Sr Manager, People Operations & Rewards

Meet Us: King Arthur Baking Company has been sharing the joy of baking since 1790. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, we’re the ultimate baking resource – providing education, inspiration, and the highest quality products, all while fostering connections and community through baking. Our superior flours and mixes are available in supermarkets nationwide, and our direct-to-consumer business – website and retail stores – offers an even wider selection of specialty baking ingredients, mixes, gluten‑free products, baking tools, and more.

We bring baking education to millions of bakers through our cookbooks, podcast, recipe app, website, and baking school. We’re proud to be 100% employee‑owned, which means everyone who works here has a real voice and a shared stake in what we do. This creates a strong sense of community built on trust, teamwork, and love of baking. As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to the best interests of all our stakeholders - employees, our local communities, our broader community of bakers, and our planet.

Join us and help spread the joy of baking. King Arthur – where, as an employee‑owner, your passion and ideas can truly make a difference.

The Position: The Senior Manager, People Operations & Total Rewards designs, administers, and continuously improves the systems, programs, and practices that support King Arthur Baking employee-owners. The role is the People & Culture subject matter expert for compensation, benefits, HR compliance, HR systems, workforce data, and people analytics. This position leads Total Rewards, HRIS, compliance, reporting, and core people operations; translates workforce data into actionable recommendations;

and manages the Total Rewards Analyst and People & Culture Coordinator. The role partners with Finance on payroll, 401(k), ESOP, labor planning, and budgeting while retaining People & Culture accountability for program design, policy, administration, data, employee experience, and vendor management.

The Benefits: Yes, we have the standard "stuff" - medical, dental, vision, company paid short- and long-term disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off to rest, paid holidays to have fun, a 401(k) with a company match. But here's what makes us different: 40 paid volunteer hours a year, profit sharing*, participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
* and knowing that those working with you are dedicated and engaged co-employee owners that believe in you and your extraordinary abilities to move us all forward.

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Location:

Hybrid combining working from home, and onsite in White River Junction VT roughly 2 days per week. Ideal candidates will be located within 120 miles of our offices.

The Pay: $95,000 to $125,000 annual salary; commensurate with experience.

Reports to: Vice President, People & Culture

• Lead the design, evaluation, administration, and communication of compensation programs, salary structures, pay practices, job architecture, market benchmarking, pay equity reviews, annual merit processes, and incentive programs.
• Oversee employee benefit programs and vendor relationships, and develop tools and education that improve employee and leader understanding of total rewards.
• Partner with Finance on the administration and integration of payroll, 401(k), and ESOP programs, and on compensation planning, labor budgeting, incentive administration, workforce analytics, and payroll data alignment.
• Monitor federal, state, and local employment requirements; maintain current People & Culture policies and practices; and lead required audits, filings, reporting, documentation, and partnerships with legal counsel or external experts.
• Own…