VP, Global Compensation Administration – Governance

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the administration of comprehensive compensation programs, which include salary increases, promotions, market adjustments, and various compensation actions.

• Direct the annual compensation planning cycles, managing timelines, governance, procedures, system configurations, testing, validation, reporting, and providing stakeholder support.

• Administer compensation workflows, approval processes, governance procedures, and the planning system.

• Maintain and manage salary grades, salary bands, salary range structures, and market pricing methodologies.

• Conduct reviews of salary structures, market movement analyses, and evaluations of geographic differentials.

• Spearhead participation in compensation surveys and engage in market benchmarking activities.

• Analyze trends in the market, assess compensation competitiveness, and examine internal pay relationships.

• Perform post-cycle analyses to enhance compensation processes for efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness.

• Govern job families, career levels, job classifications, organizational job structures, and maintain the enterprise job catalog.

• Assess requests for new jobs, modifications to existing jobs, and job retirements.

• Manage the job description library, standards, templates, and documentation practices.

• Lead initiatives related to pay equity, transparency, regulatory reporting, and disclosures pertaining to compensation.

• Investigate pay disparities, analyze compensation trends, and identify compliance risks.

• Oversee processes for salary range disclosures, pay equity reporting, and compensation metrics.

• Stay informed about emerging compensation regulations and reporting requirements.

• Develop and maintain compensation policies, guidelines, operating procedures, and governance documentation.

• Establish operational controls, practices for audit readiness, and governance frameworks.

• Conduct audits of compensation practices and compliance reviews.

• Manage reviews of policy exceptions, compensation-related risks, and provide audit support.

• Create compensation dashboards, scorecards, executive reports, and operational metrics.

• Analyze trends in compensation, market competitiveness, workforce dynamics, and pay relationships.

• Collaborate with HR Technology to enhance functionality, implement upgrades, conduct testing, and configure compensation systems.

• Ensure the integrity of compensation data, maintain quality controls, uphold governance standards, and ensure accurate reporting.

• Identify opportunities for automation and utilize Power BI, AI-enabled tools, and data visualization techniques.

• Evaluate and recommend compensation technology, automation workflows, and AI solutions.

• Assist in the design, implementation, and ongoing administration of compensation initiatives.

• Work closely with Benefits, Talent Management, Executive Compensation, HR Technology, Payroll, Recruiting, Finance, and HR Business Partners.

• Lead the planning for implementations, manage change, provide communication support, conduct testing, and ensure operational readiness.

• Design compensation processes and services that are customer-centric.

• Develop and scale foundational compensation administration processes, technology, governance, and operational models.

• Initially serve as an individual contributor and eventually build and lead a compensation administration team.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10–12 years of progressive experience in compensation.

• Proficient in global compensation administration, planning, governance, job architecture, market pricing, and compensation technology.

• Experience in supporting compensation programs across various countries and regions.

• Solid grasp of global compensation practices, market dynamics, and regulatory considerations.

• Expertise in broad-based compensation programs, including salary structures, market pricing, annual compensation planning, pay equity, pay transparency, policy administration, and governance.

• Strong understanding of job architecture, job evaluation, career frameworks, and job governance within organizations.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Familiarity with compensation planning systems and HRIS platforms.

• Experience with advanced analytics, Power BI or similar business intelligence tools, automation solutions, and AI capabilities.

• Proven success in implementing process improvements, automation, and scalable solutions.

• Ability to influence and build partnerships across various departments including Compensation, Total Rewards, HR Business Partners, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Payroll, HR Technology, Legal, and business leadership.

• Exceptional communication and consultation skills.

• Experience in leading teams directly or through project management.

• Comfortable collaborating across North American, EMEA, and APAC time zones.

• Successful completion of a background check may be required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401(k)

• Bonus pay eligibility

• Remote work available within the United States

• Flexible and accommodating work environment

• Opportunities for continuous learning and growth

• Inclusive workplace culture

• Background checks conducted in accordance with local legislation

• AI-assisted screening processes