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About the Role
WatchGuard Technologies is seeking an experienced HR leader to provide maternity leave coverage for our Director, Human Resources – Americas. This role is heavily focused on compensation strategy, annual merit planning, bonus administration, and HR business partnership. The successful candidate will be highly analytical, exceptionally strong in Excel and project management, detail oriented, and comfortable partnering with senior leaders using data to drive compensation decisions.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end project management of the annual merit review process for approximately 1,100 employees globally.
- Own calculation of the full company annual bonus payments based on MBO attainment.
- Analyze internal equity, market competitiveness, and pay recommendations.
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance and senior Executives to finalize merit and bonus decisions.
- Prepare executive-level dashboards, reports, and presentations.
- Ensure compensation decisions are equitable, competitive, and data-driven.
- Own compensation data integrity and reporting.
- Interpret HR metrics and provide actionable insights.
- Ensure compliance with employment laws across the Americas.
- Support strategic HR initiatives during the maternity leave period.
- Deliver accurate, clean HR reporting on-demand.
- Partner with HR Business Partners, Directors, Vice Presidents, and business leaders on employee relations, performance management, organizational design, and workforce planning.
- Coach leaders through complex people issues and organizational changes.
- Partner with Legal on employment matters as needed.
- Support employee engagement and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
- Oversee the 2026 MBO attainment and scoring process.
- Support the 2027 MBO goal-setting process.
- Provide HR guidance to leaders throughout the performance review cycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field.
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience.
- Significant experience leading annual merit cycles, MBO based bonus calculation, and performance management/goal-setting processes.
- Strong compensation analysis experience required.
- Strong project management skills, with proven ability to manage multiple concurrent, detail-intensive work streams on tight deadlines.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, nested formulas); experience working with large datasets is essential.
- Experience partnering with Finance and senior executives.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
- Technology industry experience preferred.
Skills
- Excel
- Project Management
- Compensation Strategy
- Annual Merit Planning
- Bonus Administration
- HR Business Partnership
- Data Analysis
- Reporting
- Performance Management
- Goal Setting
- Employee Relations
- Organizational Design
- Workforce Planning
Experience Level
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field
About the Company
- WatchGuard Technologies