Director, Global Compensation

11310 Expedia.com Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group, a global travel company, is seeking a Director of Global Compensation based in London. You will influence, advise, and lead the implementation and communication of global compensation programs across business units, partnering with senior leaders and HR teams.

This role requires a minimum of three days in the office per week under our flexible work model. You will own end-to-end design, governance, and continuous improvements of compensation programs, including market pricing, pay

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience.
• Deep understanding of sales incentive and variable pay design.
• Proven success in communicating and implementing large-scale compensation programs.
• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills.
• Executive presence and business acumen for senior leadership.
• Ability to drive initiatives across global or business-unit scope.

Responsibilities

• Serve as expert consultant for Expedia Group’s B2B division on compensation-related matters.
• Lead global compensation program design, governance, and rollout.
• Analyze market pricing, pay ranges, and incentive terms.
• Partner with Geo HR, Talent Acquisition, Mobility on compensation events.
• Provide insights to align enterprise-wide compensation with industry trends.

Skills

Compensation leadership

Executive stakeholder management

Global compensation

Sales incentive design

Strategic communication

Analytical skills

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

Director, Global Compensation

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviours - Traveller First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together - help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

The Director, Compensation influences, advises, and leads the implementation, communication, change management, and administration of global compensation programs to support the achievement of organizational objectives, consistently and transparently. This is achieved by leveraging compensation expertise, knowledge of business objectives, and collaborating effectively with business partners, and business leaders across the business units that they support.

Please note this role is based in London and follows our flexible work model, requiring a minimum of three in-office days per week.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as an expert consultant for Expedia Group’s B2B division to support business partners and leaders on compensation-related talent matters.
• Serve as a strategic partner on variable incentive programs, using market intelligence and internal data insights.
• Act as the global product owner for assigned compensation programs, leading end-to-end design, implementation, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Program scope may include market pricing, pay range review, variable incentive plan terms and conditions and pax-mix governance.
• Run detailed analysis to review, design and develop compensation programs to better align enterprise-wide compensation structures with current industry trends and business needs.
• Act as compensation program and content expert in guiding business partners and Business Leaders through large-scale compensation events, and ensure clarity, operational excellence, and role expectations of rollout plans.
• Propose solutions within the Total Rewards framework for ad hoc and BAU comp research, guidance, and deliverables to stakeholders including Business Partners, Geo HR, Talent Acquisition, Mobility, etc., and align on the scope and timeliness of such asks.
• Examples include but are not limited to new hire offers, internal transfers, international mobility, promotions, retention moves, and any off-cycle cash/salary/equity awards.
• Regularly analyze comp external and internal trends and both educate and convey proactive short and long-term actions.

Experience and qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant and progressively more responsible compensation experience.
• Deep understanding of sales incentive and variable pay plan design, including plan mechanics, measures, governance, and alignment to business goals.
• Demonstrated success in communicating & implementing large-scale compensation programs.
• Strong analytical capability with an ability to independently manage analysis on advanced excel.
• Strong executive presence with excellent presentation skills and business acumen.
• Demonstrated success in independently driving forward initiatives of broad scope & complexity (e.g. Global and/or Business unit-wide).
• Advanced ability to build rapport and trust with client groups to positively influence decisions and actions at the highest levels of senior leadership.
• Excellent understanding of business needs and how to leverage compensation expertise to meet those needs while demonstrating flexibility and adaptability.

Accommodation requestsExpedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.

About Expedia GroupExpedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

Equal OpportunityExpedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.