Senior Director, Executive Compensation

Electronic Arts (EA); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 215,900 - 327,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off (3 weeks)

16 paid company holidays

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Electronic Arts (EA) is seeking a professional in Austin, Texas to lead executive compensation strategies. The ideal candidate should have over 12 years of experience in executive compensation and incentives within global organizations. Responsibilities include enhancing incentive compensation strategies and overseeing long-term program designs. EA offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, medical insurance, and retirement plans, fostering a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in executive compensation, incentives, or related areas.
• 8+ years designing and administering executive compensation programs.
• Proven experience delivering insights to executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Enhance EA's incentive compensation strategies for performance and competitive positioning.
• Lead governance and operating models for executive compensation.
• Oversee long-term incentive program design aligned with internal equity.

Skills

Executive compensation strategy

Collaboration with senior leadership

Financial acumen

Job description

Responsibilities

• Shape and continuously enhance EA's next generation of incentive compensation incorporating an understanding of public and private entity strategies and designs to support enterprise priorities, performance and competitive positioning.
• Lead the design of governance and operating model processes for executive compensation with the understanding of public and private entity environments, including charter, partnership roles, planning, analysis, and preparation of materials for the Compensation Committee and executives.
• Oversee long-term incentive program design, developing approaches that uniquely support EA’s businesses balanced with internal equity, financial effectiveness, alignment with talent strategies and ability to efficiently administer.
• Develop training, communications, and on‑going status to aid PE partners, program participants and their leaders in understanding the connections across the business from goals, results and into pay.
• Partner with Finance on forecasting and performance measures, and manage end‑to‑end program operations, controls, and planning inputs.
• Collaborate with Talent, Global Compensation, Legal, Finance, and external vendors to deliver integrated executive compensation programs, supporting global alignment and contributing to mergers and acquisitions due diligence as needed.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in executive compensation, incentives, rewards strategy, or related areas within complex, global organizations, and in both the public market and private entity environment.
• 8+ years of experience designing, governing, and administering executive compensation programs, including regulatory and compliance considerations.
• 8+ years of experience collaborating with senior leadership and cross‑functional partners to develop and implement enterprise‑wide compensation strategies and programs.
• Proven experience delivering complex compensation insights to executive audiences, with strong financial acumen and expertise in forecasting and scenario‑based analysis.

Pay Transparency – North America

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) *$215,900 - $327,900 USD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full‑time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.