HR​/Recruitment Head, Talent Manager

Head of Compensation – Global Organization

New York, NY | Onsite 4 days per week (1 day remote)
$240,000 – $280,000 base + bonus

Oakleaf Partnership is supporting a leading, publicly traded global organization in appointing a Head of Compensation
. This is a rare opportunity to build a compensation function from the ground up within a fast-moving, high-growth environment that blends the scale of an enterprise with the agility of a start-up.

The business is undergoing significant modernization and transformation. With limited existing structure, this role is perfectly suited for a compensation leader who thrives in complexity, ambiguity, and change
, and who wants ownership over designing the compensation ecosystem for the future.

You will have direct influence at the highest levels of the HR function, strong sponsorship, and the ability to drive enterprise-wide impact.

You will:

• Architect compensation frameworks for a global workforce

• Lead a full compensation modernization program with executive backing

• Influence systems, data, governance, and decision-making across multiple business units

• Partner closely with HR, Finance, and a shared-services model that supports HRIS and payroll

• Shape comp strategy for both traditional corporate roles and a highly complex 1099 broker population

This is one of the most compelling compensation leadership opportunities in the market for someone who wants to create, innovate, and lead big change
.

• Build and implement job architecture, job leveling, and compensation frameworks

• Lead a large-scale data clean-up and title rationalization initiative

• Develop market-aligned compensation structures for a diverse workforce

• Establish and manage market survey participation and benchmarking strategy

• Partner with senior HR leadership on annual compensation cycle design

• Design and model compensation structures for complex 1099 broker teams

• Provide advanced compensation modeling (Excel) and analytics support

• Work with Oracle HCM data structures for governance and reporting

• Support process optimization, compensation operations, and administrative coordination

• Compensation leadership experience within:

  • Commercial Real Estate

  • Professional Services

  • Financial Services

  • Or other environments with mature HR/Comp design

• Ability to thrive in environments with low structure and high ambiguity

• Proven success designing compensation programs from scratch

• Strong analytical capability and stakeholder influence

• Experience working with 1099 or non-standard pay structures is highly desirable

• 4 days onsite
  , 1 day remote

• Calendar-year compensation cycle

• 1 direct report
  , with potential administrative support

This is a high-impact, transformational leadership role for a compensation expert who wants to build an entire function, shape organizational structure, and directly influence business performance
.

If you are energized by complexity, innovation, and meaningful ownership, this opportunity offers extraordinary scope and visibility.