Freelance - Compensation & Benefits Specialist

BlaBlaCar; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 78,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

BlaBlaCar is seeking a Compensation & Benefits Specialist for an immediate 3-month contract to reinforce our People team during the annual compensation calendar. You will own live workflows, finalize the 2027 C&B budget, and support the EOY review process while collaborating with HRBPs and local teams.

Reporting to the Head of Talent, Culture & Performance, you will drive salary band updates and job architecture across geographies, including Brazil and Ukraine, with English and French

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Compensation & Benefits in international setting.
• Proven End-of-Year cycle ownership.
• Experience leading NAO processes in a French context.
• Strong salary band design and market benchmarking (Mercer/AON Radford/Ravio).
• Full professional English and French proficiency.
• Available immediately for a 3-month engagement.

Responsibilities

• Finalize and consolidate the 2027 C&B budget, including benefits cost simulations.
• Prepare the NAO process materials for France (equity, gender pay gap, thresholds, market inputs).
• Run the End-of-Year compensation review end-to-end (calibration, campaigns, reporting).
• Update salary bands and job architecture across departments and geographies.

Skills

Compensation & Benefits

End-of-Year review

NAO processes

Job architecture

Market benchmarking

English & French fluency

Tools

Ravio

Mercer benchmarking

AON Radford benchmarking

Job description

BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely.

We are looking for a Compensation & Benefits Specialist with 5+ years of hands- on experience for an immediate, 3-month contract to reinforce our People team through a critical phase of the annual compensation calendar. This is a fully hands- on mission with real ownership from day one: you'll need to be operational within days, not weeks, picking up live, time- sensitive workstreams already in motion.

You will report directly to the Head of Talent, Culture & Performance and partner closely with HRBPs and local HR teams to keep BlaBlaCar's core compensation processes running without disruption.

Your responsibilities

Budget 2027

Own the finalization and consolidation of the 2027 C&B budget, including benefits cost simulations, across BlaBlaCar's scope.

Lead the preparation of the NAO process for France: equity and gender pay gap data, compensation thresholds, market survey inputs, and negotiation- ready materials for the CSE.

EOY Compensation Review

Drive the global End-of-Year compensation review process end- to- end: calibration follow- up, salary review campaign execution, consolidation, reporting, and day- to- day support to HRBPs and managers.

Salary Bands & Job Architecture

Update and maintain salary bands and the grading system across departments and geographies — including finalizing bands for Brazil and Ukraine — grounded in external benchmarks (AON Radford, Ravio).

Required

• 5+ years of hands- on experience in Compensation & Benefits, in an international environment
• Proven experience owning an End- of- Year compensation review cycle end- to- end
• Experience preparing and running NAO processes in a French context
• Strong expertise in job architecture, salary band design, and market benchmarking (Mercer, AON Radford, Ravio or equivalent)
• Comfortable joining a live, ongoing cycle with minimal ramp- up time
• Full professional proficiency in English and French
• Available immediately for a 3-month engagement (freelance/contractor or via agency)

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with Ravio or similar compensation intelligence tools
• Experience in a Tech scale- up or multi- country, multi- collective- agreement C&B scope