Director, Compensation & Benefits

Role Summary

McAfee is seeking a Director, Global Compensation & Benefits to join our Global Total Rewards team. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Total Rewards, this role will provide strategic leadership across global equity, job architecture, compensation, and benefits.

A key focus of the role will be the design, administration, and evolution of McAfee's equity programs. This leader will bring deep equity expertise, including experience with both private and public company equity structures and practices, and will help ensure McAfee's programs remain competitive, scalable, and aligned with the company's business and talent strategy.

The Director will also play a critical role in advancing McAfee's global job architecture and compensation framework, including job leveling, career structures, market benchmarking, and pay practices. In addition, the role will oversee broader global compensation and benefits programs and partner closely with the Vice President, Total Rewards, senior leaders, HR Business Partners, Finance, Legal, and Talent Acquisition to reinforce a strong pay-for-performance culture and an effective, well-governed Total Rewards strategy.

The preferred location for this role is Frisco, Texas, with a hybrid work arrangement. Candidates located elsewhere in the United States may also be considered and will be expected to travel to McAfee's Frisco or San Jose offices as business needs require. Relocation assistance is not currently offered.

About the Role:

• Global Compensation Leadership: Lead the design, administration, and ongoing evolution of McAfee's global compensation programs, including base pay, salary structures, annual incentives, and other compensation programs. Partner closely with the Vice President, Total Rewards to ensure programs are competitive, scalable, aligned with business priorities, and reinforce McAfee's pay-for-performance culture.
• Equity Strategy & Programs: Serve as a key subject matter expert for McAfee's equity programs, with responsibility for supporting program design, administration, governance, modeling, and communication. Bring deep experience with both private and public company equity programs, including an understanding of how equity strategy, plan design, valuation, dilution, and governance considerations evolve as companies transition between ownership structures.
• Job Architecture & Career Frameworks: Lead and continue to evolve McAfee's global job architecture, including job families, levels, job evaluation methodologies, career frameworks, and alignment to salary structures. Partner across HR and the business to establish consistent approaches to job leveling and career progression that support organizational design, internal mobility, market competitiveness, and internal equity.
• Market Intelligence & Compensation Analytics: Lead global market pricing, benchmarking, and competitive analysis across functions, levels, and geographies. Translate market data and internal analytics into actionable recommendations regarding pay positioning, salary structures, compensation practices, and program design.
• People Leader: This is a people leadership role responsible for leading, developing, and empowering a team of compensation and benefits professionals while building the capabilities needed to support McAfee's evolving Total Rewards strategy.
• Global Benefits Leadership: Lead the administration and ongoing evolution of McAfee's global benefits programs, including health and welfare, retirement, wellness, and other employee offerings. Evaluate programs for competitiveness, employee value, cost effectiveness, and alignment with McAfee's broader Total Rewards strategy.
• Annual Compensation Programs: Lead the execution of McAfee's annual compensation processes, including merit, bonus, promotion, and equity planning. Partner with the Vice President, Total Rewards, HR Business Partners, Finance, and other stakeholders on budgeting, modeling, implementation, and communication.
• Compensation & Benefits Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and senior business leaders on compensation and benefits matters, including strategic hiring, retention, promotions, job leveling, organizational changes, and other complex talent decisions.
• Governance, Pay Equity & Compliance: Maintain strong governance across compensation, equity, and benefits programs and ensure compliance with applicable global regulatory requirements. Support McAfee's approach to pay transparency, pay equity, and consistent application of Total Rewards policies and programs globally.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with Finance, Legal, HR Operations, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and other key stakeholders to ensure compensation, equity, job architecture, and benefits programs are effectively designed, governed, and implemented.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, coach, and develop the global compensation and benefits teams,…