Compensation Manager, HR​/Recruitment

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing global company in the medical equipment industry! The Compensation Manager is responsible for supporting enterprise-wide compensation job database project. The role is primarily project-focused, with accountability for managing timelines, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring the successful creation, review, governance, and population of job descriptions across the company. This role will serve as a key contributor to ensuring every position in the organization has a documented, evaluated, and appropriately graded job description, while also establishing sustainable governance and processes for ongoing job management.

• Manage and execute end-to-end project activities for job description database implementation, including timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder coordination with guidance from Director Rewards and Senior Compensation Managers.
• Partner closely with HR Business Partners and business leaders to facilitate discussions related to job content, job structure, and organizational alignment.
• Proactively track progress, identify risks, and communicate updates to key stakeholders.

• Ensure job descriptions accurately reflect job content, scope, and organizational needs.
• Confirm that every employee has an associated, approved job description.
• Participate in job evaluation discussions and support job leveling with oversight and guidance from existing compensation staff.

• Conduct job evaluations using established methodologies.
• Perform benchmarking using major compensation surveys and market data.
• Assign job grades and levels with appropriate oversight.
• Identify potential compensation impacts or needs emerging from job evaluations and job description changes.

• Populate and manage job descriptions within the job description database, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Support the use of the job description database as the system of record for job descriptions and approvals, including signature workflows.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure adoption and understanding of the system.

• Develop and document governance frameworks for job description management.
• Create and document processes for how job descriptions move through creation, review, approval, and maintenance.
• Develop process maps and documentation to support data flow, system integration, and future sustainability.

• Navigate job database systems and compensation modules, including job code tables and related data structures.
• Track and manage job-related data and reporting needs.
• Support data accuracy and integrity across systems.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Human Resources and/or Finance with a Bachelor’s degree OR minimum 6 years of experience with a Master’s degree.
• At least 5 years of direct compensation experience, including:
• Job evaluations and job leveling
• Core compensation program management (salary structures, offers, and related programs)
• Market pricing and benchmarking using major compensation surveys
• Experience with survey participation and/or advanced market pricing methodologies.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including Excel proficiency (formulas, vlookups, data analysis).
• Experience working with HRIS, LMS and/or compensation systems, including reporting and data navigation.
• Demonstrated project management capability, including task planning, time management, and stakeholder communication.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to interpret job content, compensation data, and organizational needs holistically.

• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) comparable certification
• Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or comparable advanced HR/compensation certifications