Job Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities)
Compensation Strategy & Governance
- Develop and refresh the compensation philosophy, policies, and governance framework.
- Partner with HRBP/Finance/Business leaders to ensure rewards align with business priorities and budget.
Market Benchmarking & Insights
- Manage salary surveys and market benchmarking for key roles.
- Provide recommendations on pay competitiveness and positioning.
Job Evaluation & Leveling
- Lead job evaluation methodology and ensure consistent job leveling/grade mapping across functions.
- Maintain job architecture and leveling guidelines for new/changed roles.
Salary Structure Design & Maintenance
- Design and maintain salary structure, pay ranges, and comp ratio guidelines.
- Conduct periodic structure reviews to ensure consistency and competitiveness.
Annual Compensation Planning
- Lead annual processes: merit increase, promotion, adjustment, and budgeting.
- Build scenarios and models to support decision making and cost control.
Benefits Program Design & Vendor Management
- Design/improve benefits programs (health, insurance, allowances, wellbeing).
- Manage vendors, service levels, renewals, and cost trend analysis.
Incentive / Equity Plan Management
- Manage short-term incentive (STI) and/or long-term incentive (LTI/equity) program governance.
- Ensure eligibility rules, documentation, payout accuracy, and approval workflow.
Total Rewards Communication
- Create total rewards communication materials: policies, FAQs, manager toolkits, TR statements.
- Drive employee understanding and manager capability in rewards discussions.
Analytics, Compliance & Risk Control
- Build dashboards and reports for rewards insights and audit readiness.
- Ensure compliance with labor law, tax, internal controls, and data confidentiality.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Economics, or related field (Master's is a plus).
- 1015+ years in Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards, with leadership experience.
- Strong exposure to salary surveys/benchmarking, job evaluation, and salary structure design.
- Experience leading annual compensation planning and budget modeling.
- Benefits design experience and vendor management capability.
- Hands-on with HRIS / payroll data; advanced Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, modeling).
Core Competencies
- Strategic thinking and strong business acumen
- Data-driven, analytical mindset
- Stakeholder management and influencing skills
- High integrity, confidentiality, and governance mindset
- Clear communication (able to explain complex rewards topics simply)
Preferred
- Experience with job architecture/grade structure implementation
- Familiarity with incentive/equity plan governance
- Experience in large workforce / multi-site operations
