, providing direct leadership of our compensation frameworks. You will lead the design, administration, and delivery of these programs, ensuring they align with our organizational goals. The Compensation Manager collaborates with business leaders and HR team to execute initiatives and deliverables that nurture our talent and our business objectives.

As part of our quickly growing company, the Compensation Manager also acts as a partner in successful employee acquisition and integration tasks and works closely with the HR team such as the Recruiting team members to support and execute HR hiring activities and HR Business Partners in supporting the regional talent and leadership in support of development and retention strategies. You will collaborate with senior leadership to develop strategies that attract, retain, and motivate top talent while ensuring alignment with our organizational goals and values.

This key role involves conducting thorough review and work to resolve any gaps in job families and job descriptions, reviewing and refining compensation bands assigned to job families and roles, and conducting detailed job analyses and evaluations for emerging positions. You will ensure best industry competitive insights by utilizing your analytical skills to manage compensation data and compensation surveys to drive strategic decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a professional services or engineering, architectural and construction organization. The right candidate will be energized by the talented individuals who make up our entrepreneurial workforce.

Primary Duties 

• Design compensation plans and strategies applying best practices and expertise with willingness to explore innovative approaches in a growing AEC firm that enjoys healthy organic growth as well as acquisitional expansion plans
• Drive organizational success through compensation strategy with a demonstrated ability to ensure plans remain compliant, and market-aligned and competitive
• Demonstrate success in designing, building, and implementing effective compensation strategies, policies, and procedures from the ground up, resulting in seamless integration of newly acquired firm employees while supporting employee retention
• Provide market data expertise with comprehensive ownership of all compensation data and analysis throughout the full employee life cycle, including data reporting, updates, and audits, ensuring data integrity and actionable insights.
• Provide insights and expertise in building and managing compensation programs, including the use of systems such as UKG with a focus on efficient communication, compensation education for managers, and work in ways that prioritizes scalable processes.
• Lead and execute critical compensation projects, including job evaluation and redesign, salary analysis, salary structure creation or recreation, incentive plan support and any needed realignment of salary grades and bands, aligning with organizational strategy and goals.
• Conduct and manage comprehensive industry-relevant compensation benchmarking and survey participation, driving competitive analysis to ensure market-aligned compensation programs.
• Ensure all compensation programs are compliant with current laws and regulations, minimizing organizational risk and aligning with best practices in the industry.
• Partner with Finance to establish budgets and forecasts related to compensation expenses.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
• A minimum of 10+ years of experience in compensation analysis
• Experience with Board of Director level summaries and presentations
• Experience in applying exceptional mentorship, coaching, project management, and time management skills.
• Experience with sensitive and confidential information while maintaining strictest confidentiality
• Experience in complex and technical work environments such as AEC professional services firms
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and facilitation communication skills
• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data sets and derive meaningful insights that drive strategic decisions
• Understanding of relevant employment laws and regulations, such as FLSA guidelines, ensuring compliance in compensation practices
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including V look-ups) and cutting-edge data analysis tools to manipulate and visualize data effectively
• Experience with compensation design and comprehensive incentive design
• Experience with job description creation and job classification systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Business acumen with entrepreneurial mindset.
• Certified HR professional with a robust HR skillset and/or experiences in a high-growth environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including strong relationship building and change management capabilities.
• Ability to work independently as well as interdependently with others to deliver exceptional results.
• Ability to participate in or lead acquisition support activities
• Experience integrating job definitions into existing or new job library structures successfully.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.
• Good working knowledge of HR Systems (HRIS) typical functions, creating and using spreadsheets (Excel), and having an “eye for detail.”
• Excellent project management and organizational skills, with a proven ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully multitask and maintain a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to work in the office as needed with flexibility to work extended hours for projects.
• A driving interest to perform at the highest level, continually looking for better answers & new solutions.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, project management, communication, problem solving, and influence skills.
• A demonstrated ability to form excellent working relationships with the business and within HR.
• Collaborative, experienced with supporting stakeholders and team members in a matrixed environment.
• Strong experience in interfacing with employee management and operational leadership.
• Passion for learning about competitors and applying insights to inform HR recommendations for our business.
• Desire to be on a “winning team” as opposed to a comfortable routine that never changes.
• Willingness to travel as needed.
• The right candidate could be located to work remotely with light travel needs.

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We're not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Human Resources