Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
Tailor your resume to this Senior People Lead - Compensation & Benefits role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Temenos's job description. Free.
Tailor your resume to this Senior People Lead - Compensation & Benefits role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Temenos's job description. Free.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Senior People Lead - Compensation & Benefits posting at Temenos — free, in seconds.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Senior People Lead - Compensation & Benefits posting at Temenos — free, in seconds.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior People Lead – Compensation & Benefits to shape and deliver our global compensation and benefits strategy. This role ensures our reward practices are competitive, equitable, sustainable, and aligned with business priorities, leveraging market intelligence and people data for effective reward decisions.
Responsibilities
- Shape, develop, and implement the global Compensation & Benefits strategy, ensuring alignment with People strategy and business priorities.
- Lead and support key compensation programs, including annual salary review, market benchmarking, salary structures, incentive programs, and compensation governance.
- Provide expert advice to People Leaders, People Business Partners, and senior leaders on complex compensation matters and reward decisions.
- Oversee and continuously improve job architecture, job evaluation, grading, and career framework approach.
- Use external market data, internal analytics, and benchmarking to assess compensation practice competitiveness and translate complex information into clear recommendations.
- Support the development and governance of the global benefits strategy, balancing employee needs, market competitiveness, regulatory requirements, and cost.
- Partner with relevant teams to ensure effective configuration, governance, and use of Workday Compensation and related People systems.
- Contribute to the approach to pay transparency and pay equity.
- Establish clear policies, governance, and processes for Compensation & Benefits, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate.
- Assess the financial and organizational impact of reward proposals and provide senior leaders with clear, evidence-based recommendations.
- Partner closely with People Business Partners, Talent Attraction, Finance, Payroll, People Operations, and Legal to ensure effective reward program design and implementation.
- Develop clear communications and guidance on compensation philosophy, programs, and processes.
- Lead strategic Compensation & Benefits projects, balancing global consistency with regional and local requirements.
- Monitor external reward trends, regulatory developments, and best practices, bringing relevant insights and innovation.
- Act as a trusted subject-matter expert and build Compensation & Benefits capability across the wider People & Culture organization.
Requirements
- Significant experience in Compensation & Benefits, Total Rewards, or Reward, ideally within a complex international or global organization.
- Deep expertise in compensation principles, salary structures, market benchmarking, job evaluation, and grading methodologies.
- Experience designing and delivering compensation programs across multiple countries or regions.
- Strong experience with job architecture and career frameworks, including the relationship between job families, levels, grades, and compensation structures.
- Understanding of global benefits principles and comfort partnering with regional specialists and external providers.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex compensation and market data into clear insights and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Experience working with HR technology, ideally including Workday Compensation, and comfort identifying opportunities for greater automation and process efficiency.
- Strong commercial and financial judgment, balancing market competitiveness, internal equity, employee experience, and affordability.
- Understanding of evolving pay transparency and pay equity requirements and their implications for compensation strategy and governance.
- Comfort operating within a global matrix organization, influencing stakeholders across different functions, countries, and levels of seniority.
- Accomplished communicator and presenter, able to explain complex reward concepts simply and influence senior leadership.
- Sound judgment, discretion, and integrity when handling highly confidential compensation and employee information.
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
- Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
- Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
- Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally recharge
- Study leaves: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development
About the Company
- Temenos is a global leader in banking technology, modernizing the banking industry through its market-leading core banking suite and best-in-class composable solutions.
- Banks of all sizes utilize Temenos' adaptable technology – on-premises, in the cloud, or as SaaS – to deliver next-generation services and AI-enhanced experiences.
- Temenos' mission is to create a world where people can live their best financial lives.
- Values include caring about transforming the banking landscape, committing to an exciting culture and product evolution, collaborating effectively, and challenging oneself to be ambitious.