Regional Compensation Manager – EMEA

Jobtailor; Poland; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Poland seeks a senior compensation leader to guide global pay strategy, equity programs, and annual planning. You will partner with executives, translate data into strategic insights, and ensure market competitiveness across regions.

This role requires educating leaders on compensation philosophy, driving end-to-end programs, and building analytic models and dashboards to inform decisions. Strong data storytelling and tools proficiency are essential across time zones.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of compensation design, analysis and governance experience in a global org.
• Strong analytics with Excel/PowerPoint and data storytelling skills.
• Experience communicating with executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor to senior leadership on compensation strategy and market competitiveness.
• Collaborate with executives, partners, and HR teams to align data usage with goals.
• Co-lead annual pay planning, market analysis and cross-country projects.
• Educate leaders on compensation philosophy, policies and compliance.
• Support base pay, incentives and equity programs globally.

Skills

Data analytics

MS Office

Workday

Executive storytelling

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and regional executives on compensation strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and market competitiveness
• Collaborate with Executive Leaders, Business Partners, Performance Management and Talent Acquisition teams to ensure effective use of compensation data and alignment with organizational goals
• Co‑lead annual pay planning, market analysis, and special projects for the region and global initiatives
• Educate leaders and managers on compensation philosophy, policies, and compliance requirements to foster transparency and trust
• Support global compensation programs, including base pay, incentive, and equity programs
• Conduct job evaluations and market pricing analyses across multiple functions and countries to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness
• Manage end‑to‑end delivery of compensation‑related projects, including annual pay cycles, market benchmarking, and compliance initiatives
• Coordinate timelines, resources, and stakeholders across multiple countries and time zones to ensure successful execution
• Develop tools, templates, and guidelines to ensure smooth execution and compliance and pay planning across multiple countries
• Identify opportunities to enhance compensation programs through automation, technology, and innovative practices
• Partner with leadership to design and implement competitive sales compensation plans that align with business objectives
• Develop competitive and motivating sales incentive structures that align with business objectives and drive revenue growth
• Partner with Finance to build analytical models to simulate various compensation scenarios, ensuring cost‑effectiveness and sustainability
• Ensure plans are compliant with local regulations and harmonized with global frameworks
• Conduct market pricing analyses across different functions and countries to ensure internal equity, external competitiveness, and alignment to the company’s global compensation philosophy
• Interpret salary data and develop analytical models and templates for compensation projects
• Create and deliver detailed reports and dashboards to inform decision‑making at all levels
• Provide data‑driven insights and recommendations to executive leadership and People Team
• Ensure adherence to local regulatory/statutory requirements and global compensation philosophy
• Drive compliance with EU gender pay gap directives and other regional regulations
• Partner and or lead regional and global compensation projects as needed

Requirements

• Minimum of 6-8 years of increasing accountability and success in the areas of compensation design, analyses, education and socialization of reward programs in a high-growth, go‑to‑market, high‑tech, global organization
• Passion and inspired by data storytelling with strong analytics expertise with high proficiency in MS Office environment (Excel, docs, PowerPoint), Google environment, and Workday
• Proven ability to create reports, design sales plans, project management, and present insights to executive leadership
• Ability to demonstrate integrity and maintain confidentiality
• Nimble, quick learner and an independent, proactive working style and curious – able to work with limited direction
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, results‑oriented environment in which decisions are made collaboratively and within a high‑performing, engaging team at all levels and across multiple time zones
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated success working with all levels of an organization
• Experience with interpretation and application of local regulatory/statutory requirements for compensation
• Preferred experience in acquisition‑driven program harmonization on compensation
• Required to be fluent in English with excellent presentation, written and spoken communication