Manager, Executive

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Location:

United States (US)- Illinois
- Moline
Function: People and Culture (CA)
Title: Manager, Executive Compensation-124328
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position

As an Executive Compensation Manager located onsite in Moline, IL you will:

• Support the design, governance, administration, and continuous improvement of Deere’s executive compensation programs
• Conduct executive compensation benchmarking, competitive-practice reviews, financial modeling, and market analysis
• Prepare analyses and recommendations related to executive base salaries, annual and long-term incentives, equity awards, executive offers, promotions, retention arrangements, retirements, and separations
• Apply financial concepts and key business metrics to compensation analysis, incentive design, and executive-ready recommendations
• Translate complex compensation, financial, and governance information into clear recommendations and executive-ready materials
• Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, proxy disclosure requirements, shareholder perspectives, and proxy-advisor policies

Board, Governance and Disclosure

• Support the Board Compensation Committee annual meeting cycle, including analyses, presentations, briefing materials, recommendations, and supporting documentation
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, the Committee’s independent consultant, outside counsel, and other advisors to prepare accurate, decision-ready materials
• Support governance activities related to Say-on-Pay, compensation risk assessments, clawback policies, share ownership guidelines, change-in-control arrangements, and executive equity programs
• Support development of Deere’s annual executive compensation disclosures, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and required compensation tables
• Maintain exceptional accuracy, confidentiality, and judgment in all Board and executive matters

Incentive, Equity and Executive Programs

• Support the design, modeling, implementation, and administration of executive annual and long-term incentive programs
• Conduct performance and payout analyses and evaluate alignment among plan design, business performance, executive rewards, and shareholder outcomes
• Support executive equity governance and administration, including award agreements, share-reserve analysis, dilution, burn rate, ownership guidelines, and market-practice reviews
• Support governance and administration of executive benefit and perquisite programs
• Partner with Legal, Tax, Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Human Resources Operations, and external providers to support accurate and compliant program administration

Capability and Process Improvement

• Document critical processes, decision frameworks, data sources, controls, and annual calendars
• Create scalable tools, templates, models, and reference materials that strengthen continuity and reduce key-person dependency
• Use available technology, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to streamline administrative work and increase speed to insight
• Identify errors, gaps, and downstream implications that could affect decisions, compliance, disclosure, or executive…