Head of Total Reward (North America Region
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Management
Regulatory Compliance Specialist, HR Manager
Head Of Total Rewards – North America
The Straumann Group is a leading global provider of dental technologies and solutions, dedicated to advancing oral health and restoring patients' smiles worldwide. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Straumann develops, manufactures, and markets an extensive portfolio of products and services across implantology, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, digital dentistry and biomaterials. Its solutions — ranging from dental implants and CAD/CAM prosthetics to digital workflows and clear aligners — are designed to help dental professionals deliver predictable, high-quality care.
Straumann's products and services are available in more than 100 countries through a broad network of subsidiaries and partners, supported by a deep commitment to scientific excellence, customer focus, and innovative engineering.
In North America, Straumann's operations play a strategic role in delivering the Group's mission to support dental professionals, improve patient outcomes, and drive innovation in key markets. Straumann USA — with corporate and operational facilities in Massachusetts — serves as a central hub for market execution, product delivery, customer support, and operational excellence across the region. The North American organization manages sales, distribution, manufacturing, training, and technical support for a comprehensive range of dental solutions, including implant systems, prosthetics, digital tools, and practice-oriented services.
As part of Straumann's global footprint, the region drives collaboration with clinical partners and contributes to the company's broader growth objectives through executional leadership and deep engagement with dental professionals and laboratories in the U.S. and Canada
The Head of Total Rewards – North America is a critical leadership role responsible for designing, implementing, and evolving Straumann's compensation and benefits strategy across the North America region.
This role will report directly to the North America CHRO, with a dotted-line relationship to Global Head of Total Reward ensuring strong alignment between global frameworks and regional execution. Leading a small team based onsite at Regional HQ in Andover, MA.
The Director will serve as a strategic partner to business leaders, HRBPs, and Talent Acquisition, while also operating as a hands-on leader driving core Total Rewards programs including compensation architecture, incentive design, benefits strategy, and governance.
Key Responsibilities- Define and execute a North America Total Rewards strategy aligned to business priorities, talent needs, and global frameworks
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on compensation philosophy, competitiveness, and workforce planning
- Translate global programs into regionally relevant, market-competitive solutions
- Act as a key subject matter expert in the job architecture and organizational leveling
- Lead compensation architecture including job leveling, salary structures, and market benchmarking, and systems implementation
- Own annual compensation cycles (merit, bonus, promotions, equity where applicable)
- Design and manage sales incentive and variable compensation programs aligned to commercial strategy
- Provide guidance on executive and critical hire compensation decisions
- Work with global Contribute team to establish global standard jobs and grading, pay position strategy and systems-based job architecture with pay ranges.
- Oversee health & welfare, retirement, and wellbeing programs across North America
- Lead vendor strategy, plan design, and cost optimization initiatives
- Ensure programs are competitive, scalable, and aligned to employee value proposition
- Ensure compliance with U.S. and Canadian regulatory requirements
- Maintain strong governance across compensation and benefits programs
- Partner with Legal and Finance on risk management and policy integrity
- Leverage SAP Success Factors to drive data integrity, reporting, and process efficiency
- Develop insights and analytics to inform decision-making and improve outcomes
- Lead continuous improvement of Total Rewards processes and tools
- Partners with Talent CoE, HRBPs, and business leaders to…
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