Global Compensation Director — Strategy & Incentives

Expedia, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group in London seeks a Director of Global Compensation to lead the design, governance, and administration of worldwide compensation programs. You will partner with business leaders to align pay with strategy and deliver clear, consistent guidance across the organization.

The role follows a flexible work model with a minimum of three in-office days per week, enabling global impact on pay strategies, incentives, and equity discussions across multiple units.

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.
• Strong analytical capability with an ability to independently manage analysis on advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Executive compensation

Global compensation strategy

Incentive design

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Tools

Excel

Job description

Expedia Group in London seeks a Director of Global Compensation to lead the design, governance, and administration of worldwide compensation programs. You will partner with business leaders to align pay with strategy and deliver clear, consistent guidance across the organization.

The role follows a flexible work model with a minimum of three in-office days per week, enabling global impact on pay strategies, incentives, and equity discussions across multiple units.