Senior Compensation Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily management of global compensation programs, policies, and practices across various regions, including the U.S. and India.

• Take ownership of the organization’s job architecture within Kamsa, encompassing job families, sub-families, career levels, job profiles, titles, and compensation ranges.

• Manage the monthly updates and verification of employee, job, and compensation data in Kamsa.

• Sustain job mappings and market benchmarks across relevant geographies and labor markets.

• Oversee two annual compensation cycles, including planning, eligibility determinations, guidelines, budgets, system administration, communications, audits, and reporting.

• Administer compensation reviews for promotions, market adjustments, and off-cycle compensation changes.

• Conduct market analyses, internal equity assessments, and market pricing for various positions.

• Collaborate with local and global HR teams on regional compensation practices and employee requirements.

• Work with HR, Legal, Finance, Payroll, and other stakeholders to ensure consistent administration of compensation programs in accordance with local regulations.

• Lead the development, review, and maintenance of job descriptions.

• Execute complex compensation analyses that consider market competitiveness, internal equity, pay positioning, salary range penetration, compression, promotions, and workforce trends.

• Create recurring and ad hoc compensation reports, dashboards, and presentations.

• Assist with salary structure reviews, market movement analyses, geographic differential assessments, pay equity evaluations, and pay transparency initiatives.

• Act as a compensation subject matter expert for HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, managers, and stakeholders.

• Offer compensation guidance for job offers, promotions, reorganizations, job changes, retention scenarios, and international workforce decisions.

• Support organizational design and restructuring through job evaluations, leveling, and compensation expertise.

• Develop compensation training, tools, documentation, and resources.

• Assist or administer sales commission and incentive compensation programs as necessary.

• Keep track of global compensation trends, emerging practices, and regulatory developments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• At least 5 years of progressive compensation experience, including compensation analysis and the administration of compensation programs.

• Experience in supporting compensation programs across various countries or geographic markets.

• Familiarity with job evaluation, market pricing, salary structures, job architecture, promotions, and market adjustments.

• Experience in supporting or managing annual or semiannual compensation review cycles.

• Advanced analytical skills with large and complex data sets.

• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet tools, including lookups, pivot tables, formulas, and data analysis.

• Strong understanding of compensation principles, methodologies, and global compensation practices.

• Excellent project management and organizational skills.

• Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential compensation information with discretion.

• Capacity to work effectively across cultures, geographies, and time zones, collaborating with global HR professionals, managers, and senior leaders.

• Preferred qualifications include experience with India compensation programs and market practices; familiarity with Kamsa, Pave, Salary.com, PayScale, or similar platforms; HRIS and compensation integrations; global compensation surveys; pay equity and pay transparency initiatives; and CCP certification or progress toward certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health/dental insurance

• Parental leave

• 401(k)

• Incentive/bonus opportunity

• Tuition reimbursement

• Competitive compensation

• Excellent career progression

• Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce