Compensation Manager, Business

Updated: December 22, 2025
Location: Bridgewater, NJ, United States
Job :13131

You’re driven, resourceful, and above all else - remarkably smart.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, recommending, implementing, and maintaining compensation programs, policies, and procedures that support the achievement of company objectives.

You will be responsible for delivering fair, innovative, competitive, and performance-driven compensation in an efficient and manner to business partners throughout the organization. This role involves compensation program analysis, creation, maintenance, and administration. The manager will also be responsible for data analysis and reporting, providing necessary professional and technical support and guidance.

• Serve as the primary contact and subject matter expert for incentive compensation (IC) services from implementation, including design, gathering requirements, documenting specifications for programming and report generation, developing/maintaining timelines, quality control, and coordination of administrative activities (e.g., billing).
• Produce clearly written narratives, documents, and decks that include data visualizations such as charts, infographics, and dashboards to communicate measurement plans, findings, caveats, and actionable recommendations to cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including scope documents.
• Lead the design of IC initiatives.
• Work independently to process information and data to create reports on activities, trends, and projections regarding incentive plan performance, efficiencies, and possible improvements.
• Train leadership, managers, and business partners on incentive plans.
• Meet with management to establish, monitor, and review performance.
• Prepare detailed workflow charts and diagrams that describe input, output, and logical operations.
• Other projects as deemed necessary by management.

• Must be advanced in the use of Microsoft Excel, including the ability to do complex formulas, pivot tables, and power pivot reports.
• Proficiency with standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with incentive compensation platforms (Varicent, Xactly, Oracle SPM, SAP Commissions, Anaplan, or Others)
• Database query skills (e.g., Microsoft Access, SQL, or equivalent).
• Ability to set and maintain multiple priorities in a fast‑paced and deadline‑oriented environment with shifting priorities while providing deliverables in a timely fashion.
• Must be well‑organized with excellent time management skills, attention to detail, and accuracy.
• Ability to develop/create professionally formatted summary materials (e.g., spreadsheets, tables, charts).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong meeting facilitation skills including information gathering, feedback sessions, and facilitating training sessions.
• Ability to identify and understand broad‑scope issues while simultaneously attending to details.
• Must be a team player with excellent follow‑up and customer service skills.
• Must be self‑motivated and results‑oriented; take ownership of projects and produce results.
• Pro‑active, goal‑oriented, and able to move quickly to resolution.
• Proven strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem‑solving skills, and ability to synthesize information and data from a variety of sources.
• Ability to apply sound judgment to solve problems and make defensible recommendations.
• Understand how certain compensation issues may impact other company departments.

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience (Business, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field preferred). Master’s degree in a directly related field is preferred.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional‑level work experience in incentive compensation in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Previous IC reporting experience specific to sales teams.
• Advanced Microsoft Office (i.e., Excel, Outlook, Access, Word, and PowerPoint) skills with advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to do complex formulas, pivot tables and…