Senior Board & Executive Compensation Consultant (Public Pension)
AlphaHire Open · verified Oct 19, 2026 At a glance
Senior Compensation & Benefits role at AlphaHire. Remote, United States · contract.
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What you'll do
- Lead executive-pay assignments for public pension and retirement-system boards
- Review directors’ full compensation, including base pay and performance incentives
- Assess incentive plans and conduct peer-market comparisons and independent pay studies
- Prepare board presentations and reports, and attend occasional meetings on site
- Support proposal materials with prior-work examples while preserving independence
What you bring
- At least five years analyzing compensation in financial, investment or pension-fund settings
- At least five years advising trustee boards and presenting compensation comparisons
- At least five years shaping executive pay and incentive approaches for large public-pension, government or nonprofit organizations
Who this fits
This remote, project-based contract suits an independent senior consultant with substantial trustee-board and executive-pay experience. Occasional on-site board meetings are part of the work.
From the employer
AlphaGov is building a bench of independent compensation consultants for board-level and executive compensation engagements with large public pension funds, retirement systems, and comparable governmental organizations.
Remote, project-based work: annual total-compensation reviews for board direct reports (e.g., Executive Director, CIO, Chief Audit Executive), performance-pay / incentive plan design and assessment, target-market reviews and independent market studies, compensation philosophy advisory, board education, and written analyses for Boards of Trustees (occasional on-site board meetings).
This is not a municipal classification & pay-plan study role. Ideal candidates have advised Boards of Trustees on executive compensation for large public pension, investment, or nonprofit organizations.
What you'll do:
- Named technical lead on board/executive compensation for public pension/retirement systems
- Annual total-comp reviews for board direct reports (base + performance-pay)
- Performance-pay / incentive plan design assessment
- Target-market reviews and independent market studies (peers often >$100B AUM funds)
- Board-ready reports and presentations; occasional on-site board meetings
- Proposal past-performance support under AlphaGov
- Maintain independence / no conflicts
Requirements
Ideal:
- ≥5 years compensation analysis for financial, investment, or pension-fund industries
- ≥5 years working with Boards of Trustees including presenting compensation benchmarking
- ≥5 years executive compensation and incentive strategies for large public-pension / governmental / nonprofit orgs
- Available for remote project-based consulting
Nice to have: CCP/CEBS/WorldatWork/SPHR; Mercer/Pearl Meyer/WTW/McLagan/Aon board-comp background; Texas or large pension experience