The Director owns the organization-wide compensation process and job grading framework, approves field compensation decisions that fall outside approved grade ranges, and partners closely with HR Field Operations, HRIS, Finance, and Legal to support effective program administration, regulatory compliance, reporting, and operational excellence. Own payroll operations, governance, and compliance across all sites, including accurate and timely multi-site, multi-shift payroll processing, federal, state, and local tax compliance, direct deposit, controls, vendor management, reconciliation, and audit management.