Senior Compensation and Benefits Partner, EMEA and LATAM

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This role is based in Dublin Ireland.

Our Compensation & Benefits team plays a critical role in shaping how we reward performance remain competitive in dynamic markets and deliver a compelling employee experience. We operate in fast-paced environments and are driven to continuously improve how we design and deliver Compensation & Benefits solutions across diverse and evolving markets. 

We are committed to continuously improving our programs and processes reducing complexity increasing efficiency and leveraging modern tools to deliver measurable business impact. 

Our team members combine strong individual ownership with a collaborative mindset operating as self-starters while bringing others along fostering partnership and contributing to a high-performing team culture. 

Position Summary 
 
We are seeking a Senior Compensation & Benefits Partner reporting to the Senior Director Compensation & Benefits EMEA & this role you will contribute to the development and execution of regional compensation and benefits strategies programs and processes. 

You will serve as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners and business leaders providing expert guidance on compensation matters across designated functions lines of business and geographic markets. The role carries regional program ownership and responsibility for leading key compensation and benefits initiatives that directly support business performance. 

Given our continued growth the successful candidate will thrive in dynamic environments and bring multi-country Compensation & Benefits expertise. They will demonstrate strong senior stakeholder partnership sound judgment and advanced analytical capability within a data-driven organization. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead the design and implementation of complex regional compensation strategies and programs and participate in global initiatives ensuring scalability compliance and alignment with business priorities. 

• Design and evolve regional benefits strategy applying a globalfirst locallyrelevant approach across EMEA and LATAM shaping pensions insurance and risk programs that balance competitiveness cost compliance and employee experience. 

• Advise senior HR and business stakeholders on compensation strategy market positioning and offers balancing competitiveness internal equity and risk. 

• Drive governance and risk management practices across EMEA & LATAM markets proactively identifying and mitigating regulatory financial and policy exposure. 

• Partner on high-impact initiatives including M&A activities market expansions vendor strategy and large-scale program implementations. 

• Deliver high-quality analytical insights and modelling to inform executive decision-making and optimise program and cost effectiveness and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. 

• Support operational excellence through effective vendor management offer oversight benefit plan governance program delivery and employee communication. 

• Proactively identify and implement opportunities to simplify modernise and scale compensation and benefits processes and tools to reduce complexity and enhance business impact.  

• Contribute to team capability by mentoring peers sharing expertise and fostering strong cross-functional collaboration. 

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications 

• 10 years of relevant Compensation & Benefits experience or a bachelors degree with 7 years of relevant experience. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Advanced analytical capability including expert-level Excel and proficiency with Power BI SQL or similar tools. 

• Demonstrated success partnering with senior stakeholders influencing decisions and delivering customer-focused solutions in complex environments. 

• Strong knowledge of regional compensation and benefits regulatory frameworks and associated legal considerations and employee representative group engagement across multiple countries ideally including LATAM. 

• Deep benefits expertise with handson experience designing pensions insurance and risk programs in complex multicountry environments and translating global direction into locally compliant marketappropriate solutions. 

• Experience designing and analysing incentive compensation programs including sales compensation where applicable. 

• Experience supporting M&A activities new market or office expansions including due diligence compensation and benefits assessment and post-transaction integration. 

• Excellent communication skills sound judgment and the ability to operate with credibility and impact at all organizational levels. 

• Fluency in English required; additional languages are a plus. 

Additional Information :

Preferred Skills 

• Applied AI literacy relevant to compensation and benefits practices 
• Adaptability and continuous learning 
• Relationship building and stakeholder management 
• Strategic problem-solving project leadership and change management 
• Executive communication and presentation 
• Data analysis interpretation and visualisation 

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