Global Compensation Partner, Total Rewards

Datavant2; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking a Compensation Partner to join our Total Rewards team. This role designs, implements, and maintains global compensation programs to attract, retain, and motivate top talent.

You will lead the design of sales incentive plans and the annual compensation planning cycle, acting as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners and leaders. The ideal candidate has in-depth knowledge of hourly pay practices, job architecture, market data analytics, and experience with compensation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in compensation, total rewards, or HR analytics.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheet skills (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, nested formulas, data modeling).
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to translate data and trends into key insights and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Manage pay structures, wage progression scales, and compliance for most of the hourly workforce.
• Execute market pricing and geographic differential analyses to maintain external competitiveness.
• Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to solve localized talent attraction and retention challenges.
• Design and model competitive sales incentive plans (SIP) and other variable pay programs as needed by the business.
• Manage administration, including quota tracking, commission calculations, and plan governance for most SIPs.
• Evaluate plan impact using data metrics to ensure alignment with business revenue targets.
• Lead the end-to-end cycle for merit increases, promotions, market adjustments, and annual incentives.
• Build budgeting models, timelines, guidelines, and communication materials for HRBPs, managers and leadership.
• Drive calibration processes to ensure equitable reward distribution across all business units.
• Advise HR and business leaders on complex job offers, promotions, and organizational changes.
• Evolve job architecture, leveling frameworks, and evaluation processes to maintain internal equity.
• Ensure total compliance with local, state, and federal compensation laws and regulations.
• Build analytical tools, dashboards, and financial forecast models using advanced Excel and Google Sheets.
• Partner with Finance, HR Operations & HRIT teams to streamline workflows and track compensation spend.

Skills

Advanced Excel and Google Sheets

Analytical thinking

Data interpretation and insights

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Finance/Business

Tools

Radford

Mercer

Oracle HCM

Job description

Datavant is seeking a Compensation Partner to join our Total Rewards team. This role designs, implements, and maintains global compensation programs to attract, retain, and motivate top talent.

You will lead the design of sales incentive plans and the annual compensation planning cycle, acting as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners and leaders. The ideal candidate has in-depth knowledge of hourly pay practices, job architecture, market data analytics, and experience with compensation