Executive Compensation Manager: Strategy, Analysis & Governance

John Deere; Moline (IL); On-site; USD 147,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Competitive base pay

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

John Deere in Moline, IL is seeking an Executive Compensation Manager to lead design, governance, and benchmarking of executive compensation programs. This onsite role demands strong modeling, data analysis, and communication with the Board.

You will develop disclosures, support Say-on-Pay activities, and collaborate across Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, and external advisors to deliver executive-ready materials.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressively responsible compensation or executive compensation consulting experience.
• Meaningful experience supporting executive compensation programs within a publicly traded company or advising public-company clients
• Experience developing or contributing to Board Compensation Committee materials
• Experience supporting proxy statement preparation, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis or executive compensation tables

Responsibilities

• Support the design, governance, administration, and continuous improvement of Deere’s executive compensation programs
• Conduct executive compensation benchmarking, financial modeling, scenario analysis, and market analysis
• Prepare analyses and recommendations related to executive base salaries, annual and long-term incentives, equity awards, executive offers, promotions, retention arrangements, retirements, and separations
• Apply financial concepts and key business metrics to compensation analysis, incentive design, and executive-ready recommendations
• Translate complex compensation, financial, and governance information into clear recommendations and executive-ready materials
• Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, proxy disclosure requirements, shareholder perspectives, and proxy-advisor policies
• Support the Board Compensation Committee annual meeting cycle, including analyses, presentations, briefing materials, recommendations, and supporting documentation
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, the Committee’s independent consultant, outside counsel, and other advisors to prepare accurate, decision-ready materials
• Support governance activities related to Say-on-Pay, compensation risk assessments, clawback policies, share ownership guidelines, change-in-control arrangements, and executive equity programs
• Support development of Deere’s annual executive compensation disclosures, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and required compensation tables
• Maintain exceptional accuracy, confidentiality, and judgment in all Board and executive matters
• Support the design, modeling, implementation, and administration of executive annual and long-term incentive programs
• Conduct performance and payout analyses and evaluate alignment among plan design, business performance, executive rewards, and shareholder outcomes
• Support executive equity governance and administration, including award agreements, share-reserve analysis, dilution, burn rate, ownership guidelines, and market-practice reviews
• Support governance and administration of executive benefit and perquisite programs
• Partner with Legal, Tax, Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Human Resources Operations, and external providers to support accurate and compliant program administration
• Document critical processes, decision frameworks, data sources, controls, and annual calendars
• Create scalable tools, templates, models, and reference materials that strengthen continuity and reduce key-person dependency
• Use available technology, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to streamline administrative work and increase speed to insight
• Identify errors, gaps, and downstream implications that could affect decisions, compliance, disclosure, or executive trust

Skills

Executive compensation

Benchmarking

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Data analysis

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/HR/Economics

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

John Deere in Moline, IL is seeking an Executive Compensation Manager to lead design, governance, and benchmarking of executive compensation programs. This onsite role demands strong modeling, data analysis, and communication with the Board.

You will develop disclosures, support Say-on-Pay activities, and collaborate across Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, and external advisors to deliver executive-ready materials.