M6M6 — Vice President
Vice President/Head of Total Rewards
Leads the entire compensation & benefits function for a sizable organization, integrating compensation strategy with overall HR and business strategy.
What this level means
Owns a major function or division; accountable for organization-wide outcomes.
- Scope
- A major function or division
- Autonomy
- Accountable for division strategy and outcomes
- Complexity
- Enterprise priorities and external factors
- Impact
- Division-wide / organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy, budget, and org for a division
- Leadership
- Leads the leadership of a division
- Typical experience
- 15–25 yrs
What you'd do
- Advise CEOs and other executives
- Shape culture through rewards
- Manage large C&B teams
- Advise executives
- Shape organizational culture
- Manage C&B teams
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Executive advisory
- Cultural shaping
- Team management
- Strategic vision
- Corporate governance
- Executive advisory
- Corporate governance
- Cultural shaping
- Strategic vision
- Team management
- Strategic Vision
- Corporate governance
- Executive advisory
What good looks like
- 15–20+ years in the field
- Experience with Boards and Compensation Committees
Common titles
Vice President/Head of Total Rewards
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.