At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead compensation and benefits strategy across the Americas, ensuring market competitiveness and compliance.
- Company: Dynamic company focused on innovative compensation and benefits solutions.
- Benefits: Comprehensive training, wellness programs, onsite gym, and subsidized cafeteria.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with clear career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Shape compensation strategies and make a real impact on employee wellbeing.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in compensation and benefits, with strong leadership and analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 108000 - 132000 $ per year.
The Senior Manager, Compensation & Benefits (Americas) owns compensation and benefits strategy, design, and governance across the region. This role sets pay structures, manages benefits programs, and ensures market competitiveness - aligned to both business objectives and the Group's global compensation architecture. This role partners closely with Payroll on execution but does not own payroll operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and own the Americas compensation strategy, aligned to the Group's global compensation philosophy.
- Establish and maintain salary structures, job evaluation methodology, and grading frameworks, applying the Global Compensation COE's job architecture to ensure Americas roles map consistently to the global grade structure.
- Lead annual compensation cycles - merit, bonus/variable pay planning, market adjustments, executive compensation analysis.
- Conduct market benchmarking; recommend action on competitiveness and internal equity.
- Own and evolve the region's pay practices and compensation philosophy.
- Design, administer, and continuously improve benefit programs (health, retirement/pension, wellness).
- Manage vendor relationships - insurance carriers, pension providers, consultants.
- Lead annual benefits renewals and contract negotiations.
- Ensure timely, effective employee communication on benefits and retirement programs.
- Monitor benefit costs; recommend programs supporting wellbeing and retention.
- Ensure compensation and benefits programs comply with applicable US and Canada employment, pay equity, and benefits regulation.
- Partner with Legal/Compliance on pay equity audits and regulatory filings.
- Partner with HRIS to optimize systems supporting compensation and benefits administration.
- Support relevant system implementations, upgrades, and integrations.
- Develop dashboards and reporting on compensation, benefits cost, and workforce trends; deliver insights for workforce planning.
- Maintain data integrity and governance across C&B systems.
- Partner with Payroll leadership to ensure comp decisions translate cleanly into pay execution - shared calendar, clean handoffs, no gaps at the design/execution boundary.
- Partner with Finance on budgeting and forecasting compensation and benefits costs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
- CCP, CEBS, or equivalent professional designation strongly preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive compensation and benefits experience, including people leadership.
- Demonstrated ownership of compensation frameworks and benefits programs across US and Canada (or broader Americas).
- Experience partnering with Payroll and Finance.
- Experience with HRIS/comp systems in a complex, multi-entity organization. Familiarity with SAP Success Factor is a strong asset.
- Experience operating within a global compensation framework or COE model is a strong asset.
What We Offer:
- Comprehensive training and mentorship program.
- Exposure to cutting-edge embedded systems technologies.
- Opportunity to work on diverse projects with key customers.
- Clear path for career progression within the organization.
- Collaborative and innovative work environment.
- Wellness program.
- Onsite gym and fitness studio with scheduled group classes - think yoga, aerobics.
- Employee lounge for you to rest and recharge.
- Subsidized employee cafeteria with delicious meals and snacks.
- Shuttle bus from Montreal Downtown to our facility in Kirkland.
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