Director, Global Compensation

Servco Pacific Inc. • Honolulu, HI

4d • $137,300 - $208,660 • Remote

About The Position

Servco is seeking an experienced and strategic Director, Global Compensation to build and lead our enterprise compensation function during a transformative period of growth and organizational evolution. Reporting directly to the Chief People Officer, this role serves as the company's senior compensation expert and trusted advisor to executive leadership, the CFO, and the Compensation Committee on all matters related to compensation strategy, governance, executive pay, and pay-for-performance design. As Servco's first enterprise compensation leader, you will establish the compensation philosophy, governance frameworks, job architecture, and compensation standards that support a diverse, multi-entity global organization. You will play a critical role in shaping executive compensation programs, driving workforce transformation initiatives, and creating scalable compensation practices that enable business growth while ensuring market competitiveness, internal equity, and sound governance. This is a unique opportunity for a compensation leader who enjoys building from the ground up, influencing at the highest levels of an organization, and partnering across business units to create a modern, data-driven compensation strategy. If you are energized by solving complex compensation challenges, leading through influence, and delivering meaningful business impact, we invite you to join us in defining the future of rewards at Servco.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role owning total rewards design.
• Direct, hands-on experience with executive compensation to include design, governance, and Compensation Committee interaction and serving as the primary compensation expert in those conversations.
• Experience operating as a compensation center of excellence: establishing standards and frameworks that HR business partners and BU teams execute against.
• Experience building or significantly redesigning compensation infrastructure in complex, multi-entity or multi-geography organizations.
• Experience managing and developing a compensation team.
• Familiarity with unionized environments and collectively bargained wage structures strongly preferred.
• Deep technical compensation expertise: market pricing, job architecture, salary structure design, incentive plan design, and executive pay.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling capability; able to build business cases, model compensation scenarios, and track program effectiveness.
• Able to translate complex compensation concepts into clear, actionable guidance for HR partners and senior business leaders.
• Skilled at leading through influence: drives consistency and standards through BU HR teams without direct authority.
• Strong executive presence and communication; credible and effective in conversations with the board, CFO, and ownership.
• AI fluency and demonstrated curiosity for emerging technology; working knowledge of AI tools as applied to compensation and HR analytics, with a genuine drive to continuously learn including hands-on exploration of agentic AI applications that can automate and enhance compensation workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Prior experience in retail, automotive, or operationally complex industries a plus.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designs and implements Servco’s enterprise compensation philosophy, governance framework, job architecture, and leveling standards across all legal entities, providing the CPO and executive team with a defensible, documented foundation for all compensation decisions.
• Directly manages all executive compensation to include pay positioning, incentive design, and long-term incentive structures. Leads Compensation Committee preparation and support with confidence and credibility; executive pay decisions are well-supported, timely, and aligned with board expectations.
• Ensures HI Mobility and AU business unit HR teams operate within a consistent, enterprise-defined compensation framework.
• Leads compensation reset in alignment with Hawaii Workforce Transformation effort, supporting the HI Compensation team in completing current state assessment, designing future state, and delivering implementation roadmap on schedule.
• Designs and implements a pay-for-performance structure connecting compensation to performance outcomes.
• Builds, leads, and develops a direct team of compensation professionals while effectively managing in a matrixed environment, establishing clear standards, enabling Business Unit HR partners to execute with confidence, and fostering a culture of rigor, discretion, and strong business partnership across both direct and indirect relationships.

Benefits

• Helping create Life:Moments that matter to you, whether at home or at work, is our secret to being recognized as one of Hawaii’s Best Places to Work for 17 years!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director