Global Compensation Strategy Lead

salesforce.com, inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce.com, inc. is seeking a visionary Vice President, Global Compensation to own the worldwide base pay strategy, architecture, and governance, including U.S. delivery.

You’ll partner with executives across Finance, Legal, Payroll, Equity, and People teams to shape global job architecture and compensation programs. You will lead multi-country design, ensure pay equity, and drive transparent, data-driven decisions across acquisitions and workforce planning.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive compensation or total rewards experience.
• Leadership of multi-country compensation programs.
• Strong governance and policy design skills.

Responsibilities

• Define global compensation philosophy translating strategy into pay principles.
• Govern enterprise standards, approvals, and local variation while maintaining coherence.
• Prepare analyses and materials for C-suite and governance bodies with clear options.
• Maintain global job architecture with groups, levels, and evaluation standards.
• Design scalable pay structures and geographic differentials across markets.
• Lead annual compensation programs including budgets, systems, and communications.
• Advance pay equity analytics and remediation in collaboration with Legal.

Skills

Global compensation

Job architecture

Pay equity analytics

Executive collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Salesforce.com, inc. is seeking a visionary Vice President, Global Compensation to own the worldwide base pay strategy, architecture, and governance, including U.S. delivery.

You’ll partner with executives across Finance, Legal, Payroll, Equity, and People teams to shape global job architecture and compensation programs. You will lead multi-country design, ensure pay equity, and drive transparent, data-driven decisions across acquisitions and workforce planning.