Global Product Owner Total Rewards (m/w/d)

As part of Fresenius Group HRLT, Group Total Rewards designs and governs global reward frameworks that support the #FutureFresenius strategy in the Rejuvenate phase (Upgrade, Scale, Perform). The Global Product Owner Total Rewards plays a key role in shaping and governing global compensation and incentive frameworks, ensuring simplification, compliance, and digital enablement across regions.

Your responsibilities:

• Run structured analyses (policy, data, market practice) and turn them into clear design choices and recommendations.

• Build and evolve merit, STI/LTI and performance-related reward mechanisms, including eligibility, guidelines and guardrails.

• Drive alignment in global forums and steerco settings; clarify decision rights and ensure consistent application across countries.

• Translate rewards designs into Workday Compensation / Advanced Compensation configuration, reporting and controls with HRIS/IT and vendors.

• Connect incentives and pay decisions with job architecture, market pricing/benchmarking, pay structures/bands, pay transparency and Total Rewards communication.

• Interpret rewards-related regulation (incl. EU Pay Transparency), set global standards, and maintain documentation, controls and approval workflows.

• Build cost and scenario models, define KPIs (e.g., competitiveness, pay equity, compliance), and report outcomes to leaders.

• Create practical guidance, training and communications so HR teams can apply the rewards standards consistently.

Your qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent experience with 8–12+ years of deep Compensation / Total Rewards expertise in a multinational environment.

• Proven experience delivering global rewards transformations, ideally from a consulting or in-house product/transformation role.

• Strong track record in designing and governing global Merit, STI (and ideally LTI) and Performance programs.

• Strong expertise in Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation, including configuration, reporting and controls.

• Strong understanding of market pricing, benchmarking, job architecture interfaces, pay transparency and pay equity.

• Strong program and project leadership skills in complex, multi-country environments.

• Ability to influence, challenge constructively and facilitate decision-making with senior stakeholders.

• Strong analytical skills, including compensation costing, scenario modeling and pay equity analysis.

• Strategic, collaborative mindset with a focus on scalable and simple global standards.

• Excellent communication skills in English; German is a plus.