Compensation & Benefits Specialist

Destinus; Madrid; Remote; EUR 161,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work across UK/RO/PL/HU

Executive compensation package

Generous paid time off

Flexible virtual delivery

Health, wellness and retirement plans

Global learning opportunities

Job summary

Iron Mountain is seeking a dynamic Sr. Director, International Benefits to lead the global benefits strategy for 60+ countries outside North America. You will drive benefit design, administration, and delivery with a transformational leadership approach.

In this executive role, you will partner with senior leaders and external vendors to balance global consistency with local relevance, ensure regulatory compliance, and optimize costs across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM regions.

Qualifications

• Extensive international benefits design and administration experience outside the US.
• Strong cost management and vendor negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to lead transformational change with executive presence.
• Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Finance; professional certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of a multi-year global benefits strategy for 60+ countries.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and vendors to optimize programs and drive engagement.
• Ensure compliance with international regulations and manage costs.

Skills

International benefits design

Global stakeholder management

Executive-level communication

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Finance

Certified Employee Benefit Specialist or equivalent (preferred)

Job description

Senior Director, International Benefits

UK | England | Remote
ESP | Alcobendas | Calle Reyes Católicos Nº 6
ROU | Cluj-Napoca | Liberty Technology Park, Strada Garii 21, Bldg. C, Floor 1
HUN | Budapest | 1093 Budapest, 4th Floor, Studium Building, 2-10 Czuczor Street
POL | Warszawa | Al. Jerozolimskie 172 Budynek E
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At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That's why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you're looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.

Title: Senior Director, International Benefits

Location: UK, Poland, Romania or Hungary (Remote)

Job summary

Iron Mountain is seeking a dynamic and experienced Sr. Director, International Benefits to join our Global Human Resources team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving and executing the comprehensive benefits strategy for over 60 countries outside of North America, serving as a transformational leader for benefits design, administration, and delivery.

Our Total Rewards team is a collaborative, global network dedicated to building impactful programs that support our employees' well-being and fuel company-wide growth.

What you will do

• Lead the strategic planning, design, and seamless execution of a multi-year global benefits framework, establishing a unified international approach for wellbeing and time‑off policies that balances global consistency with local market relevance.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional business partners, senior leadership, and key external vendors to build critical relationships, manage high‑performing regional teams, and effectively communicate program value to drive employee engagement across the Asia‑Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and Latin America (LATAM) regions.
• Ensure strict compliance with international legal, financial, and legislative regulations‑including pension and time‑off mandates‑while maintaining audit readiness and aggressively managing vendors to optimize administrative costs and pricing.

What You'll Bring

• Extensive and progressive experience in international benefits design and administration across markets outside of the United States.
• Strong knowledge of the financial drivers behind international program costs, alongside expert‑level capability in using cost‑containment levers to aggressively manage global spend.
• Proven ability in transformational change leadership, high‑stakes decision‑making, and managing complex, matrixed global stakeholder relationships with exceptional executive presence.
• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related industry‑standard certification (e.g., Certified Employee Benefit Specialist) is preferred.

What We Offer (Benefits)

• Location: Full‑Time Remote (United Kingdom / Romania / Poland / Hungary).
• Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with your executive experience.
• Generous paid time off and holiday package to support your work‑life balance.
• Flexible work options tailored to virtual delivery.
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans tailored to your specific region.
• Abundant opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth within a global industry leader.

Ready to Transform the Future of Well‑being? If you are a visionary leader ready to shape a world‑class benefits experience for thousands of Mountaineers across the globe, we want to hear from you.

Category: Human Resources

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries.

We safeguard billions of our customers' assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics.

If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email.

Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.