Rewards Manager, HR​/Recruitment

About Us

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it.

MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

The Total Rewards Manager supports MSK by shaping benefits strategy and driving benefits engagement across the organization. The position combines data‑driven reporting, strategic partnership with people leaders, and impactful training to enhance benefit program utilization and ensure employees and managers are supported through complex leave of absence and benefits needs.

• Monitor and report on benefit program performance, trends, and utilization.
• Provide strategic recommendations to shape benefits strategy, optimize absence management and drive benefits engagement.
• Identify patterns in absence data across MSK and provide insights to shape absence strategy.
• Serve as a key partner to people leaders, advising on absence policies, providing insight into trends in absence data, ensuring benefit programs meet the diverse needs of the organization.
• Collect and synthesize leader feedback to improve leave of absence and benefit program design and overall experience.
• Conduct market research and benchmarking on absence and benefits programs.
• Deliver training sessions, webinars, and guidance to people leaders on benefit programs, with an initial focus on absence management.
• Collaborate with HR Communications to shape engagement strategies for benefits.

• Experience in absence management, benefits administration, or related HR specialty.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret workforce and program data.
• Familiarity with state and federal leave regulations and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and advise on people‑related trends.
• Experience developing and delivering training or informational sessions.
• Ability to conduct benchmarking and market research to inform program strategy.

• Proactive, “go‑getter” mindset with the ability to quickly build relationships.
• Strong listening skills and the ability to distill insights from leader feedback.
• Creative problem‑solver who can think through nuanced challenges.
• Skilled communicator able to simplify complex information for diverse audiences.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and proposing strategic, forward‑thinking solutions.

• Schedule:
  
  Hybrid, Wednesdays on site with additional flexibility as needed.
• Location:
  
  633 Third Avenue, New York, NY.
• Reporting to:
  Senior Director, Benefits.

• Compensation Philosophy
• Benefits

Pay Range
: $ - $.
FSLA Status
:
Exempt.

At MSK, we believe in fair, competitive pay that reflects your job, experience, and skills.

MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.

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