Position Summary
Compensation Product Lead responsible for design, governance, and continuous improvement of compensation programs, processes, and supporting product capabilities to drive scalable solutions supporting business objectives, compliance, and employee/manager experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead operational execution and governance of annual compensation planning cycles (process management, systems coordination, stakeholder support, testing, reporting, issue resolution).
- Design, enhance, and govern compensation programs, tools, and operational processes.
- Drive continuous improvement for compensation products, annual cycles, salary structures, and administration processes.
- Partner with HRIS/technology to implement, optimize, and govern compensation systems, workflows, and reporting.
- Standardize compensation operational processes to improve scalability, efficiency, data integrity, compliance, and user experience.
- Support governance (guidelines/operational standards) and oversee documentation, controls, and audit readiness.
- Partner cross-functionally (Compensation, HR Business Partners, Finance, Payroll, People Services) to ensure accurate execution.
- Analyze trends/metrics to identify improvements and provide consultative guidance.
- Lead or contribute to cross-functional Compensation/Total Rewards projects and transformation initiatives.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelorβs degree in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, or related (required); CCP certification or advanced degree (preferred).
- Typically 7β10 years progressive experience in Compensation/Total Rewards/HR Operations.
- Compensation program design and annual cycle administration experience.
- Strong knowledge of salary structures, incentive administration, compensation governance.
- HRIS/compensation platforms experience (e.g., Workday, SuccessFactors).
- Strong analytics, project/stakeholder management, communication; influence in a matrix environment.
- Prior Workday annual cycle experience (config/testing/validation/reporting/end-user support) and process governance/consulting skills (desired).
Benefits (explicitly listed)
- Health coverage (medical, pharmacy, dental, vision); wellbeing support (EAP).
- Financial protection (401(k), disability, life/accident insurance, etc.).
- Paid time off (flexible time off for US exempt employees; vacation/holidays for certain roles).
Application instruction
- Apply even if your resume doesnβt perfectly match the role requirements.