Associate Director of Compensation is responsible for the execution and administration of global job and compensation frameworks within the enterprise strategy set by Total Rewards leadership. Assist with the design, administration, and optimization of compensation programs across PMG. Owns annual compensation cycle management (calendar, guidelines, ranges, calibration) and market benchmarking. Partners closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, and Business Leaders to ensure market competitiveness, internal equity, and compliance across all geographies. Proactively advises and consults with senior leadership, leveraging data analytics and insights to support decisions on pay positioning, compliance, and talent strategy. Conducts analysis and interpretation related to the organization’s global compensation programs.
- Participates in annual salary administration programs, including salary grade and structure maintenance & creation.
- Provides data analytics for the maintenance and development of incentive or salary increase budgets.
- Participates in administration of annual incentive, and/or salary increase programs.
- Conducts market benchmarking analysis to determine competitive positioning of the organizations jobs and pay programs.
- Evaluates the organizations job descriptions, providing feedback and consulting to the business as needed.
- Participates and manages salary surveys by matching PMG jobs to available salary surveys reference jobs and provides organizational data to these survey providers.
- Ensures HR systems are configured/maintained in a way that support overall compensation priorities and policy.
- Partners with HRIS for ongoing data integrity checks.
- Produces HR Metrics related to compensation and offer insights to the Business and HR Teams.
- Provides guidance, coaching, mentoring and training to HR Business Partners on compensation-related issues.
- Provides input on compensation policy and procedure creation.
- Generate compensation metrics and provide analysis and recommendations based on them.
- Lead and/or participates in HR and Total Reward projects.
- Supports US and Global compensation matters as needed.
Minimum Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a related major and 12 or more years of global compensation experience within mature international organizations.
Preferred Education & Experience:
- Experience in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical or other industry directly related to one of PMG’s service lines.
- Experience with PayFactors and SAP/SuccessFactors or Workday a plus
- Has worked with short term incentive plans and/or sales plans or equivalent combination of education, professional training and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.
- Bias for Action & Ownership: Is a “self-starter”. Proactively identifies issues; takes end-to-end accountability for outcomes.
- Advanced proficiency with market pricing, survey methodology, salary structures, regression analysis, and data modeling.
- Solid understanding of global regulatory environments and pay transparency legislation.
- Data Analytics & Storytelling: Translates data into insights and executive-ready narratives
- Influence Without Authority: Shapes outcomes across HR, Finance, Legal, and business leaders through credibility and relationships.
- Strategic Thinking & Execution: Operates at both 30,000 ft and ground level; delivers polished programs on time.
- Stakeholder Management & Communication: Tailors messages to diverse audiences; simplifies complexity.
- Change Leadership & Enablement: Drives adoption of new frameworks and practices through training, playbooks, and clear guidance.
- Project Management Excellence: Demonstrates ability to plan, organize, and execute complex global compensation projects. Effectively manages timelines, resources, and stakeholders; communicates progress clearly; and ensures successful delivery of initiatives within scope, budget, and quality standards.
- Prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
- Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing, writing, or handling documents or common office equipment.
- Occasional need to lift/carry objects up to 20 pounds.
- Multi-tasking and prioritizing in a fast-paced environment.
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