Director of Compensation

Great Day Improvements: A Family of Brands • Twinsburg, OH

19h

About The Position

The Director of Compensation will lead the strategy, design, and execution of compensation programs across a high-growth, direct-to-consumer home remodeling organization. This role partners closely with executive leadership, finance, operations, retail leadership, call center, inside sales, and field marketing teams to build compensation frameworks that drive profitable growth, operational accountability, customer experience, and retention. The initial focus will center on strengthening retail management compensation structures and commission plans to better align with the organization. This leader must bring a strong blend of business acumen, analytical capability, operational understanding, and compensation expertise within performance-driven environments.

Requirements

• Advanced study and certifications or extensive experience in Human Resources, Finance, Business, or related field required.
• Preferably someone comfortable with Financial Planning and Analysis who loves compensation and driving behaviors.
• 8+ years of progressive compensation leadership experience within growth-oriented, operationally intensive organizations.
• Consultancy is preferred as our person rolls their shirt sleeves up – listens, designs and analyzes with support of resources through influence.
• Strong expertise in commission design, incentive compensation, retail leadership compensation, and variable pay structures.
• Experience supporting direct-to-consumer, retail, home services, home remodeling, or multi-location operational businesses preferred.
• Proven ability to connect compensation strategy to P&L performance, operational metrics, and customer outcomes.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and compensation systems experience required.
• Experience partnering closely with executive leadership, finance, operations, and sales organizations.
• Ability to lead and influence within fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and evolving environments.

Nice To Haves

• Preferably someone comfortable with Financial Planning and Analysis who loves compensation and driving behaviors.
• Consultancy is preferred as our person rolls their shirt sleeves up – listens, designs and analyzes with support of resources through influence.
• Experience supporting direct-to-consumer, retail, home services, home remodeling, or multi-location operational businesses preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and optimization of compensation strategies aligned with company growth, profitability, and operational goals.
• Design scalable compensation structures across retail leadership, branch management, inside sales, call center, field marketing, and operational leadership teams.
• Build commission and incentive programs that reinforce accountability, customer experience, profitable growth, retention, and operational execution.
• Partner with operations and finance leaders to evaluate compensation effectiveness against branch P&L performance, productivity, margin, conversion, retention, and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Drive compensation analytics, reporting, modeling, forecasting, benchmarking, and governance practices across the organization.
• Ensure compensation programs remain competitive, scalable, compliant, and aligned with evolving business objectives.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership regarding compensation philosophy, incentive effectiveness, organizational design, and performance alignment.
• Help establish compensation frameworks that support entrepreneurial growth while driving consistency, transparency, and operational discipline.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed