Senior Compensation Specialist

Overview

Senior Compensation Specialist supporting the design, administration, and continuous improvement of Zinnia's global compensation programs across the United States, India, and Canada.

What you'll do

• Manage day-to-day administration of global compensation programs, policies, and practices across multiple geographies, including the U.S. and India.
• Own and maintain the organization's job architecture within Kamsa, including job families, sub-families, career levels, job profiles, titles, and compensation ranges.
• Manage the monthly refresh and validation of employee, job, and compensation data in Kamsa, ensuring data is accurate, complete, and current.
• Maintain appropriate job mappings and market benchmarks across applicable geographies and labor markets.
• Manage the complete lifecycle of two compensation cycles annually, including project planning, eligibility, guidelines, budgets, system administration, communications, audits, and post-cycle reporting.
• Manage compensation reviews for all employee promotions, market adjustments, and other off-cycle compensation changes.
• Conduct market analyses and internal equity reviews to support compensation recommendations across global employee populations.
• Conduct market pricing for new and existing positions using relevant compensation surveys and market data sources, including appropriate benchmarking for India and other international markets.
• Partner with local and global HR teams to understand regional compensation practices, market dynamics, and employee needs.
• Support compensation programs in India by providing analysis and recommendations related to market competitiveness, job leveling, salary structures, promotions, and compensation positioning.
• Partner with HR, Legal, Finance, Payroll, and other stakeholders to help ensure compensation programs are administered consistently and in alignment with applicable local requirements and company philosophy.
• Lead and support the development, review, and maintenance of job descriptions, ensuring alignment with the job architecture, career levels, compensation framework, and global job standards.
• Perform complex compensation analyses related to market competitiveness, internal equity, pay positioning, salary range penetration, compression, promotions, and workforce trends.
• Develop recurring and ad hoc compensation reports, dashboards, and presentations for HR and business leadership.
• Support annual or periodic salary structure reviews, market movement analyses, and geographic differential assessments.
• Identify potential pay compression, inversion, or internal equity concerns and recommend solutions.
• Participate in compensation surveys and manage survey submissions, data collection, and market matches across relevant countries.
• Support pay equity analyses, pay transparency initiatives, and other compensation compliance activities as appropriate.
• Serve as a compensation subject matter expert and provide guidance to HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, managers, and other stakeholders.
• Provide compensation guidance for offers, promotions, reorganizations, job changes, retention situations, and international workforce decisions.
• Support organizational design and restructuring activities by providing job evaluation, leveling, and compensation expertise.
• Develop compensation-related training, tools, documentation, and resources for HR and managers.
• Support or administer sales commission and incentive compensation programs, as needed.
• Monitor global compensation trends, emerging practices, and regulatory developments and recommend appropriate enhancements to programs and processes.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive compensation experience, including compensation analysis and administration of compensation programs.
• Experience supporting compensation programs across multiple countries or geographic markets.
• Demonstrated experience with job evaluation, market pricing, salary structures, job architecture, promotions, and market adjustments.
• Experience supporting or managing annual or semiannual compensation review cycles.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret large and complex data sets and translate findings into meaningful recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet tools, including lookups, pivot tables, formulas, and data analysis.
• Strong understanding of compensation principles, methodologies, and global compensation practices.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential compensation information with discretion.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across cultures, geographies, and time zones and to partner with HR professionals, managers, and senior leaders globally.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting compensation programs and employees in India, including familiarity with Indian compensation market practices, benchmarking, salary structures, and reward programs.
• Experience working with India-based HR teams and supporting compensation decisions for India employee populations.
• Experience using compensation platforms and market pricing tools such as Kamsa, Pave, Salary.com, PayScale, or similar compensation technology.
• Direct experience administering and maintaining Kamsa, including job architecture, benchmarking, and data refresh processes.
• Experience supporting or administering sales commission and incentive compensation programs.
• Experience working with HRIS platforms and compensation system integrations.
• Experience with global compensation survey vendors and international market data sources.
• Experience supporting pay equity analyses and pay transparency initiatives.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation or progress toward certification.
• Experience in a growing, evolving, or complex global organization where compensation programs and job architecture are being scaled or enhanced.

Details

• Remote, USA.
• Expected salary range $115,000.00 - $138,500.00, dependent on skills and location.