Total Rewards Manager

Exus Renewables; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Exus Renewables is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to design, implement and govern compensation and benefits across global operations. The role will drive data-driven insights, pay equity analyses and AI-enabled workforce analytics to support executive decision-making.

You will lead salary structures, benchmarking, annual reviews and incentive design while ensuring financial sustainability and alignment with budgets. A hybrid work approach is offered across geographies.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field.
• 8+ years of proven experience in a similar role within a multinational or high-growth environment.
• Experience supporting data-driven HR or workforce decisions.
• Strong analytical and modelling capabilities, with the ability to work with complex data sets.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain salary structures and compensation frameworks across geographies and business units.
• Conduct market benchmarking to ensure competitiveness and internal equity.
• Lead the annual salary review process across the organization.
• Design and maintain bonus and incentive frameworks aligned with company performance.
• Oversee and periodically review the benefits framework across countries, ensuring competitiveness and consistency.
• Provide guidance to leadership and managers on compensation-related decisions.
• Model compensation scenarios and cost implications for salary reviews and bonus plans.
• Develop job families and levels to ensure internal equity and role clarity.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Data visualization

AI interest

Education

Degree in Business Administration, Economics, HR, Finance

Advanced studies in compensation, analytics or HR management

Job description

At Exus Renewables, we leverage our industry expertise and diverse capabilities to drive the transition to a sustainable energy future. As an Energy Solutions Provider focused on the development and management of renewable energy assets and a strong presence across Europe, LatAm and North America, Exus takes pride in developing, owning, and operating large-scale, wind, solar, hydro and battery storage projects and hydro.

With a unique approach to energy supply and decarbonization, Exus Renewables leverages its extensive technical, operational, and financial expertise to minimize risk and ensure the long-term viability and success of our investment and advisory portfolio.

Your Mission

Your MissionAs part of the People & Culture team, the Total Rewards Manager will design, implement and govern the company’s compensation and benefits framework across our company operations. This role will ensure that reward practices are fair, competitive and aligned with the company’s growth strategy, while providing leadership with data-driven insights into the workforce and compensation decisions.

The position will also play a key role in strengthening our people’s analytics and AI-enabled workforce insights, supporting more informed and data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Total Rewards

• Design and maintain salary structures and compensation frameworks across all geographies and business units.
• Conduct market benchmarking to ensure competitiveness and internal equity.
• Lead the annual salary review process across the organization.
• Design and maintain bonus and incentive frameworks aligned with company performance.
• Oversee and periodically review the benefits framework across countries, ensuring competitiveness, consistency and alignment with market practices.
• Provide guidance to leadership and managers on compensation-related decisions.

Compensation Governance & Cost Modelling

• Model compensation scenarios and cost implications for salary reviews and bonus plans.
• Ensure reward practices remain financially sustainable and aligned with budget frameworks.
• Provide analytical support for executive and board-level discussions when required.
• Support the governance and analytical aspects of executive incentive plan.

Job Architecture

• Develop and maintain job families and job levels across the organization.
• Ensure internal equity and role clarity across teams and geographies.
• Support organizational design initiatives in collaboration with leadership.

DEI – Equity

• Conduct pay equity analysis across countries, functions and genders.
• Monitor potential biases in compensation outcomes.
• Support fair and transparent reward practices across the organization.

People Analytics & Workforce Insights

• Develop people analytics and workforce insights to support strategic workforce and compensation decisions.
• Provide insights on:headcount evolutioncompensation trendsworkforce planningorganizational structure
• Build dashboards and reports to support leadership and HR decision-making.

Data & AI Enablement

• Identify opportunities to leverage data and AI-enabled tools to enhance workforce insights and HR reporting.
• Support the development of automated dashboards and data-driven analytics.
• Use AI tools to improve analysis of compensation data, workforce trends and organizational insights.
• Ensure responsible and compliant use of people’s data and analytics tools.

Collaboration with Other People Functions

• The role will work closely with:
  • Learning & Development
  • People Operations
  • Talent Acquisition

What You Bring

• Degree in Business Administration, Economics, HR, Finance or related field.
• Advanced studies in compensation, analytics or HR management are a plus.
• More than 8 years of proven experience in a similar roles within a multinational or high-growth environment.
• Experience supporting data-driven HR or workforce decisions.
• Strong analytical and modelling capabilities, with the ability to work with complex data sets.
• Experience working with HR data, analytics tools or data visualization platforms.
• Interest in leveraging AI-enabled tools to enhance people analytics and workforce insights.
• Strong attention to detail combined with big-picture thinking.
• Structured and data-driven problem solver, comfortable operating in evolving and ambiguous environments.
• Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and support decision-making.
• Collaborative, pragmatic and solution-oriented approach.

Languages:Fluent English (C1-C2 level).Spanish at a professional level is essential.Other languages will be considered an asset.

Why Join Exus?

At Exus, we’re more than a renewable energy company — we’re a global team combining ambition, innovation and a modern way of working. Here, people have autonomy, real impact, and the opportunity to grow fast in a culture that values trust, flexibility and continuous learning.

Here’s what you’ll find at Exus:

• A meaningful long-term mission. Contribute to projects that accelerate the energy transition through renewable assets, digitalisation and innovative solutions.
• A flexible, people-focused environment. We operate with a hybrid approach and genuine time autonomy, fostering balance while maintaining high performance and collaboration.
• An entrepreneurial culture with real ownership. You will work in an agile, low-hierarchy structure where ideas move fast, decisions are close to the business, and responsibility grows early.
• International exposure and real ownership. Work with multidisciplinary teams across Europe, LatAm and North America, taking responsibility from day one within an agile, low-hierarchy structure.
• A forward-leaning culture that invests in AI adoption. Exus provides advanced corporate tools, training and internal working groups to integrate AI into daily operations and boost productivity and innovation.
• A wellbeing mindset. Our teams have access to resources that support physical and mental health, promoting healthy habits and sustainable work routines.

If you’re ready to take on a pivotal role in the renewable energy sector and make a tangible impact, we’d love to hear from you.