C&B Lead

Michael Page; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards ownership

Job summary

Michael Page is partnering with a large Indian consumer organisation to recruit a Head of Total Rewards. This hands-on leadership role will design and scale compensation and benefits frameworks for a high-growth, potentially pre-IPO setup, with a large, diverse workforce.

You will drive pay cycles, equity governance, and cost optimization while ensuring regulatory compliance and data-driven decision making across the organisation.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits with end-to-end ownership across design and execution.
• Experience in agile, high-change environments such as large-scale transformations, mergers, or scale-up setups.
• Strong comfort with data, analytics, and translating numbers into business decisions.
• Experience supporting large, high-volume, complex workforces.
• Working knowledge of Indian labour laws and compliance, with staying current on regulatory changes.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Compensation & Benefits strategy, design, and execution across the organization.
• Drive annual pay cycles, incentive plans, benchmarking, equity/reward governance, and cost optimization.
• Ensure full compliance with labour laws and evolving regulatory norms relevant to compensation, benefits, and payroll.
• Build scalable rewards frameworks aligned to rapid growth and potential pre-IPO needs.
• Partner with business leaders, finance, and HR operations to support decision-making through data and insights.
• Operate in a hands-on manner amid pace, ambiguity, and operational complexity.

Skills

Total Rewards design

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR / related field

Tools

HRIS

Excel

Job description

• Opportunity to Head Total Rewards for a complex Indian org(Legacy+Startup)
• Opportunity to work in a potential pre IPO set up.

About Our Client

Our Client is a Large Scale Consumer Organisation with a diversified workforce and heavy focus on technology

Job Description

This is a hands‑on Compensation & Benefits leadership role in a high‑growth, potentially pre‑IPO organization, responsible for building and scaling rewards frameworks in a fast‑evolving environment. The role will manage heavy hiring volumes and a large, operationally complex workforce, balancing scalability, cost, and speed with governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end Compensation & Benefits strategy, design, and execution across the organization.
• Drive annual pay cycles, incentive plans, benchmarking, equity/reward governance, and cost optimization.
• Ensure full compliance with applicable labour laws, statutory requirements, and evolving regulatory norms, staying up to date on changes impacting compensation, benefits, and payroll.
• Build scalable rewards frameworks aligned to rapid growth, transformation, and potential pre‑IPO needs.
• Partner closely with business leaders, finance, HR operations, and leadership to support decision‑making through data and insights.
• Operate in a highly hands‑on manner while navigating pace, ambiguity, and operational complexity.

The Successful Applicant

• 8-15 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits, with clear ownership of both design and execution across key C&B processes.
• Demonstrated depth in core Compensation & Benefits, rather than only advisory or policy‑level exposure.
• Experience working in agile, high‑change environments such as large‑scale transformations, mergers, or start‑up / scale‑up organizations.
• Strong comfort with data, analytics, and insight generation, with the ability to translate numbers into practical, business‑led decisions.
• Experience supporting large, high‑volume, and operationally complex workforces.
• Working knowledge of Indian labour laws, statutory requirements, and compliance, with the ability to stay current as regulations evolve.
• Ability to balance ideal reward frameworks with on‑ground business realities, applying judgment rather than rigid rules.
• A natural problem‑solver with a strong sense of ownership and outcome focus, particularly in fast‑moving situations.
• Comfortable operating in a hands‑on manner, across both detailed operational work and larger strategic initiatives.
• Open to intensity and flexibility in working hours during peak cycles and critical milestones.
• Able to shift perspective quickly, moving between detail and big‑picture thinking as priorities change.
• Hindi language capability (understanding and speaking) to enable effective stakeholder interactions.

What's on Offer

Opportunity to own Total Rewards agenda for a legacy Indian organisation.