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Senior Board & Executive Compensation Consultant (Public Pension)

AlphaX
Remote (United States) Posted Sep 16, 2026
Full-timeRemote

About this role

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

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