Lead Partner

Are you a strategic compensation expert ready to make a global impact? Do you thrive on designing and developing innovative total rewards programs — from broad-based and executive compensation to sales incentives and equity — while partnering with HR and business leaders to drive competitive, compliant, and effective reward strategies across global and regional markets? Please consider joining our corporate team as a Lead Compenastion Partner!

• Plan, design, and develop global and regional compensation programs (base pay, incentives, equity, and rewards), evaluating cost, effectiveness, and business alignment.
• Provide analytical and consultative support for total rewards strategy, partnering with HR and business leaders to ensure competitive, equitable, and compliant compensation practices.
• Support design and administration of executive compensation programs, including base salary, annual incentive, and LTIP; assist with budgeting, communications, and Compensation Committee materials.
• Manage annual compensation cycles (merit, promotion, incentives); support planning, modeling, budget analysis, communications, and execution with HR and business leaders.
• Administer equity compensation programs, including RSU awards, vesting, cancellations, and terminations; coordinate tracking and reporting with payroll, finance, legal, and vendors.
• Own/support administration of the Fidelity system for equity programs, including RSU award inputs, terminations, incentive accruals, and related compensation transactions.
• Design and administer sales compensation programs, including plan design, quota setting, payout calculations, crediting, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, HR, and operations to ensure sales compensation plans are accurately administered, aligned to business goals, and supported by effective controls.
• Review salary recommendations and compensation actions for alignment with guidelines, budget, and internal equity; recommend corrective actions as needed.
• Support compensation policy governance by reviewing job descriptions, maintaining guidelines, and ensuring regulatory and compliance alignment.
• Work with the SDC/Compass to prepare regulatory reports, maintain data accuracy, and audit plans for compliance with plan provisions and legal requirements.
• Provide total rewards consultation to HRBPs, managers, and business leaders on compensation matters, employee queries, and reward decisions.
• Audit the compensation function to identify process improvements, strengthen controls, and enhance efficiency through benchmarking, automation, and best practices.

• Bachelor's Degree preferred and 8 years of hands‑on experience. Global experience is a must.
• Experience with compensation surveys and special studies, conduct market benchmarking, and assess pay equity to support compensation decisions, internal fairness, and external competitiveness.
• Have mastered industry best practices and disciplines, recognized as a subject matter expert within the organization — actively contributing to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
• Solve highly complex and uniquely challenging problems by thoroughly evaluating alternatives and variables, continuously driving improvements to policies and procedures.
• Work independently toward long‑range goals and objectives, self‑initiating assignments with sound judgment and discretion — while also mentoring and coaching less experienced team members.
• Serve as a trusted consultant to management and a spokesperson for the organization, leading major initiatives related to policies, plans, and long‑range objectives.
• Operate with a high level of accountability, understanding that decisions carry significant weight —…