Lead Total Rewards Partner

Egis Road Operation India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Egis Road Operation India seeks a senior Compensation & Benefits leader to design and govern global reward programs across India and the Middle East region. You will partner with HR, Finance and business leaders to deliver cost-effective, compliant Total Rewards strategies.

You will lead job evaluation, salary structuring, market benchmarking and harmonization initiatives, while driving analytics, policy governance and data integrity within a lean regional team.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Compensation & Benefits/Total Rewards with multi-country exposure.
• Hands-on experience with job evaluation methodologies (e.g., Mercer IPE, Korn Ferry Hay, WTW GGS).
• Advanced Excel and data modelling; working knowledge of Power BI and HCM systems like SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle.
• Strong analytical rigour and discretion; able to translate data into executive-ready insights in a lean regional team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain job families, levelling and mapping; support evaluation and governance across countries.
• Build and refresh salary ranges (min/mid/max) and monitor compa-ratios.
• Manage salary survey participation and market positioning by country, sector and level.
• Lead pay and grade harmonization for M&A, restructuring and legacy entities.
• Run annual salary reviews, budget modelling and merit matrices; support incentives design.
• Draft reward policies and ensure governance with regional and group frameworks.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data modelling

Power BI

Analytical rigour

Tools

HCM systems

Job description

About Us

Egis is a global organisation with over 23,500 employees worldwide. With our head office based in Paris, we offer global career opportunities, as well as offer rewarding careers for our people locally.

About Us

Egis is a global organisation with over 23,500 employees worldwide. With our head office based in Paris, we offer global career opportunities, as well as offer rewarding careers for our people locally. Egis is an organisation with a capacity to make meaningful industry and community change in the space of place-making, sustainability and creating connected cities. Different to other engineering firms, Egis offers true end-to-end capability across the entire design-to-operation lifecycle, offering advisory, architecture, engineering, design, asset management and operations services. We are committed to creating great teams doing innovative work and would love you to join us to Impact the Future.

About The Role

Role Purpose

Act as the analytical engine and trusted deputy to the Regional Head of Total Rewards, driving the design, delivery and governance of competitive, cost-effective and compliant Compensation & Benefits programmes across MESA. The role combines strong technical reward expertise with strong hands-on analytics and partnering with HR, Finance, Group Reward and business leaders as necessary.

Key Responsibilities – Compensation

• Job Architecture: Maintain job families, levelling and grade/title mapping; support job evaluation and consistent role governance across countries.
• Pay Bands & Structures: Build and refresh salary ranges (min/mid/max, spreads, midpoint progression); monitor compa-ratios and range penetration.
• Market Benchmarking: Manage salary survey participation (e.g., Mercer, Aon, Korn ferry) and job matching; deliver market positioning analysis by country, sector and level.
• Harmonization: Lead pay and grade harmonization for M&A, restructuring and legacy entities, including gap analysis, cost modelling and transition plans.
• Annual Salary Review & Incentives: Run ASR/merit cycles, budget modelling and merit matrices; support STI/bonus design, payouts.
• Pay Equity, Offers & Allowances: Conduct internal equity reviews; advise on offers, promotions and salary corrections; govern allowance and expat/mobility packages.

Key Responsibilities – Benefits & Insurance

• Insurance Programmes: Manage group medical, life and personal accident policies; lead annual renewals with brokers and insurers (RFPs, negotiations, plan design options).
• Claims & Cost Analytics: Analyse claims experience, loss ratios and utilisation trends; project renewal costs and recommend cost-containment levers.
• Statutory & Retirement Benefits: Ensure compliance with country requirements (e.g., End-of-service benefits, GOSI/pension schemes, mandatory health cover etc).
• Benchmarking, Wellbeing & Vendors: Benchmark benefits against market practice; support wellbeing and flexible benefits; manage broker/TPA SLAs, employee communications.

Key Responsibilities – Governance, Analytics & Partnering

• Policy & Governance: Draft and maintain reward policies, approval matrices and audit-ready documentation; ensure alignment with Regional & Group Reward frameworks.
• Reward Analytics: Build dashboards, cost models and scenario analyses; ensure HCM/HRIS reward data accuracy and integrity.
• Operations & Shared Services Partnership: As policy owner, partner with Operations and Shared Services teams who execute reward transactions; define clear process guidelines, controls and checks to ensure accurate, compliant and consistent delivery and data integrity.
• Partnering & Deputising: Prepare leadership-ready decks and approval notes; act as first point of contact for HRBPs and Finance, and deputise for the Regional Head when required.

What do we need from you

Candidate Profile

• 12+ years in Compensation & Benefits/Total Rewards, ideally with multi-country exposure across India and the Middle East.
• Hands-on experience with job evaluation methodologies (e.g., Mercer IPE, Korn Ferry Hay, WTW GGS) and salary surveys.
• Advanced Excel and data modelling skills; working knowledge of Power BI and HCM systems (e.g., SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle).
• Strong analytical rigour and discretion; confident communicator who turns data into executive-ready insights and thrives in a lean regional team.