Senior Manager, Executive Compensation and M&A
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Executive Compensation and M&A is a senior individual-contributor role on Veralto’s Total Rewards team, remote in the United States. The role leads complex executive compensation work and supports the full transaction lifecycle, from due diligence and deal modeling through retention strategy, transition planning, and integration. It combines consulting-style analysis and executive exposure with direct ownership of implementation and long-term outcomes. The Senior Manager collaborates with Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, HR, Corporate Development, business leaders, and subject-matter experts to address ambiguous challenges, shape enterprise compensation strategy, and turn rigorous analysis into actionable recommendations. The role works closely with senior leaders, supports and periodically presents to the HR Leadership Team, and may take on broader company-wide compensation priorities over time. Executive compensation responsibilities include benchmarking, annual and long-term incentive design, analysis of market, regulatory, and governance trends, executive pay and equity modeling, and development of recommendations, approval materials, and offer documentation. The role also prepares decision-ready materials for the Compensation Committee and executive leaders and partners on disclosures, governance, equity matters, and public filings. For mergers and other transactions, the role leads compensation and benefits due diligence, assesses financial and talent risks, models costs, develops retention and compensation transition strategies, and coordinates the integration of pay programs, job levels, incentives, and equity. Over time, the role may take ownership of broader enterprise priorities such as job architecture and leveling, salary structures, incentive design, and compensation governance. Veralto describes itself as a global leader in essential technology solutions, with annual sales of $5.5 billion, 14 operating companies, 17,000 associates, and 300+ locations worldwide. It is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- 10–15 years of progressive experience in executive compensation, total rewards, human capital, transaction advisory consulting, a public company, or a combination of these environments.
- Deep expertise in executive compensation, including benchmarking, incentive design, equity programs, proxy disclosures, and governance.
- Advanced financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including Excel proficiency and experience building complex compensation or transaction models and translating insights into business and talent decisions.
- Ability to work autonomously, manage concurrent priorities, influence stakeholders, and guide colleagues, advisors, and cross-functional partners in a complex, matrixed global organization.
Nice To Haves
- An advanced degree or relevant certification.
- Experience in M&A, compensation and benefits due diligence, transaction modeling, retention planning, or post-close integration; strong adjacent transaction experience and the ability to quickly develop M&A expertise will also be considered.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with advanced Microsoft PowerPoint proficiency.
- Proven ability to handle highly confidential executive, transaction, and compensation information.
Responsibilities
- Lead executive compensation work, including pay benchmarking, annual and long-term incentive design, and analysis of market, regulatory, and governance trends.
- Develop executive compensation packages for hires and promotions through pay and equity modeling, stakeholder recommendations, approval materials, and offer documentation.
- Prepare decision-ready materials for the Compensation Committee and executive leaders, and partner with Legal, Finance, and Investor Relations on disclosures, governance, equity matters, and public filings.
- Drive total rewards strategy across mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other transactions with Corporate Development, HR, Legal, Finance, business leaders, and subject-matter experts.
- Lead compensation and benefits due diligence, identify financial and talent risks, model costs, and turn findings into recommendations for deal decisions.
- Design retention and compensation transition strategies; lead integration of pay programs, job levels, incentives, and equity; and coordinate stakeholders throughout the transaction lifecycle.
- Over time, take ownership of enterprise priorities such as job architecture and leveling, salary structures, incentive design, and compensation governance.
- Develop forward-looking perspectives on emerging compensation issues and recommend practical approaches aligned with business and talent strategy.
- Lead cross-enterprise compensation initiatives from strategy through execution, aligning HR, Finance, Legal, and operating companies.
- Work closely with senior leaders, support and periodically present to the HR Leadership Team, and own implementation and long-term outcomes.
Benefits
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment.
- Paid holidays and a permissive paid time off policy emphasizing flexibility and trust.
- Dedicated training, on-the-job development, and coaching.
- Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) savings plan with employer match.
- Associate wellbeing programming with rewards.
- Bonus pay eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
