Director, Rewards

Summary

The Director, Total Rewards, is a key member of Welltower's Human Capital team, responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the company's total rewards programs across compensation, benefits, and payroll. This role is centered on operational execution and excellence — ensuring programs are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on schedule, with strong controls, clean data, and a high-quality employee experience.

The Director, Total Rewards, is a key member of Welltower's Human Capital team, responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the company's total rewards programs across compensation, benefits, and payroll. This role is centered on operational execution and excellence — ensuring programs are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on schedule, with strong controls, clean data, and a high-quality employee experience.

This individual will partner closely with Human Capital leadership, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to execute total rewards programs that are market-competitive, compliant, and consistently administered. Overall total rewards strategy is set in partnership with Human Capital leadership; this role is accountable for translating that strategy into reliable, repeatable execution. Success in this role requires a data-driven mindset, disciplined process and project management, and the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable insights for leaders and employees.

The role will focus on stabilizing and standardizing compensation, benefits, and payroll operations — documenting processes, tightening controls and governance, improving data integrity, and supporting the evolution of Human Capital systems and vendor partnerships to scale with the business.

• Lead the day-to-day administration of compensation programs, including base pay, incentive plans, and equity administration, ensuring accurate and timely execution.
• Manage annual and off-cycle compensation reviews end to end, including planning, system configuration, modeling, communications, and on-time delivery.
• Maintain and consistently apply the job architecture framework, including job leveling, banding, and career pathing aligned with market practices.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to deliver strategic compensation recommendations and retention strategies tailored compensation and retention strategies.
• Support executive compensation analysis and materials in partnership with senior leadership.
• Lead employee benefits programs, including health, welfare, and retirement offerings, and manage annual open enrollment end to end.
• Own the payroll function, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing across all pay cycles, jurisdictions, and employee populations.
• Ensure payroll tax, garnishment, and statutory reporting obligations are met, and that payroll reconciliations, internal controls, and audit requirements are consistently satisfied.
• Maintain data integrity and integration across HRIS, payroll, benefits, and time-tracking systems, resolving exceptions and root causes rather than symptoms.
• Manage vendor relationships across compensation, benefits, and payroll, including selection, RFP processes, service-level accountability, and ongoing performance management.
• Partner with Finance on forecasting, accruals, and reconciliation of total rewards- and payroll-related costs.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable compensation, benefits, and payroll regulations, including oversight of filings, audits, and plan documentation.
• Conduct market benchmarking and survey participation to inform pay decisions and recommend program adjustments.
• Deliver recurring reporting, analytics, and service-level metrics across…