Senior Manager, Americas

The Global Rewards team at Fragomen develops and operates global compensation and benefits programs that help the Firm attract, retain and motivate top talent across a global workforce. The Compensation Senior Manager, Americas will serve as the owner of Fragomen's regional compensation strategy, governance and execution in the Americas region which covers the USA, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil. Reporting to the Global Head of Total Rewards, this role will lead the design and delivery of regional compensation programs, including base pay strategy, annual incentive plans, job architecture, market benchmarking, compensation governance, and regulatory compliance.

This is a high-impact leadership role for a compensation expert who can combine strategic thinking with disciplined execution. The successful candidate will bring strong technical depth, business-focused judgment, analytical rigor, and the ability to engage with senior stakeholders across the region, functions, and leadership groups.

• Contribute to Fragomen's global compensation philosophy
• Deploy, evolve and steward Fragomen's compensation philosophy in the Americas region, including pay positioning, pay mix, and the balance between global consistency and fit-for-purpose local flexibility
• Lead the development, implementation, administration, and communication of compensation programs including base and variable pay, annual compensation planning, market analysis, retention programs with a focus on operational excellence and governance
• Own global job architecture and career framework, ensure clear linkage between leveling, market data, pay ranges, career progression and compensation decision-making
• Lead regional incentive compensation programs, including the annual bonus plan and sales incentive ensuring alignment with business objectives, affordability and performance outcomes
• Lead the global annual compensation cycle end-to-end across merit, promotions, and annual bonus payout.
• Partner with Finance on budgeting, scenario modelling, and cost reconciliation
• Develop and deliver training programs that build compensation capability in the region, including for Partners, business leaders, HR teams, Talent Acquisition, and employees
• Build compensation tools, models, governance processes, and decision frameworks that enable Partners, business leaders, HR business partners, and Talent Acquisition to make consistent, competitive, and policy-aligned compensation decisions anchored in creating business value

7+ years of progressive compensation experience, including partnership with senior leaders/executives and ownership of programs across multiple countries

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Computer Science or another analytical field
• Demonstrated experience leading annual compensation planning for a multi-country workforce
• Strong expertise in job architecture, job evaluation and leveling, benchmarking, salary structure design, pay-for-performance, and incentive compensation
• Experience using major job evaluation methodologies, such as Mercer IPE, WTW Global Grading, or Korn Ferry Hay
• Proven ability to design and improve compensation governance, processes, tools, and operating models in a complex, matrixed environment
• Strong project management capability, with the ability to lead complex initiatives while balancing strategic priorities, operational detail, and stakeholder expectations
• Demonstrated success leading compensation change management initiatives across multiple countries and stakeholder groups
• Ability to translate complex and sometimes conflicting data into clear business insights, practical recommendations, and executive-ready narratives
• Strong…