Assoc Dir Total Rewards APAC

Syneos Health, Inc.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Inclusive culture

Global collaboration

Job summary

Syneos Health, Inc. seeks an Associate Director, Total Rewards APAC to lead design, governance, and management of Total Rewards programs across APAC with a special focus on India.

The role provides strategic leadership for benefits, wellbeing, recognition, and selected compensation initiatives, partnering with global teams and regional leaders to deliver compliant, market-competitive programs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Total Rewards, compensation, benefits, or HR rewards experience including APAC program leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Finance, or related field.
• Deep India Total Rewards expertise including salary structures, benefits, and regulatory implications.
• Experience with vendor management, annual renewals, budgets and governance.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Global Total Rewards leadership to develop and execute APAC Total Rewards strategy.
• Provide APAC market insights and influence global program design.
• Lead regional planning, prioritization, and execution across APAC.
• Oversee APAC benefits strategy, governance, and delivery; manage renewals and vendor relationships.
• Support compensation processes, job architecture, and regional insights on market trends.
• Manage regional benefits budgets, governance, and executive reporting.
• Lead the APAC Total Rewards team and develop capabilities within the region.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic leadership

APAC Total Rewards

Budget management

Vendor management

People leadership

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

Job Description:

Description

Assoc. Dir Total Rewards APAC

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Job Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership

• Partner with Global Total Rewards leadership to develop and execute Total Rewards strategy across APAC.
• Provide APAC market insights, trends, and recommendations to influence global program design and local implementation.
• Identify opportunities to improve employee experience, efficiency, program effectiveness, and business alignment.
• Lead regional planning, prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and execution across APAC.

Benefits & Wellbeing

• Oversee APAC benefits strategy, governance, administration, and delivery aligned with the global Total Rewards philosophy.
• Lead annual renewals, vendor and broker management, and benefits implementation planning.
• Ensure programs comply with local regulatory requirements and are appropriately documented, governed, and communicated.
• Evaluate benefit competitiveness, employee needs, and market practices; recommend enhancements aligned with company philosophy and financial objectives.
• Support wellbeing, recognition, engagement initiatives, and related APAC communications.

Compensation Support

• Partner with Global Compensation on regional initiatives, including annual compensation cycles, market reviews, salary structures, and selected projects.
• Support job architecture and career framework activities by providing regional insights, local market perspective, and implementation support.
• Provide regional and India-specific insights on labor market trends, competitive positioning, salary structures, compensation components, CTC design, allowances, benefits, statutory considerations, and employee impact.
• Partner with Compensation, HR, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and regional teams to support consistent, compliant execution of Total Rewards programs.

Governance & Financial Management

• Manage regional benefits budgets, vendor spend, and financial planning inputs with Finance, Procurement, and global Total Rewards leadership.
• Ensure appropriate governance, controls, documentation, and decision-making processes are in place for regional Total Rewards programs.
• Develop recommendations, business cases, and decision materials for senior leadership review.
• Support committee materials, executive reporting, and monitoring of program outcomes, risks, costs, and opportunities.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the APAC Total Rewards team, including the APAC Total Rewards Manager and assigned Benefits/Rewards Analysts.
• Set clear priorities, expectations, development plans, operating rhythms, and accountability for high-quality delivery.
• Build organizational capability, succession strength, and team effectiveness within the region.

Key Capabilities

• Operates with initiative, urgency, and ownership of outcomes.
• Stays curious and seeks new tools and ways of working.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline
• Strong financial and analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex, matrixed environment
• Strong change management capabilities across multiple countries and stakeholders
• Thinks systematically, connecting strategy, operations, and stakeholder dynamics.
• Ability to balance global consistency with local market requirements

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• 8+ years of Total Rewards, compensation, benefits, or HR rewards experience, including APAC program leadership and people or matrix leadership.
• Strong understanding of benefits, wellbeing, recognition, compensation, market benchmarking, and Total Rewards governance.
• Demonstrated experience with vendor management, annual renewals, regional program administration, budget management, and financial stewardship.
• Deep India Total Rewards expertise required, including salary structure design, compensation components, benefits administration, statutory and market allowances, cash and non-cash rewards, and the financial, compliance, and employee experience implications of structure changes.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.

Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

The Associate Director, Total Rewards leads the design, governance, implementation, and management of Total Rewards programs across APAC as a key member of the Global Total Rewards Center of Excellence. The role provides strategic leadership for benefits, wellbeing, recognition, and selected compensation initiatives, with emphasis on India rewards expertise, including salary structures, statutory and market allowances, benefits design, and local regulatory requirements. Programs must support business objectives, employee experience, market competitiveness, compliance, and financial stewardship. This role serves as the regional Total Rewards leader for APAC and the primary link between global strategy and local execution, partnering with Total Rewards, HR, Finance, Legal, vendors, and business leaders to deliver consistent, effective, and locally relevant programs. The role is accountable for regional strategy, governance, program recommendations, budget ownership, vendor oversight, executive materials, and team leadership, while partnering with the APAC Total Rewards Manager on execution, reporting, analytics, budget tracking, and delivery support.

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