Compensation Manager - India, APAC and Japan

Trellix; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Support for Community Involvement

Job summary

Trellix is seeking a Compensation Manager to drive regional compensation programs across India, APAC, and Japan. You will own market pricing, benchmarking, and pay structure design, leveraging external surveys to stay competitive and forecast trends.

This role requires strong analytics, stakeholder influence, and cross‑functional collaboration with HR, Finance, and business leaders. You will oversee annual merit, bonus, and equity/LTI cycles, ensure compliance with local regulations, and partner

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of compensation/Total Rewards experience.
• Experience supporting compensation in India and/or APAC; Japan experience desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced spreadsheet proficiency across Google Sheets and Excel.
• Excellent communication skills with senior stakeholders across countries/time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional compensation programs across India, APAC, and Japan.
• Own regional compensation analysis and benchmarking.
• Drive annual merit, bonus, and equity/LTI cycles with cross-functional partners.
• Advise on compensation for new hires, promotions, internal moves, and organizational changes.
• Maintain data integrity in Workday and develop reports/dashboards.
• Contribute to global total rewards projects and governance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Advanced spreadsheet proficiency

Google Sheets

Excel

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Workday

Job description

Job Title

Compensation Manager - India, APAC and Japan

About Trellix

Trellix is a global company redefining the future of cybersecurity. The company’s comprehensive, open, and native cybersecurity platform helps organizations confronted by today’s most advanced threats gain confidence in the protection and resilience of their operations. Trellix, along with an extensive partner ecosystem, accelerates technology innovation through artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics to empower over 50,000 business and government customers with responsibly architected security. More at https://trellix.com.

Role Overview

We're seeking a Compensation Manager to act as the subject matter expert and lead for compensation programs across India, APAC, and Japan. In this high-impact role, you'll own regional compensation analysis, drive execution of key programs, and influence strategy — partnering directly with HR Business Partners, COEs, People Services, Finance, and business leaders. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you'll take general direction from management and independently drive complex, unstructured projects through to completion.

About the Role

Compensation Analysis & Strategy Lead

Market pricing, benchmarking, salary structures, and pay recommendations across India, APAC, and Japan, using external surveys to assess competitiveness and anticipate trends. Solve complex compensation problems using broad expertise and independent judgment; recommend best practices that improve processes and policies. Lead internal and pay equity analyses, surfacing risks and insights to leadership; contribute to future compensation strategy.

Annual Programs & Regional Support

Own regional execution of annual merit, bonus, and equity/LTI cycles, partnering with Workday Team and People Services to ensure accuracy and timeliness. Serve as the primary compensation partner for local markets, accounting for statutory requirements, local practices, and cultural nuances. Advise on compensation for new hires, promotions, internal moves, and organizational changes.

Data, Systems & Governance

Maintain data integrity within Workday; build and enhance reports, dashboards, and analytical tools. Drive process improvement through automation and standardization. Ensure adherence to global compensation policies, governance standards, and local requirements, with sound documentation and audit trails.

Global Projects & Initiatives

Serve as an SME on — and where appropriate, lead — global compensation and Total Rewards projects, contributing regional expertise and helping drive consistent, scalable solutions beyond the region. Other Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned to support evolving business and Total Rewards needs.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of compensation/Total Rewards experience with specialized depth in compensation practices, policies, and technologies.
• Experience supporting compensation in India and/or broader APAC; Japan experience highly desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced spreadsheet proficiency across Google Sheets and Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis); experience with compensation survey data and market-pricing methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and advise senior stakeholders across countries and time zones.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in a global technology, SaaS, cybersecurity, or high-growth organization.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides) and Workday (or similar HRIS); survey providers such as Aon/Radford.
• Familiarity with job architecture, incentive programs, and leading annual merit/bonus/equity cycles.
• Knowledge of compensation regulations across multiple APAC countries.

Company Benefits and Perks

We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

Equal Opportunity and Inclusion

We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.