Discovery and Planning

Aug. 2024-Feb. 2026

Identify consulting partner; launch executive leadership team and steering committees for faculty, staff and graduate student compensation; conduct discovery, data collection, compensation design and development, and build implementation plan.

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Implementation Phase I: Framework Design and Market Alignment Activation

Jan.-Dec. 2026

Finalize the institutional compensation framework and prepare it for enterprise implementation. Leverage a comprehensive consultation, training, education and communications plan with VPs, deans, department heads, supervisors, budget fiscal officers, HR liaisons and the workforce at large.

Once structures are enacted across enterprise systems, initial below-market adjustments expected to be implemented by end of calendar year 2026.

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Implementation Phase 2: Placement Validation

Jan. 2027-June 2028

Collect and validate compensable factors to refine range placement for individuals.

Implementation Phase 3: Range Optimization

June 2028-June 2030

Optimize pay placement for individuals within ranges.