Senior Manager - Compensation & Rewards - GCC

Senior Manager - Compensation & Rewards - GCC (15-20 yrs)

Job Description :

- Lead and manage global compensation and rewards programs across salary, merit, bonus, and long-term incentive processes.

- Partner with HRBPs, People leaders, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders to provide compensation advice on offers, promotions, job changes, retention, market adjustments, and annual planning.

- Drive market benchmarking and compensation analysis to ensure competitive, equitable, and consistent pay practices.

- Support and strengthen job architecture, job levelling, salary structures, and compensation governance across geographies.

- Manage annual compensation cycles, including performance calibration inputs, merit planning, bonus planning, compensation review tools, and stakeholder communication.

- Lead pay equity reviews and support global pay transparency and equal pay requirements.

- Improve compensation reporting, analytics, data quality, dashboards, and decision-ready insights.

- Enhance Workday/HRIS compensation processes and identify opportunities for automation and AI-enabled workflows.

- Support executive compensation benchmarking, analysis, and leadership materials.

- Educate and advise leaders and HR teams on compensation philosophy, market trends, and pay practices.

- Lead and develop a junior Compensation Analyst while maintaining high quality and execution standards.

- Operate as a hands-on compensation leader, balancing strategic advisory responsibilities with detailed execution.

Must-Have Requirements :

- 8+ years of progressive experience in Compensation / Total Rewards

- Strong hands-on experience in Global or Multi-country Compensation

- Mandatory experience supporting the US and at least one European country

Expertise in :

- Salary planning and merit cycles

- Bonus and incentive programs

- Market pricing and compensation benchmarking

- Compensation surveys

- Job architecture and job levelling

- Salary bands and compensation structures

- Internal equity and pay equity

- Experience managing annual compensation planning cycles.

- Strong experience advising senior stakeholders, HRBPs, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders.

- Hands-on experience with Workday or another major HRIS; Workday Advanced Compensation is highly preferred.