Compensation Lead

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 1500000 - Rs 3000000 (ie INR 15 - 30 LPA)

Min Experience: 9+ years
Location: Hyderabad, TS, India
JobType: full-time

We are seeking an experienced Compensation Lead to oversee the delivery of compensation services across international regions as part of the Total Rewards and HR Service Delivery function. The role is responsible for managing compensation calculations, merit and incentive cycles, compensation program administration, salary survey activities, and off-cycle compensation processes while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to global reward policies.

The Compensation Lead will manage a team of compensation managers and specialists, along with Managed Service Provider (MSP) and external vendor partners, to deliver consistent, high-quality compensation services at scale. The role requires strong expertise in compensation operations, service management, data governance, vendor management, and continuous improvement across a global or shared-services environment.

Reporting To: Total Rewards & Mobility Delivery Lead
Team Size: Approximately 10 FTEs

Key Responsibilities

• Lead compensation calculations and program administration across international regions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with established reward policies and global standards.
• Oversee the administration of annual merit reviews, salary revisions, incentive cycles, and off-cycle compensation activities across multiple regions.
• Coordinate compensation cycle timelines, data inputs, approvals, and deliverables to ensure smooth execution and timely completion.
• Manage compensation survey administration, market benchmarking activities, and related data collection to support competitive and consistent compensation practices.
• Ensure compliance with applicable pay regulations, labor laws, internal compensation policies, governance requirements, and approval controls across international markets.
• Maintain strong governance over compensation data, systems, workflows, and case management processes, ensuring data integrity, confidentiality, and accuracy.
• Monitor MSP and vendor performance against service-level agreements (SLAs), quality standards, operational targets, and contractual expectations.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of compensation managers and specialists, promoting accountability, operational excellence, and continuous learning.
• Collaborate with Payroll, HR Business Partners, the Rewards and Recognition Centre of Excellence (COE), and the wider HR Service Delivery team to ensure seamless compensation operations.
• Identify opportunities to streamline compensation processes, improve service delivery, strengthen controls, and enhance operational efficiency across international regions.
• Drive standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across compensation administration, vendor coordination, and regional service delivery.
• Monitor operational performance metrics, identify service gaps, and implement corrective actions to improve accuracy, turnaround times, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Proven experience leading compensation administration, compensation operations, or Total Rewards service delivery within a global organization or shared-services environment.
• Strong understanding of compensation calculations, annual merit cycles, salary revisions, incentive programs, and off-cycle compensation processes.
• Experience managing compensation activities across multiple international regions, with an understanding of regional pay practices and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing MSP partners or external vendors responsible for compensation services at scale.
• Knowledge of compensation governance, approval workflows, pay-related compliance, and compensation data management.
• Familiarity with compensation systems, HR technology platforms, case management tools, and data integration processes.
• Strong service management, stakeholder coordination, and operational reporting capabilities.
• Experience identifying process inefficiencies and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and team leadership skills.

Must-Have Skills

• Compensation Calculations: Expertise in managing compensation calculations and ensuring accuracy across regional compensation processes.
• Merit Cycle Administration: Experience coordinating annual merit reviews, salary adjustments, approvals, and compensation cycle deliverables.
• Compensation Operations: Strong understanding of compensation program administration and end-to-end service delivery.
• Service Management: Ability to manage service performance, operational metrics, quality standards, and turnaround times.
• Vendor Management: Experience overseeing MSP partners and external service providers against defined service-level agreements.
• Data Integrity and Governance: Ability to maintain accurate compensation data, robust controls, and compliant workflows.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong collaboration skills across HR, Payroll, Total Rewards, and regional business teams.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience in global compensation and international Total Rewards operations.
• Familiarity with compensation benchmarking, salary surveys, and market pay analysis.
• Knowledge of international labor laws, pay regulations, and compensation compliance requirements.
• Experience with compensation technology, HR systems, and data integration.
• Expertise in process standardization, automation, and operational transformation.

Key Stakeholders

• Total Rewards & Mobility Delivery Lead
• Rewards & Recognition COE Lead
• HR Business Partners
• Payroll and HR Service Delivery Teams
• Managed Service Provider (MSP) Partners
• External Compensation Vendors