Compensation Manager, HR​/Recruitment

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Compensation Manager to join our fantastic team!

For more than 50 years, Nexus has empowered thousands of children, families, and adults to find hope and healing. What started in 1972 as a single program in Minnetonka, Minnesota, has grown into a nationally recognized network across five states. As a progressive leader in youth and family mental health, we’re driven by a clear mission: to close gaps in care and create brighter futures for those we serve.

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Our Compensation Manager is responsible for administering and advancing the organization’s compensation programs, pay structures, and job pricing processes. Reporting to the Vice President of Talent Strategy, this position serves as the organization's primary compensation resource, supporting compensation analysis, market pricing, pay structure maintenance, pay equity initiatives, and job architecture activities.

• Full-time hybrid opportunity within Minnesota
• Starting salary range: $90,000-$105,000 annually

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• 401k match
• NEW
  - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW
  - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

• Administer and support the organization's compensation programs and processes, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, budget considerations, and market competitiveness.
• Partner with the Vice President of Talent Strategy and Finance to support annual compensation planning, market reviews, budget development, and compensation recommendations.
• Collaborate with Talent Strategy and Talent Acquisition partners to develop and maintain tools, resources, and programs that support employee attraction, engagement, and retention.
• Identify positions or job families experiencing recruitment or retention challenges and conducts compensation analyses to support market-based recommendations.
• Assist in evaluating compensation practices and recommending enhancements that support organizational competitiveness and pay equity.

• Maintain the organization's pay structures, salary grades, and associated compensation documentation within the HRIS, compensation systems, and shared drives.
• Review job descriptions and position requirements to identify appropriate market matches and compensation benchmarks.
• Source and analyze compensation data from salary surveys, industry resources, and compensation databases to support job pricing decisions.
• Conduct market pricing analyses using established methodologies and develop salary range recommendations, including minimum, midpoint, and maximum pay rates.
• Provide compensation guidance to Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to promote equitable hiring practices and consistency in compensation decisions.
• Assist leaders in understanding pay range placement, salary administration guidelines, and compensation policies. Educate and provide leaders with information and training material relating to pay equity and wage compression.

• Serves as the organization’s ‘SME’ relating to all compensation reporting, including but not…