[Hiring] Senior Compensation Specialist @Sentara Health

Role Description

The Senior Compensation Specialist serves as a strategic and consultative partner to HR and business leadership, responsible for delivering advanced compensation analysis and guidance across the organization. This role plays a critical part in ensuring compensation programs are market competitive, internally equitable, and aligned with organizational strategy, workforce needs, and financial objectives.

• Leads complex market analyses, job evaluations, and organizational pay reviews.
• Provides expert recommendations on compensation strategy, job structure, and pay decisions.
• Partners closely with Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, and leadership to support hiring strategies, workforce planning, and retention initiatives.
• Supports annual compensation processes through rigorous data validation, auditing, and insight generation.
• Translates complex data into clear, actionable guidance.
• Contributes to continuous improvement of compensation practices, tools, and governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Analytics, or related field (Preferred).
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) (Preferred).
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in compensation, including market pricing, job evaluation, and internal equity analysis.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Talent Acquisition with complex offer strategy and negotiations.
• Proven ability to interpret compensation philosophy, policies, and governance frameworks in complex situations.
• Experience developing data-driven insights and recommendations for HR and business partners.
• Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, scenario analysis, and large dataset manipulation.
• Experience working with HRIS and compensation planning tools (Workday & MarketPay preferred).

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000.
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave.
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave.
• Emergency Backup Care.
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans.
• Life Insurance.
• 401k/403B with Employer Match.
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000.
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development.
• Pet Insurance.
• Legal Resources Plan.
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.