Sr. Director, Retention Partnerships & Practices; Remote, Nc, Us, Remote

Salary: $150000-$185000

Other Forms of Compensation: Bonus eligible

As the leading food service and support services company, Compass Group USA is known for our great people, great service and our great results. If you’ve been hungry and away from home, chances are you’ve tasted Compass Group’s delicious food and experienced our outstanding service. We have over 284,000 US associates who work in award-winning restaurants, corporate cafes, hospitals, schools, arenas, museums, and more in all 50 states.

Our reach is constantly expanding to shape the industry and create new opportunities for innovation. Join the Compass family today!

Each and every individual plays a key role in the growth and legacy of our company. We know the next big idea can come from anyone. We encourage developing and attracting expertise that differentiates us as a company as we continue to raise the bar.

The Retention Partnerships & Best Practices Sr. Director is responsible for driving the adoption, consistency, scalability, and continuous improvement of Compass Group's retention strategies, tools, and methodologies across sectors. This role serves as the liaison between the core retention strategy, Strategic Alliance sector retention teams, operators, and enterprise resources to ensure retention programs are implemented effectively and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Will build strong partnerships across sectors, identify and scale successful retention practices, and help establish a consistent retention operating model that improves account health management, increases contract extensions, and protects revenue. This role acts as the bridge between retention strategy and field execution, ensuring that insights, tools, resources, and best practices are translated into action across the organization.

• Serve as a strategic partner to sector retention teams and operational stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships that foster collaboration, alignment, and shared accountability for retention outcomes.
• Understand sector-specific retention challenges, opportunities, and priorities.
• Gather and communicate sector feedback to support the evolution of retention strategies, tools, and programs.

• Drive consistency and scalability of retention processes, tools, playbooks, and best practices across sectors while respecting sector-specific business needs.
• Support the implementation and adoption of enterprise retention methodologies, including Account Health Scores and Retention Risk Factors.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and scale successful retention approaches across the organization.
• Promote alignment around retention priorities, processes, and performance measures.

• Identify, document, and disseminate successful retention strategies, interventions, and client engagement practices.
• Maintain and evolve a centralized repository of retention resources, templates, playbooks, and tools.
• Facilitate cross-sector collaboration and sharing of lessons learned.
• Lead communities of practice, retention forums, and best-practice discussions to encourage continuous learning and innovation.
• Partner with the Retention Training & Development team to ensure best practices are incorporated into training and learning programs.

• Monitor adoption and utilization of retention tools, methodologies, and resources.
• Facilitate portfolio reviews and discussions focused on retention risks and opportunities.
• Partner with sector teams to identify barriers to adoption and develop improvement plans.
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