Sr. Director, Compensation

Envista Dentistry•Brea, CA

About The Position

The Sr. Director, Compensation is responsible for leading the design, delivery, and governance of key compensation programs that support Envista’s talent and business strategy. This role provides strategic leadership across broad-based and executive compensation, and equity/retirement programs. The Sr. Director operates as an enterprise‑level compensation leader, partnering with HR, Finance, and senior business leaders to evolve Envista’s compensation practices. The role serves as the strategic partner on compensation and equity programs, supporting annual cycles, program design, benchmarking, regulatory considerations, and materials for senior leadership and the Compensation Committee. This position manages and develops one direct report responsible for equity and retirement programs, ensuring effective program design, administration, compliance, and communication. It involves partnering with HR and business leaders to shape, implement, and continuously improve global compensation strategies, programs, and governance. The Sr. Director acts as a key consultant to HR Business Partners and business leaders on compensation‑related topics, offering data‑driven recommendations and solutions, and supports and influences global compensation initiatives, partnering cross‑functionally and regionally to ensure scalability, consistency, and local alignment. The role also provides consultative input on sales compensation programs, partnering with sales, finance, and HR stakeholders, and analyzes internal and external market data to inform pay decisions, assess competitiveness, and proactively identify risks and opportunities. Finally, it ensures compensation programs comply with applicable regulations, internal controls, and governance standards while supporting transparency and fairness, and contributes to process improvements, analytics, and enablement tools that enhance program effectiveness, leader understanding, and employee experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
At least 10 years’ experience managing compensation programs, preferably within an international environment
Proven experience managing regional and multi-country compensation within complex, matrix organizations
Strong client focus, with a proven track record of optimizing compensation services and processes
Proven experience in designing and executing end-to-end compensation strategies aligned with business growth objectives and workforce planning priorities
Strong capability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing compensation teams, fostering accountability, capability building, and succession planning
Solid understanding of executive, broad-based, and sales compensation, with the ability to translate data into executive-level insights and forecasts
Strong data/analytics and process orientation with a customer centric approach
Strategic, analytical, and results-oriented leadership mindset, combined with strong execution capability
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership

Responsibilities

Leading the design, delivery, and governance of key compensation programs that support Envista’s talent and business strategy
Providing strategic leadership across broad-based and executive compensation, and equity/retirement programs
Operating as an enterprise‑level compensation leader, partnering with HR, Finance, and senior business leaders to evolve Envista’s compensation practices
Serving as the strategic partner on compensation and equity programs, supporting annual cycles, program design, benchmarking, regulatory considerations, and materials for senior leadership and the Compensation Committee
Managing and developing one direct report responsible for equity and retirement programs, ensuring effective program design, administration, compliance, and communication
Partnering with HR and business leaders to shape, implement, and continuously improve global compensation strategies, programs, and governance
Acting as a key consultant to HR Business Partners and business leaders on compensation‑related topics, offering data‑driven recommendations and solutions
Supporting and influencing global compensation initiatives, partnering cross‑functionally and regionally to ensure scalability, consistency, and local alignment
Providing consultative input on sales compensation programs, partnering with sales, finance, and HR stakeholders
Analyzing internal and external market data to inform pay decisions, assess competitiveness, and proactively identify risks and opportunities
Ensuring compensation programs comply with applicable regulations, internal controls, and governance standards while supporting transparency and fairness
Contributing to process improvements, analytics, and enablement tools that enhance program effectiveness, leader understanding, and employee experience