Global Compensation Team Lead (Hybrid)

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is seeking an experienced GBS Compensation Team Leader in Kraków to lead a team delivering compensation operations and services across the global COE.

The role requires strong leadership, data quality, and process improvement to support annual cycles and market data initiatives. You will mentor compensation analysts, manage workload, and ensure accurate compensation analyses while driving governance and compliance across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, or related discipline.
• 5-8 years in compensation, rewards, HR operations, HR analytics, or related experience.
• Experience leading people, projects, or work teams in a shared services, HR operations, or compensation environment.
• Strong working knowledge of compensation principles, salary administration, benchmarking, job pricing, and job evaluation methodologies.
• Experience supporting annual compensation planning and salary review processes.
• Advanced Excel skills; PowerPoint proficiency.
• Experience with compensation management systems, market survey platforms, and HRIS tools.
• Knowledge of EU and country-level pay transparency and reporting requirements; Power BI preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the GBS Compensation team for high-quality service.
• Provide day-to-day direction, workload management, and performance oversight.
• Develop team capability through training and knowledge sharing.
• Create and maintain SOPs, process docs, and training materials.
• Support onboarding of new team members with limited compensation experience.
• Oversee compensation operations and ensure compliance and governance.
• Partner with Global COE Compensation for annual and cyclical programs.
• Support market data, benchmarking, and reporting activities.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, or related discipline

Tools

Power BI

HRIS

Compensation systems

Job description

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is seeking an experienced GBS Compensation Team Leader in Kraków to lead a team delivering compensation operations and services across the global COE.

The role requires strong leadership, data quality, and process improvement to support annual cycles and market data initiatives. You will mentor compensation analysts, manage workload, and ensure accurate compensation analyses while driving governance and compliance across programs.