Associate Director, Compensation & Equity Administration

Lantheus Holdings

Lantheus Holdings

Bedford, MA, USA · Townsend Estate, Cape Town, 7459, South Africa
Posted on Jan 9, 2025

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Billerica as well as Canada and Sweden. For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio. In 2023, Lantheus had more than $1B in revenues, led by sales of imaging agents for cardiac ultrasound and for prostate cancer.

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease. At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success. Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone’s health is in our hands. We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team.

Summary of role

This role will play a key and active role within the Total Rewards Center of Excellence, in managing and supporting Lantheus’s compensation and equity programs, processes and structures. The role will work with other areas of HR, as well as cross-functionally to ensure competitive and compliant programs are in place to support corporate goals.

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

Compensation:

· Responsible for compensation support to various functions/business units by working with HR Business Partners to understand functional/business objectives and translating into value add compensation programs and support

· Assist in designing, developing, implementing, and administering competitive compensation programs across the organization

· Perform job evaluations, conduct external benchmarking of roles, ensure proper job leveling and competitive ranges.

· Partner with Talent Acquisition team to consult on complex and senior level job offers

· Leads in administering annual compensation planning cycle to include project planning, budgeting, system readiness, trainings, and communications.

· Manages compensation surveys and relationships with vendors, to include leading/participating in annual survey inputs and identifying additional survey sources as needed

· Assist with Talent and Compensation Committee meeting materials to include analysis and supporting information for the Committee.

· Assist with CD&A information for annual proxy filing

· Partner with other functions in Finance and Legal teams to effectively share information

· Manage SOX compliance and internal audit processes and testing\

· Identify areas of efficiency and make recommendations on continuous process improvements by working with HRIS, HR Operations and IT teams

Equity:

· Administer the global equity program, to include management of the equity grant pool, reporting to the Committee, employee support, and maintenance of employee data in the equity administration system.

· Serve as the point of contact for the equity administration vendor

· Ensure all participant equity transactions are properly approved, accurately processed, and settled to include grants, exercise, vesting, forfeitures, etc)

· Conduct regular audit to ensure participant information is accurate

· Administer the ESPP program to include planning and communications

· Lead SOX audit reporting, and testing for equity plans

· Identify areas of efficiency and operationalize process improvements in systems and/or workflows

· Partner with Legal team to maintain insider list and keep track of relevant trading dates

Basic Qualifications

· 8 - 12+ years of progressive compensation and/or equity administration experience both domestically in the USA and internationally

· Strong experience with compensation data analysis and market research

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and initiative

· Proficiency with compensation equity analysis tools and software

· Advanced Microsoft excel skills and beginner Microsoft Access skill levels preferred.

· Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Finance/Accounting, or related field

· Experience in biopharmaceutical industry is preferable or broader industry acceptable.

· This position is site-based and requires a presence on-site three days per week

Other Requirements

· Ability to manage multiple priorities and reprioritize

· Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements such as SOX

· Ability to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic, and growing organization

· Excellent client/customer support skills

· Excellent communication, strong organizational and stakeholder management skills

Lantheus is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Lantheus is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.