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.