Total Rewards Partner (m/f/d)

Psi Group; Aschaffenburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PSI Software – Logistics is seeking a Total Rewards Partner to design and oversee a global, gender-neutral job architecture and levelling framework. The role integrates compensation and benefits and aligns local salary bands with market benchmarks.

You will lead equal-pay analyses, EU pay transparency workflows, and the annual salary review cycles while coordinating with Works Council co-determination. Fluency in German and English is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and managing compensation and benefits frameworks, including analytical job evaluation and international salary banding.
• Knowledge of EU Pay Transparency Directive, equal-value evaluation criteria, and works council preparations.
• Advanced spreadsheet and multi-currency financial modelling across entities.
• Fluency in German and English (written and spoken) to draft policies and lead global cycles.
• Based in Germany with the right to work in the EU.

Responsibilities

• Design and roll out a gender-neutral global job architecture and levelling framework across countries.
• Consolidate compensation and benefits into one standard and align local salary bands.
• Establish baseline equal-pay analysis and pay transparency workflows ahead of deadlines.
• Design and guide the company-wide annual salary review and variable pay cycle.
• Own base salary structures and local bands with market benchmarks.
• Oversee pension and benefit design, renewals and cost governance; HR Ops handles administration.
• Lead equal-pay analyses and compliance with EU Pay Transparency Directive for works council co-determination.

Skills

Compensation design

Benefits design

Job evaluation

Job architecture

Salary banding

EU Pay Transparency

Pay gap reporting

Spreadsheet modelling

German & English

Job description

The PSI Group develops software products for optimizing the flow of energy and materials for utilities and industry. As an independent software producer with more than 2,300 employees, PSI has been a technology leader since 1969 for process control systems that ensure sustainable energy supply, production and logistics by combining AI methods with industrially proven optimization methods. The innovative industry products can be operated on-premises or in the cloud.

Our People & Organization (P&O) function is building a unified, transparent global people framework across all business units and operating countries. As Total Rewards Partner reporting to the Head of People Operations, you will shape how roles are structured, evaluated and rewarded across the company. Your work matters now because you will establish one common job architecture, compensation standards,and prepare our organization for the EU Pay Transparency Directive.In this individual contributor role, you will have full ownership of Total Rewards across the entire group.

Tasks inspiring you

• Build on initial role-clustering work and existing local grading practices to design and roll out one consistent, gender-neutral global job architecture and levelling framework across all countries.
• Bring together compensation and benefit practices into one transparent company-wide standard and align local salary bands.
• Establish our baseline equal-pay analysis, gender pay gap reporting and pay transparency workflows ahead of EU Pay Transparency Directive deadlines.
• Design and guide the first company-wide annual salary review and variable pay cycle on the new architecture.
• Own the global job architecture, gender-neutral evaluation methodology and job description standard, keeping levels and pay bands consistent with German agreements on compensation.
• Design and maintain base salary structures, local salary bands and variable pay frameworks using market benchmarks, and lead the annual salary review and bonus cycles.
• Own company pension and benefit design, vendor renewals and cost governance, while HR Operations handles day-to-day administration.
• Lead equal-pay analyses, statutory pay gap reporting and EU Pay Transparency Directive compliance, and prepare technical reward data and levelling criteria for works council co-determination with the Employee and Labor Relations Manager.

Qualifications that inspire us

Must-haves

• Proven hands-on experience designing and managing compensation and benefits frameworks, including analytical job evaluation, job architecture design, international salary banding and annual pay cycles.
• Strong working knowledge of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, equal-value evaluation criteria, statutory pay gap reporting and preparing reward frameworks for theWorks Councilco-determination.
• Advanced spreadsheet and multi-currency financial data modelling skills across multiple legal entities.
• Fluency in both German and English (written and spoken, required to draft German reward policies and works agreement schedules and to lead global compensation cycles in English).
• Based in Germany with the right to work and live in EU

Nice-to-haves

• Experience bringing together multi-country job levelling and benefit structures across multiple business units or international subsidiaries.
• Experience in Software Development / Tech companies.
• Working proficiency in another language of our operating countries

Equal opportunities: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Selection decisions are based solely on job-related qualifications, and in line with the EU Pay Transparency Directive we do not ask for current or past salary.