At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role
As VP, Total Rewards & HR Operations, you will architect and lead a comprehensive global strategy across compensation, benefits, and equity programs while driving operational excellence through our HR service delivery model. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will serve as a key advisor to executive leadership and the Board's Compensation and Human Capital Committee. You will play a critical role in the employee lifecycle experience by overseeing HRIS, Payroll, and our HR Administrative teams across global shared service locations, presently in Warsaw Poland, Guadalajara Mexico and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
Your Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Architect and lead the global Total Rewards strategy, including implementation of a new global job architecture, integrating base pay, variable incentives, and equity programs to drive business performance and talent retention.
- Executive Advisory: Serve as the primary advisor on executive compensation and governance, supporting the Compensation and Human Capital Committee with proxy disclosures and pay-for-performance alignment.
- Operational Oversight: Direct global HR Operations, including HRIS (Workday), Payroll, and HR Administrative services, ensuring scalable, efficient, and high-quality service delivery across shared service locations.
- Digital Transformation: Drive the global HR technology roadmap, leveraging HRIS capabilities to enhance data integrity, automate workflows, and improve the manager and employee experience.
- Compliance & Governance: Oversee the strategic design and administration of global health, retirement, and well-being programs, ensuring market competitiveness and strict regulatory compliance across all operational jurisdictions.
- M&A & Finance Partnership: Partner with Finance and Legal on M&A due diligence, integration, and long-term cost modeling for rewards and operational sustainability.
- Team Development: Lead and develop a high-performing global team across Total Rewards and HR Operations, fostering a culture of delivering outcomes, innovating boldly, involving purposely, acting as owners all within our values of integrity, excellence and respect.
What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)
- Education: Bachelor’s degree required.
- Experience: A minimum of 20 years of progressive experience in Human Resources, including 15+ years in senior leadership roles overseeing Total Rewards and/or HR Operations within a publicly traded company.
- Technical Expertise: Deep expertise in executive compensation/equity design and proven success advising Board-level Compensation Committees.
- Operational Acumen: Demonstrated experience managing large-scale global operations, including payroll and shared services.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Master’s degree or MBA.
- Experience in the biotechnology, life sciences, or pharmaceutical industries.
- Professional certifications such as CCP, CBP, CEBS, or SPHR.
- Systems Leadership: Advanced proficiency in Workday strategy and workforce analytics to drive data-driven decision-making.
- Global Scale: Proven success leading HR due diligence, integration, and the establishment of global shared service centers.
Additional Information
- Travel: Occasional global travel required.
- Location: Global Elanco Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN - Hybrid Work Environment.
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
Elanco may use automated tools, including AI, to support parts of our recruitment process, such as reviewing applications against job‑related criteria and/or transferrable skills. These tools help ensure a consistent, structured evaluation, but they do not make hiring decisions. All decisions involve a human reviewer. For more information on how we handle personal data, please see our Elanco Workforce Privacy Notice.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 20+ years progressive Human Resources experience
- 15+ years in senior leadership overseeing Total Rewards and/or HR Operations
- Deep expertise in executive compensation and equity design; experience advising Board-level Compensation Committees
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale global operations, including payroll and shared services
- Advanced proficiency in Workday strategy and workforce analytics
- Master's degree or MBA
- Experience in biotechnology, life sciences, or pharmaceutical industries
- Professional certifications (CCP, CBP, CEBS, or SPHR)
- Proven success leading HR due diligence, integration, and establishing global shared service centers
Elanco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elanco and has not been reviewed or approved by Elanco.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including PTO, flexible leave, and the ability to purchase additional vacation. These provisions are highlighted as supportive of work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside company-paid life, disability, and wellness support. Pet insurance and assistance programs reinforce a comprehensive wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a U.S. 401(k) and, for some employees, access to a defined benefit pension. These programs add meaningful long-term value to total rewards.
Elanco Insights
What We Do
At Elanco, we work to improve the health of animals through innovative products and services for pets and farm animals around the world. As a global animal health company, we provide solutions that empower our customers to advance a vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Since 1954, Elanco has committed to empowering veterinarians, farmers, and all those who care for animals with the tools they need to help animals live healthy lives. Healthier animals are the key to making our lives better - This is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. That’s why we are committed to the idea that our business can be a unique force for good for all in society. Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. This program also enables our employees around the world to take paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer, offering their time or talent to give back to our customers, causes and communities. #ElancoHealthyPurpose #WeAreElanco
