Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
- Entity: Corporate
- Department: SVP Administrative Svcs
- Location: Remote/Hybrid. In person meetings as needed. Based out of Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine-3400 Civic Center Blvd
Summary:
Reporting to the System Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), the Vice President, Total Rewards owns the design, implementation, and administration of all Compensation, Benefits, Retirement, Health & Wellness, and Absence Management programs. As a strategic HR leader, you will partner with the CHRO, HR Leadership Team, and executive stakeholders to ensure Total Rewards frameworks are competitive, compliant, integrated, and aligned with business objectives. This role blends strategic vision with operational oversight to drive outcomes and employee value. As VP of Total Rewards, you'll architect Penn Medicine's rewards ecosystem—ensuring it attracts, retains, and supports total workforce wellness. From compensation to retirement to leave management, your strategic leadership will enhance workforce experience, drive employee engagement, and align investments with institutional goals.
Responsibilities:
- Program Assessment & Strategy: Conduct a comprehensive review of compensation, benefits, retirement, health, wellness, and absence management programs—including disability coverage and leave administration—to benchmark competitiveness, ensure alignment and optimize operational delivery. Lead industry-informed innovation in wellness, health offerings, retirement benefits, and leave programs to keep the rewards portfolio modern and effective that adapts to evolving workforce needs
- Compensation, Benefits & Retirement Administration: Enhance annual increase cycle planning, incentive payouts, and benefits enrollment processes for greater transparency and improved experience. Design and oversee retirement plans (e.g., 401(k), 403(b), 457(b)) retirement education, and strategic planning to secure future employee financial well being. Partner with HRIS and other key stakeholders to evaluate, select and optimize systems and administration that support scalability, automation and data integrity.
- Health, Wellness & Absence Management: Champion holistic health & wellness strategy—including benefits, wellness programs, EAP, coaching, preventive care incentives. Oversee leave and absence administration: FMLA, STD/LTD, paid time off, workers’ compensation, return-to work, and disability programs—ensuring regulatory compliance and consistent application and efficiency across the system.
- Employee Value Proposition & Communication: Translate the Total Rewards philosophy into a compelling employee value proposition that reinforces the organization’s values and talent strategy Lead clear, effective communication to employees and leadership highlighting the full value of total reward offerings. Partner with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Finance, Legal, and Treasury to ensure aligned policy and messaging.
- Operational Excellence & Metrics: Establish SLAs, KPIs, and dashboards to measure program impact and drive continuous improvement. Leverage benchmarking data, analytics and internal feedback loops to inform decisions and optimize cost. Oversee vendor relationships, RFPs, and contracts for benefit and retirement vendors to ensure cost-efficiency and service quality.
- Leadership & Team Development: Build and mentor a high-performing team covering compensation, benefits, wellness, retirement, and absence management, fostering a culture of innovation, operational excellence and cross-functional collaboration Lead programs during M&A or functional transitions, ensuring seamless integration of legacy plans and systems.
Credentials:
- SHRM-SCP License (Preferred)
Education or Equivalent Experience:
- Bachelor of Arts or Science in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field. (Required)
- And 10+ years Total rewards leadership—including compensation, benefits, retirement, health/wellness, and leave administration preferably in a complex healthcare environment (Required)
- Deep knowledge of ERISA, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, COBRA, ACA, HIPAA, GINA, and collective bargaining compliance. (Required)
- Master of Arts or Science (Preferred)
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
