Senior Manager, Total Rewards

About Alma

Alma is on a mission to simplify access to high-quality, affordable mental health care. We do this by making it easy and financially rewarding for therapists to accept insurance and offer in-network care. When a provider joins Alma, they gain access to a suite of tools that not only help them better run their business, but also grow it sustainably and develop as a provider. Alma is available in all 50 states, with over 20,000 therapists in our growing network. Anyone looking for a therapist can browse Alma’s free directory. Alma has raised $220.5M in funding from Insight Partners, Optum Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Sound Ventures, BoxGroup, Cigna Ventures, and Rainfall Ventures. Alma was also named one of Inc’s Best Workplaces in 2022 and 2023.

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Total Rewards will play a critical role in designing, analyzing, and implementing Alma’s Total Rewards programs to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. This role is deeply analytical, blending expertise in compensation with exposure to benefits, HRIS, and data-driven insights. The ideal candidate is innovative, highly proficient with analytics tools, and excited about leveraging emerging technologies, including AI, to shape the future of Total Rewards.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and evolve compensation structures, pay bands, and incentive programs.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking using tools like Radford/Pave to ensure market alignment.
• Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to provide guidance on compensation decisions.
• Lead compensation program budgeting, accruals, forecasting, and cost modeling.
• Lead deep-dive analytics on utilization, compa-ratios, pay equity, and program effectiveness.
• Build dashboards and reporting in Excel, Power BI, or other visualization tools.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights for executive leadership.
• Work alongside benefits teams to understand how health, wellness, retirement, and other programs complement compensation.
• Articulate how compensation interacts with broader Total Rewards elements (benefits, recognition, well-being, time-off policies) to deliver a compelling EVP.
• Support HRIS integrations for compensation, performance, and rewards processes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows through automation.
• Bring forward innovative ideas for Total Rewards design.
• Stay ahead of trends in AI, analytics, and compensation tech — able to energetically discuss and apply new tools and methodologies.
• Propose strategies that balance market competitiveness, equity, and fiscal responsibility.