Director, Compensation

Job Description

The Director Compensation will lead the strategy design and governance of all compensation programs across the organization. This role ensures our pay practices are competitive equitable compliant and aligned with business priorities. You will partner closely with senior leadership to shape a compensation philosophy that attracts motivates and retains top talent across a complex highly unionized and non-union multi-jurisdictional environment.

Reporting to the Senior Director Payroll Benefits & Total Rewards the Director will lead the evolution of the organizations compensation function into a strategic data-driven and service-oriented center of excellence. The Director will leverage Workday and other technologies to modernize compensation processes enhance automation strengthen governance and elevate the overall employee and leader experience.

This role is based at our head office in Markham Ontario. Extendicare offers a hybrid working model.

What you will do:

• Lead the development and execution of the enterprise-wide compensation strategy aligned with organizational goals and workforce needs across multiple provinces

• Establish and maintain compensation governance frameworks that ensure consistency equity and compliance across unionized and nonunionized groups

• Present insights recommendations and program updates to executive leadership

• Drive the organizations pay transparency journey by developing communication strategies clarifying pay structures and equipping leaders to deliver consistent messaging

• Design and implement a comprehensive compensation structure including job grades pay ranges and job architecture frameworks

• Oversee market benchmarking job evaluation and competitive analysis to ensure compensation programs remain current and equitable

• Support mergers and acquisitions by conducting compensation due diligence assessing market competitiveness and developing harmonization strategies for acquired workforce

• Lead the annual compensation cycle including merit bonus and equity programs

• Leverage Workday and other technologies to automate and streamline compensation processes improving accuracy efficiency and user experience

• Evaluate and implement compensation tools systems and analytics to support datadriven decision-making

• Support labour relations teams by developing compensation cost models scenario analyses and financial impact assessments for union negotiations across multiple bargaining units and provinces

• Ensure compensation programs comply with provincial and federal legislation pay equity requirements and collective agreement obligations

• Provide guidance on compensation matters related to unionized roles including job evaluations wage structures and costing impacts

• Partner with Finance HR business partners and business leaders to align compensation strategies with financial planning workforce planning and operational priorities

• Provide strategic consultation to executives and leaders on compensation decisions internal equity considerations and organizational impacts

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to ensure competitive and transparent compensation practices during recruitment

• Lead mentor and develop a highperforming compensation team fostering a culture of collaboration innovation and continuous improvement

• Set clear goals provide coaching and build team capabilities in analytics job evaluation technology and stakeholder engagement

• Ensure the team delivers timely accurate and serviceoriented support to HR and business leaders

What you bring to the role:

• 10 years of progressive experience in compensation including leadership roles

• Experience supporting compensation programs in highly unionized multijurisdictional environments

• Expertise in market pricing job evaluation job architecture and incentive plan design

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights and recommendations

• Experience advising senior executives and influencing decision-making

• Knowledge of provincial and federal regulatory requirements and compensation trends

• CCP certification preferred

At Extendicare we believe that working as a team creates an environment that allows us to reach our potential. We value each employee encourage equal opportunity for growth and recognize achievement. As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• Continuous mentorship support for life-long learning and growth opportunities

• Opportunities for advancement and career growth within the organization

• A rewarding and meaningful work experience where you can enrich your life and the lives of others through your work.

• Employee Family Assistance Program.

• Robust benefits package.

Extendicare is a leading provider of care and services for seniors across Canada operating under the Extendicare ParaMed Extendicare Assist and SGP Purchasing Network brands. We are committed to delivering quality care to meet the needs of a growing seniors population inspired by our mission to provide people with the care they need wherever they call home. We operate a broad network of long-term care homes (both owned and under management contracts) deliver over 24 million hours of home health care services annually and provide group purchasing services to third parties representing approximately 157000 beds across Canada. Extendicare proudly employs more than 30000 qualified highly trained and dedicated team members who are passionate about providing high-quality care and services to help people live better.

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At Extendicare weve spent more than 50 years dedicated to enhancing quality of life for the people we serve across Canada. When you join Extendicare you become part of a compassionate mission-driven team committed to supporting care delivery in homes and communities nationwide. Our corporate roles play a vital part in enabling front-line teams to provide exceptional experiences for clients and families. Together we foster a culture of collaboration innovation and accountabilitycreating solutions that strengthen our services and improve lives every day.

We arecommitted to providing competitive compensation that reflects the value of this role and the unique qualifications each candidate brings. This opportunity is areplacement for an existing roleand to support transparency a hiring range may be included with this posting. Howeverfinal salary offers are based on a variety of factorssuch as your skills experience education and alignment with the responsibilities of this position.

Base salary is one component of our broader total rewards package. We offer acomprehensive suite of benefitsdesigned to support your health financial well-being and long-term career growth. Your recruiter can provide more details about our total rewards offerings during the hiring process.

We mayuse artificial intelligence (AI) toolsto support certain stages of the recruitment process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing candidate responses. These tools assist our recruitment team butdo notreplace human judgment every application is reviewed by a member of our team to ensure thoughtful and equitable consideration. Ifyou wouldlike more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Extendicare is committed to fostering an accessible inclusive and equitable hiring process. We gladly accommodate the needs of applicants throughout all stages of recruitment and selection upon request.