Total Rewards Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Norway, +5 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee the design, governance, and management of executive compensation programs, encompassing base salary, annual incentives, long-term incentives, and retention strategies.

• Collaborate with the CHRO, CFO, and CEO to formulate executive reward strategies that align with business goals, market competitiveness, and shareholder expectations.

• Act as the main HR representative supporting the Remuneration Committee (RemCo), which includes preparing meeting materials, analyses, recommendations, and governance documentation.

• Perform executive compensation benchmarking and provide insights into market trends, investor expectations, and governance updates.

• Assist with annual executive compensation reviews, incentive plan outcomes, and executive employment agreements.

• Ensure adherence to relevant executive compensation regulations, disclosure requirements, and governance standards.

• Lead global compensation and benefits frameworks and governance, including job architecture.

• Support salary benchmarking, pay structures, internal equity assessments, and market competitiveness analysis.

• Manage and facilitate incentive, bonus, and performance-related reward frameworks.

• Oversee and facilitate annual merit processes.

• Collaborate with Finance, HRBPs, and business leaders on workforce economics and planning.

• Ensure compliance with compensation governance and regulatory mandates.

• Own strategies related to employee wellbeing and total rewards.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8–12+ years of experience in compensation, benefits, rewards, or workforce strategy roles within a global organizational structure.

• Experience in supporting Board-level discussions on compensation and processes for the Remuneration Committee (RemCo).

• In-depth knowledge of executive compensation design, including both short-term and long-term incentive programs.

• Proficiency in conducting executive compensation benchmarking and market analysis.

• Familiarity with public company compensation governance, disclosure obligations, and shareholder considerations.

• Capability to prepare and present complex compensation analyses and recommendations to senior executives and Board committees.

• Experience with global compensation structures, benefits frameworks, and incentive and performance programs.

• Background as an HRIS subject matter expert supporting compensation, benefits, and rewards processes, reporting, governance, and ongoing system enhancements.

• Strong analytical, commercial, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience in designing and managing reward strategies in competitive talent markets, such as technology, software, automation, robotics, and engineering.

🏝️ Benefits

• 1 hour per week of paid exercise.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.

• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution.

• Generous Paid Time Off including 12 holidays.

• Paid exercise time.

• Paid volunteer time.

• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents.

• Retirement 401(k) plan with employer match.

• Discretionary profit-sharing contributions.

• Educational assistance.

• Professional development programs.

• Mentorship/coaching programs with external industry leaders.

• Group Life Insurance.

• Voluntary Additional Life Insurance.

• Disability Insurance.

• Employee Assistance programs.