Director, Global Compensation

Job Family:

Travel Required:

Clearance Required:

What You Will Do:

The Compensation Leader will be a key leader on the Global Human Capital Operations leadership team, providing input into the strategic compensation direction of the enterprise.  The successful incumbent will lead a global compensation team and develop, manage, and improve operational and tactical programs and projects that align with our organizational goals.  The leader will also set direction and deploy team resources on a strategic level to ensure our internal client needs are met. 

Using expert level experience, this person will have expertise across a minimum of 4 of the following niche compensation specialties:  broad based compensation, international remuneration, client partnership across all levels of the organization, sales compensation design and administration, short-term incentive design and administration, long-term incentive design and administration, executive compensation, and compensation communication/training/change management. 

Other key aspects to this role include:

• Engaging people manager who will manage individual contributors and supervisors/managers, as the team scales in size.  Has full management responsibility including hiring, coaching, reviewing, and awarding employees.

• Manages effective Compensation programs by keeping career framework current, using market data to ensure competitive position of base pay program, creating and modeling merit and other pay increases budgets, and providing oversight of all incentive programs.

• Able to create, improve, and document processes, guidelines, and operational plans that have long term impact (5 years or more) based on sound logic, analysis, and interpretation.

• Can easily translate strategic direction into operational plans that are executable and implement in timely manner.

• Comfortable responding to unusual or new problems, ideas, and/or situations using logic and relationships to ensure a collaborative approach to problem solving.

• Builds strong relationships with leaders, colleagues, and direct reports as a foundation in leading/solving for complex business needs.

• Regularly influences business decisions and executes the strategies established by executive leadership.

• Influences parties within and outside the Human Capital department on policies, practices, and procedures for the organization.

• Develops team members to uncover and resolve highly complex issues, providing oversight and subject matter expertise

• Creates workforce/staffing plans for compensation team.

What You Will Need:

• Expert level Compensation knowledge and skills spanning niche specialties including: broad based compensation, international remuneration, client partnership across all levels of the organization, sales compensation design and administration, short-term incentive design and administration, long-term incentive design and administration, executive compensation, and compensation communication/training/change management. 

• Expertise in translating theories, concepts, and principles into actionable results for the organization.

• Must have 4-year degree and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience (Relevant experience may be substituted for formal education or advanced degree on a case-by-case basis)

• This is a hybrid role and the employee is expected to be in the office 1-2 days per week.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience working for private, public, and government organizations preferred.

• Workday familiarity a plus

• Strong written skill, specifically constructing incentive and other compensation plan documentation.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at [email protected]. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or [email protected].  Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse.  Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact [email protected]. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.