Marie M Prendergast
Boston,USA
Summary
Compensation Leader with a strong focus on enterprise strategy and governance. Enhanced pay equity and transparency for 8,700 employees, driving organizational performance. Developed market benchmarking and financial modeling initiatives, fostering team collaboration and leadership.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Compensation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
12.2021 - Current
- Led strategic compensation initiatives, ensuring equity and competitiveness.
- Managed annual merit cycle for 8,700 + employees, enhancing cost stewardship.
- Expanded compensation team from 7 to 13 members, strengthening support and delivery.
- Launched market adjustment budget to mitigate retention risks.
- Launched multi-year career architecture/job leveling foundation to enable clearer progression, consistent pay decisions, and stronger talent planning.
- Expanded survey participation and strengthened market pricing methodology (PayFactors), enhancing benchmarking coverage and defensibility of pay decisions while increasing leader confidence in data.
- Contributed to enterprise HR transformation—designed and built compensation capabilities for Workday Compensation & Advanced Compensation while enhancing pay governance and transparency through HRIS/Payroll process improvements.
Director of Compensation
Boston Medical Center Health System
03.2016 - 12.2021
- Established compensation philosophy, guidelines, and standards; implemented pay governance, market pricing, and annual market review processes to ensure equitable compensation.
- Created annual market review process for 3,100 non-represented employees and expanded approach to additional employee populations, enhancing overall compensation strategy.
- Designed and administered annual merit/bonus programs; developed cost models and maintained spend within approved budgets.
- Provided labor economics modeling and forecasting support, contributing to settlement of 10 CBAs and redesign of pay structures to align to market and philosophy.
- Designed physician incentive program aligning leadership impact with goals.
Sr Corporate Compensation Consultant
Mass General Brigham
04.2011 - 03.2016
- Delivered enterprise compensation consulting and program design for large integrated health system, focusing on structure design, job evaluation, career grids, and compliance-driven pay policies.
- Standardized job descriptions and consolidated job codes/grades enterprise-wide, enhancing consistency, governance, and scalability.
- Executed year-end incentive program across multiple affiliates (~7,000 employees), leveraging internal expertise to minimize external consulting costs.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MANAGEMENT
University of Massachusetts
North Dartmouth, MANorth Dartmouth, MA
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE -
Bentley University
Waltham, MAWaltham, MA
LEAN IN HEALTHCARE CERTIFICATE -
Massachusetts Hospital Association & GBMP, Inc.
MAMA
Skills
- Strategic leadership
- Enterprise strategy
- Market benchmarking
- Team collaboration
- Regulatory compliance
- Compensation strategy
- Incentive program design
- Pay partnership
- Job architecture and leveling
- Compensation analytics
- Pay equity readiness
- Classification governance
- Annual merit and bonus cycles
- Workday compensation design
- Financial modeling
- Leadership development
Affiliations
- Northeast Human Resources Administration
- Society for Human Resources Management
- WorldatWork
- American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration
Certification
- WorldatWork | Certified Compensation Professional
- Global Remuneration Professional
Previous Roles
- Senior Compensation Consultant
- Compensation Consultant
- Human Resources Generalist
- Employment Specialist
- Executive Recruiter
Timeline
Director of Compensation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
12.2021 - Current
Director of Compensation
Boston Medical Center Health System
03.2016 - 12.2021
Sr Corporate Compensation Consultant
Mass General Brigham
04.2011 - 03.2016
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MANAGEMENT
University of Massachusetts
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE -
Bentley University
LEAN IN HEALTHCARE CERTIFICATE -
Massachusetts Hospital Association & GBMP, Inc.