VP Global Rewards and Performance Management

Role Purpose

The VP, Global Rewards & Performance Management leads the global strategy, design, and governance of broad-based compensation, incentives, recognition, and enterprise performance management. This role oversees global salary structures, job architecture, rewards programs, and all broad-based incentive and recognition frameworks—ensuring programs drive performance, attract and retain talent, and reinforce organizational capability building. Reporting to the VP, Global Talent & Rewards, the VP partners with Talent, Finance, HR and business leaders to maintain a competitive, equitable, and performance-driven global rewards ecosystem.

• Join a 140 year new company undergoing a significant transformation, powered by a lean business system and talent system engine

• Be a leader in a compelling growth story backed by strong market trends and a right to win in 3 verticals – decarbonization, mission critical environments, and AI driven economy with explosive data center growth

• Shape an enterprise talent and rewards system at scale (90,000 employees globally) from the ground up

• Partner directly with CHRO, Business Leaders, and HR Leaders who believe talent is a key part of our winning formula

• Build rewards and performance products that will ensure we attract and retain talent and drive high performance

• Leave a lasting enterprise legacy

• Lead the global strategy and design for broad-based compensation, including salary structures, job architecture, and annual compensation cycles.

• Drive the design and governance of broad-based incentive programs (annual incentives, sales/non-sales incentives, project-based or other incentives).

• Oversee enterprise-wide recognition programs that reinforce culture, performance, and employee engagement.

• Ensure rewards, incentives, and recognition frameworks support global capability building, career pathways, and internal mobility.

• Maintain global compensation and incentive policies, governance, and compliance.

• Oversee market benchmarking, incentive competitiveness analyses, internal equity, and compensation modeling.

• Oversee annual merit, incentive planning, and rewards budgeting processes across all geographies.

• Ensure incentive programs align with pay philosophy, financial guardrails, and regulatory requirements.

• Partner with HRIS to optimize systems and tools for incentive plan management, performance tracking, and reporting.

• Lead enterprise performance management strategy and execution, linking performance outcomes directly to incentives and rewards.

• Design performance processes to strengthen accountability, differentiation, and reward-for-performance culture.

• Equip HR and leaders with tools, training, and communication to support consistent performance and incentive decisions.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to HR and business leaders on incentive design, rewards strategy, and performance alignment.

• Provide compensation and incentive guidance in talent reviews, succession discussions, and organizational design work.

• Partner with Finance and Workforce Planning on incentive budgeting, forecasting, and workforce implications.

• Lead and develop a global rewards and performance team, fostering innovation, analytical rigor, and operational excellence.

• Build strong partnerships across Talent, HR Business Partners, Finance, Legal, and HR Operations to ensure cohesive execution.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in global compensation or total rewards, with expertise in incentive and recognition programs.

• Experience with enterprise performance management strategy.

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or CCP preferred.

• Enterprise-first, strategic, and analytical thinker who approaches problems systemically and uses data-driven insights to inform decisions

• Courageous leader with a strong drive to win, willing to challenge legacy thinking and reinforce accountability for performance

• Domain-credible operator with…