The Requirements
To meet the basic qualifications for this role you will have:- Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.
- A verifiable bachelor's degree. An MBA or other advanced degree is preferred.
- 10+ years of experience and a strong, progressive track record of success in senior human resources positions, preferably in larger, mature organizations; public company experience would be ideal. Quick question for you - click here
- A demonstrated ability to lead and manage people.
- Significant experience in compensation leadership, including executive and management compensation, job leveling, compensation planning, etc. Experience with sales compensation is a plus.
- Experience with and working knowledge of best practices in benefits management.
- Experience running various incentive programs, including both short-term annual cash incentives and long-term equity incentives.
- Experience designing and implementing systems for compensation and/or benefits management.
- Experience preparing materials for presentation to a board of directors; experience directly presenting to and interacting with a board is a plus.
- Understanding of federal, state and local laws as they pertain to HR practices.
- Business and financial acumen.
- International experience is preferred.
- Proven strong leadership skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, including the ability to tailor materials to match the level of the audience.
- Propensity for strategic and forward thinking.
- A sense of urgency and a proactive approach.
- Highly effective decision-making and judgment.
- A customer service orientation.
- Strong organizational skills, including the ability to multi-task under pressure and meet critical deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
- Initiative and the ability to achieve goals independently.
The Role
Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, you will provide leadership to a team that includes three manager-level resources; two are in place and you will bring on the third.Your mission will be to assess, design and implement the compensation & benefits functions throughout the overall organization, implementing programs, policies and processes that support a global performance-driven culture. You will focus initially on compensation. Key objectives will include overseeing:
- The creation of policies and procedures to ensure the achievement of equitable and competitive employee compensation. Quick question for you - click here
- The organization's benefits programs, which may include negotiating coverage and costs with carriers.
- Incentive plan and equity plan design and administration for the organization, as necessary.
- Evaluating salary administration guidelines and compensation philosophy aligned with culture and in support of organization goals.
- Evaluating new positions and creating job ranges and grade levels.
- Reviewing and analyzing operational and sales incentive plans for effectiveness annually, including comparison against market to ensure competitiveness.
- Managing and ensuring cost-effective implementation of total rewards and recognition programs.
- Directing and overseeing compensation and HRIS staff in the analysis of market data, salary structures and competitive salaries within other companies.
- Actively leading/supporting improvements through more effective deployment of technology and processes. This will include partnering internally with various organizations to leverage HR data, as well as ensuring timely and effective management of a variety of legacy systems.
- Participating in national compensation surveys and utilizing the results to continually monitor the competitiveness of Digital Realty’s programs.
- Assume responsibility for reviewing programs, suggesting modifications, and ensuring achievement of competitive market position and other goals identified by the organization.
- Manage and evaluate consultants and benefits vendors to ensure deadlines are met and negotiate competitive rates.
- Ensure benefit programs support the Company’s strategic objectives by remaining knowledgeable of the key business goals.
- Partnering with the CHRO and communications team to develop, execute, and communicate key benefits and compensation programs.
- Providing counsel to HR Business Partners, Managers, and Talent Acquisition regarding compensation issues.
- And other activities as necessary.
- Complying with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies and procedures including, but not limited to, the Compliance Program: Code of Conduct, HIPAA and Documentation Standards.
- Evaluating the compensation and benefits programs to improve the organizations’ recruitment and retention rates.
Why Digital Realty
Make your mark -- This is the ideal time for a strong leader to make an impact. As we integrate Telx we are transforming our business model, and you will shape the comp & benefits program to ensure we offer world-class rewards. Among other projects will be integrating 401(k) plans from the two organizations, and building out our employee recognition program.Professional development -- You will learn two industries in this position, real estate and high tech, and also expand your global experience. Once you have mastered this role you may take on new responsibilities, and we're always looking for strong performers to move up within HR or other areas of the company.
Exciting time to join -- With the acquisition of Telx, Digital Realty adds robust colocation, strategic network dense connectivity, a vast and open partner ecosystem and unmatched freedom of choice to one of the world’s largest data center footprints.
The “best of both worlds” -- you'll find that working for our company may be a little bit different. We are small enough, with only 1200 employees across our global portfolio, that your hard work will be visible throughout the organization, yet our extensive offering of services and solutions and proven track record of growth; stability and industry-leading innovation give you the resources and tools you need to take your career to the next level.
Unique culture -- we are a collaborative, people-focused company dedicated to quality and continuous improvement. When you become a member of our team, you receive our commitment to your continued development and support.
Strong foundation -- our financial strength and stability provide our customers with the assurance that Digital Realty will be their partner for current data center needs and those in the future, and our investment credit ratings provide us access to paths for more capital. We view each of our customers as a long-term partner.
Green standard for sustainability -- we are committed to improving the performance and energy efficiency of our data centers through the creation, adoption and promotion of industry-leading best data center practices and experience. We are pioneers in thinking about green data centers and are also a Contributing Member of The Green Grid.
Pictured: You will drive the compensation and benefits programs that help Digital Realty attract, retain, motivate and reward top talent in a variety of areas, including engineering, property management, sales, clients services, and more.
Keys to Success
To excel in this role you will bring a strong sense of what excellence in HR looks like, as well as the relationship skills, gravitas and style to implement, support and champion such a model for Digital Realty. You will need to create compensation and benefits functions that enable and facilitate high performance without burdening our people with additional obligations and bureaucracy -- while also providing sufficient process and controls consistent with public company standards.The role offers intriguing challenges, such as helping a newer executive team drive cohesion and performance, working with the Board on compensation strategies and execution, and ensuring effective comp & benefits management across geographically dispersed teams and locations, including a significant number of contractors.
In addition, in order to be an outstanding Vice President, Total Rewards, you will:
- Drive the strategic big picture but also remain willing to get hands on in a lean organization.
- Interact effectively with C-level executives and Board members, combining confidence, diplomacy and just the right amount of assertiveness as necessary.
- Develop relationships with key stakeholders in the organization and work effectively across functional lines.
- Display strong judgment and integrity at all times.
About Digital Realty
Globally delivering the Right Workload, in the Right Place, at the Right Value.℠Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.
Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.
Digital Realty offers a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.
Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled
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