Global Rewards Manager

Purpose of the role

The Global Rewards Manager plays a critical role in shaping governing and delivering Ahlstroms global rewards practices. The role ensures that compensation incentives job architecture and reward governance are competitive equitable compliant and aligned with Ahlstroms business strategy financial performance and longterm sustainability ambition.

The role acts as a senior rewards expert within the organization translating global reward strategy into consistent execution across geographies while balancing global principles with local market realities. The Global Rewards Manager partners closely with HR Finance Legal and business leaders to support informed decisionmaking and highquality reward outcomes.

The role reports to VP Total Rewards and is located in one of the Ahlstroms main locations in Europe.

Main responsibilities

Global rewards & compensation frameworks

Lead and support the design governance and continuous improvement of Ahlstroms global rewards framework including base pay salary structures and market benchmarking.
Ensure global consistency of reward principles while enabling appropriate local flexibility in line with legislation and market practice.
Provide expert advice on reward positioning internal equity and external competitiveness to HR and business leaders.
Contribute to the evolution of global reward strategy to support business priorities transformation initiatives and workforce needs.

Salary review & incentive programs

Lead and coordinate the global execution of annual salary review processes including guidelines governance analytics and stakeholder support.
Manage the operational delivery of ShortTerm Incentive (STI) and Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) processes globally ensuring accuracy transparency and compliance.
Support LongTerm Incentive (LTI) processes including data preparation validation simulations and coordination with Finance and external providers.
Analyze incentive outcomes and provide insights on effectiveness alignment with performance and cost implications.

Job architecture grading & pay transparency

Act as a key expert and contributor to Ahlstroms job architecture and job evaluation framework ensuring consistent application across functions and geographies.
Support role evaluations grading discussions and structural reviews in partnership with HR and business leaders.
Contribute to pay equity analyses and readiness for regulatory developments including EU Pay Transparency requirements.
Support the development of clear narratives and materials to explain job architecture and reward decisions to stakeholders.

Governance policy & risk management

Ensure rewards practices comply with Ahlstrom policies governance standards and local legal requirements.
Contribute to the development maintenance and communication of Total Rewards policies guidelines and FAQs.
Act as a point of escalation for complex sensitive or nonstandard reward cases providing balanced and wellreasoned recommendations.

Stakeholder partnership & capability building

Partner closely with HR Business Partners and leaders to support rewardrelated decisionmaking across the organization.
Build reward capability within HR and management populations through guidance training tools and clear frameworks.
Contribute to global rewards community initiatives forums and continuous improvement efforts.

Analytics systems & continuous improvement

Deliver reward analytics reporting and insights to support leadership decisionmaking and governance.
Support effective use and continuous improvement of HR systems (e.g. SuccessFactors) for reward processes.
Identify opportunities to simplify standardize and improve reward processes and employee experience globally.

Leadership & Ahlstrom values (HOW we work)

At Ahlstrom performance is assessed based on both WHAT is delivered and HOW it is delivered. The Global Rewards Manager is expected to consistently demonstrate Ahlstroms core values in daily work and decisionmaking:

Accountability Takes ownership for accurate fair and compliant reward outcomes; acts with integrity and speaks up when something is not right.

Growth Mindset Challenges the status quo seeks continuous improvement and proactively brings forward ideas to strengthen rewards effectiveness and simplicity.

One Team Collaborates openly across functions countries and cultures acting in the best interest of Ahlstrom as a whole.

Care Shows care for people safety communities and the environment ensuring reward practices support wellbeing inclusion and sustainability.

Experience & capabilities

610 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards in an international or matrix organization.
Strong expertise in salary review processes incentive programs job evaluation and reward governance.
Solid analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear insights and recommendations.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence without authority.
Ability to operate effectively in a complex global environment with multiple priorities and deadlines.
Demonstrated interest or experience in leveraging AI automation and advanced analytics to enhance Rewards effectiveness including pay benchmarking incentive analytics scenario modeling and decision support.
Ability to partner with HRIS Digital and Analytics teams to translate emerging AI capabilities into practical compliant and valueadding Rewards use cases while ensuring data quality governance and ethical use.

Interested

In case you are interested please submit your application no later than April 27th 2026. Please note that we are processing applications throughout the application period.

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect with Every Fiber for a Sustainable World. We aim to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. Our Filtration and Life Sciences Food and Consumer Packaging and Protective Materials segments along with the Performance Materials Cluster address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2025 amounted to EUR 2.9 billion and we employ some 7000 people. Read more at.