Director, Global Global Center - R26-10142

At Brand Safway, we know our employees are our greatest asset, which is why we give them the tools, training, and resources to be successful. Come join our growing team!

The Director, Global Compensation will lead the development and execution of Brand Safway’s long-term compensation strategy while taking a hands‑on role in the detailed work required to strengthen and evolve the function. This role requires a strong technical compensation leader who can move comfortably between strategy and execution, including incentive plan design, compensation governance, data analysis, process improvement and automation.

• Lead the global compensation function, providing strategic and technical leadership across base pay, incentive and bonus programs, salary structures, job architecture, and compensation governance.
• Develop and execute compensation strategies and programs that support business objectives, market competitiveness, employee retention, and financial performance.
• Lead the evaluation and standardisation of incentive and bonus programs across regions and business units, establishing greater consistency, governance, and oversight while recognising legitimate local business needs.
• Partner with senior business and HR leaders to evaluate compensation practices, identify risks and inconsistencies, and develop practical solutions that balance business needs, employee retention, internal equity, and financial considerations.
• Provide expertise in the design, administration, and governance of compensation programmes, including annual compensation processes, incentive plans, promotions, retention programmes, and other pay‑related initiatives.
• Evaluate existing compensation processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, controls, and scalability through technology, automation, and process improvement.
• Analyse complex compensation data and market information to identify trends, pay disparities, risks and opportunities and translate findings into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Establish appropriate controls and governance around sensitive compensation data and decisions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, confidentiality and compliance.
• Support compensation programmes across a large, geographically dispersed workforce that includes both union and non‑union employee populations.
• Lead, develop, and provide direction to compensation team members while establishing clear priorities, expectations, and accountability.
• Serve as a trusted compensation adviser to senior leadership, clearly communicating risks, benefits, alternatives and recommendations related to complex compensation decisions.
• Remain current on compensation trends, regulatory requirements, market practices and emerging technologies that may impact the company's compensation strategy.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including significant experience leading complex compensation programmes within a large organisation.
• Strong technical expertise across base compensation, incentive and bonus plan design, salary structures, job architecture, market analysis and compensation governance.
• Demonstrated experience designing, evaluating and improving incentive compensation programmes across multiple business units, regions or operating environments.
• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to balance compensation competitiveness with cost, profitability, risk and operational considerations.
• Experience identifying inconsistencies or pay disparities and developing practical, scalable solutions that improve alignment and governance.
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