Pete Eiden

About Pete Eiden

HR and Total Rewards leader with 20+ years of hands-on experience across compensation, benefits, HR systems, and analytics in healthcare, engineering, manufacturing, technology, and biotech.I bring a balanced approach to HR leadership, combining strategic, high-level planning with a strong understanding of execution. Having worked across all areas of HR, I understand how decisions made at the top affect day-to-day operations. I enjoy setting direction, thinking ahead, and solving complex problems, while staying close enough to the work to ensure plans translate into real, workable outcomes.My style is practical and straightforward. I’m calm under pressure and known for explaining complex topics in plain language so leaders can make informed decisions and employees clearly understand what affects them.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Total Rewards, HR Systems & People Analytics

   Williamson Health

   May 2024 — Present · Franklin, TN, US

   Lead Total Rewards and HR systems for a 2,500-employee healthcare system, covering compensation, benefits, HRIS, and people analytics.Own day-to-day operation for compensation planning, open enrollment, benefits administration, and vendor management. This includes pay structures, market reviews, plan design changes, employee communications, and issue resolution.Provide full-scope oversight of employee benefits program, including medical, pharmacy, retirement and ancillary offerings. Responsible for plan design, vendor relationships, renewals, compliance, and ongoing cost and utilization management. While I stay close to the details, my role is setting direction, making decisions, and ensuring the programs work together as a whole.Lead HR systems work, including HRIS implementations and ongoing optimization, partnering closely with IT, Finance, and vendors to improve data accuracy, reporting, and manager self-service.Support executives and leaders with practical workforce data and analysis, focusing on pay decisions, benefit costs, and program impact rather than academic metrics.Known internally as the person who can step in, sort out complicated issues, and keep things moving without unnecessary noise.

Education

• Saint Leo University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

• Saint Leo University

  Bachelor's Degree, Psychology, Human Resources

• University of Florida

  Psychology

Skills

• Leadership
• Employee Benefits
• Labor Relations
• Coaching
• Sdlc
• Interviewing
• Talent Acquisition
• Social Media
• Job Analysis
• Full-Cycle Recruiting
• Recruitment/Retention
• Total Rewards
• Strategic HR
• Performance Management
• Employment Law
• Workforce Planning
• Job Evaluation
• Investigations
• Change Management
• Employee Relations
• Organizational Development
• Employer Branding
• Job Descriptions
• Training & Development
• Employee Engagement
• Taleo
• Adp Hris
• New Hire Orientations
• Screening
• Career Development
• Deferred Compensation
• Compensation
• Benefits Administration
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Human Resources
• Training
• Succession Planning
• HR Consulting
• Ultipro Hris
• Esop