Compensation Programs Director
About The Position
Microsoft's Total Rewards organization is seeking a strategic, motivated, and collaborative Compensation Director to lead compensation design and deliver outcomes across the company. The role leads compensation strategy and programs, using AI to improve insights, simplify processes, and enhance the manager and employee experience. The director builds a high-performing team and partners across HR to ensure broad-based compensation programs attract and retain talent, support business needs, reflect Microsoft's pay priorities, and are easy to understand and use. The position oversees program design and adaptation, compensation analysis and modeling, program implementation, and complex program management. It advises leadership on critical compensation issues, evaluates program effectiveness and business impact, and presents short- and long-term solutions to executive leadership. The role also manages people through modeling Microsoft's culture and values, coaching team members, and investing in their growth.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or a related field and 6+ years of experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or a related field; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 8+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
- People-management capability, including modeling, coaching, and caring for team members.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or a related field and 12+ years of experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or a related field; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 15+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of project management experience.
- 4+ years of compensation program design experience.
- 3+ years of people management experience.
Responsibilities
- Guide teams in developing and communicating business cases for new or changing compensation programs, including promotions, stock awards, base pay, recognition, and in-business programs.
- Partner with HR Business Partners and senior executives to gain acceptance of proposed program changes, including their costs, principles, and impact; create company-wide communications strategies.
- Hold the team accountable for compensation analyses, including job evaluations, job classifications and matching, and total compensation analysis using market data and internal and external measures.
- Partner with Finance and other stakeholders to explain, recommend, and iteratively develop complex financial compensation models.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on compensation reporting and modeling, and lead development of internal compensation analysis tools informed by business needs and industry trends.
- Act as a company-wide expert and thought leader in compensation program implementation; advise leadership on unusually complex, risky, and critical issues.
- Lead or participate in key compensation process phases, such as annual salary planning.
- Evaluate compensation program and process effectiveness and business impact.
- Oversee complex, high-risk projects with internal and external partners, providing compensation consulting to leadership for major decisions and planning.
- Lead implementation of short- and long-term compensation solutions based on business objectives and challenges; present solutions to executive leadership and partner with HR Business Partners to gain buy-in.
- Lead and develop the team by modeling Microsoft's culture and values, defining objectives and outcomes, enabling success across boundaries, supporting adaptation and learning, and attracting, retaining, and growing talent.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
