Manager Compensation Related Benefits

Amgen Inc. (IR); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is seeking an experienced Manager, Comp related Benefits to lead global compensation-related benefits programs. You will design allowances, fleet policy, retention and recognition initiatives, and ensure compliance with local and global regulations.

Role involves benchmarking, governance of benefits, and collaboration with international teams to align with total rewards strategy and business goals.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of core Total rewards experience with global stakeholders.
• Experience leading international teams and managing comp related benefits across multiple regions.
• Strong knowledge of benefits trends, market practices, and regulations globally.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision making.
• Experience with global HRIS platforms (Workday) preferred.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Masters from Tier 1 or Tier 2 college preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design allowances and benefits including car, housing, internet, mobile, shift, and overtime with tax and labour compliance.
• Fleet program management: design principles, policy governance, and cost optimization.
• Monitor utilization, total cost of ownership, and employee satisfaction metrics.
• Benchmark fleet policy region-wise and align with global governance.
• Support SIP/STI and LTI benchmarking and alignment with pay-for-performance KPIs.
• Ensure SIP payouts and cycles are captured in Workday and compliant with policies.
• Develop recognition programs and data-driven optimization insights.
• Own retention framework: target critical talent, communicate, and train stakeholders.
• Provide governance on retention criteria, payout, and sustainability.
• Align Total Rewards with global policies and local mandates; analyze market trends.

Skills

Total rewards

Global experience

Leadership

Data-driven

Workday

Cross-functional

Communication

Project management

Education

Masters degree preferred

Tools

Workday

Job description

Career Category Human Resources Job Description ABOUT AMGEN Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year.

As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

ABOUT THE ROLE Role Description: We are seeking an experienced and strategic Manager, Comp related Benefits to manage our global compensation related benefits programs. This role will oversee benefits programs, incentive plans, recognition, allowances, and fleet administration while ensuring compliance, cost efficiency, and alignment with business goals.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design Allowances and Benefits Design and govern policies for various (benefit related) allowances like but not limited to car, housing, internet, mobile, shift, and overtime. Ensure compliance with local tax and labor regulations. Support due diligence and integration during Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Fleet Program Management Develop and maintain the global design principles for Amgen’s fleet policy, eligibility, and sustainability objectives in collaboration with GSS to support optimization of fleet costs.
• Monitor utilization, total cost of ownership, and employee satisfaction metrics.
• Market benchmark fleet policy country/region wise Recommend policy adjustments that balance local market needs keeping global governance intact
• Incentive and Reward Programs Support Sales/Short-Term Incentive Plans (SIP/STI) benchmarking and Long-Term Incentives benchmarking (LTI).
• Ensure alignment between pay-for-performance and company KPIs. Ensuring timely capture of SIP targets, actual SIP payout amount, payout cycles in workday
• Develop recognition programs including applause, milestones, and peer recognition initiatives.
• Execute, maintain and provide optimization recommendations for our recognition program including data insights showcasing chargebacks, budget utilization, audit tracker for governance purpose
• Retention Program Owning the optimization and governance of global retention framework targeting critical talent segments, high performers and succession pipeline ensuring proper communication and training for target audience
• Recommendation around criteria, retention period, payout mechanism and rules (e.g. claw back or forfeit )
• Ensure retention plans are budgeted, sustainable, and tied to measurable business impact
• Integrate retention initiatives into the broader Total Rewards strategy, ensuring a cohesive employee value proposition
• Governance, Compliance, and Analytics Ensure all compensation-related benefits policies comply with legal and internal standards.
• Leverage HR analytics to track trends and program ROI periodically to help business leaders in making meaningful decisions.
• Align with global TR policies with local mandates checked in to ensure standardized process
• Conduct Market Analysis: Stay abreast of market trends, regulatory changes and industry best practices to translate business and workforce needs into competitive and sustainable benefits offerings across all global regions

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• 8+ years of core Total rewards experience working with Global stakeholders
• Proven experience leading international teams and managing comp related benefits across multiple regions
• Strong knowledge of benefits trends, market practices, and regulations globally.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset with a track record of leveraging data to drive decisions.
• Experience with global HRIS platforms (i.e. Workday) is preferred.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Preferred to have GRP, CCP or CBP certification
• Masters from Tier 1 or Tier 2 college preferred

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen