Strategic Compensation Partner - Base & Incentives

Forbes; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes is seeking a Compensation professional to design, implement, and manage compensation programs for ~500 employees across NA, with smaller UK and Asia presence. You will advisor leadership on strategy, manage base salary, incentives, and pay processes, and ensure compliance and vendor partnerships.

You will lead market pricing, benchmarking, and annual incentive planning, collaborating with Finance and HR teams to align with business goals and the upcoming CBA.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in compensation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Finance, or related discipline (CCP or similar certification preferred).
• Demonstrates patience, clarity, and strong influencing capability to align stakeholders and drive outcomes.
• Builds relationships with stakeholders by understanding priorities and evolving business needs.
• Ability to communicate, partner and advise managers at all levels, adapting to diverse compensation knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to HR and senior leadership on compensation strategy and pay decisions.
• Guide complex compensation scenarios across sales, newsroom, data intelligence, and corporate functions.
• Lead design, implementation, and administration of base salary, incentive programs, and compensation processes.
• Conduct market pricing, salary surveys, and benchmarking analyses to inform pay decisions.
• Support compensation strategy related to the upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. and international compensation laws, including pay transparency.
• Manage relationships with external compensation vendors and consultants.

Skills

Advanced Excel

HRIS expertise

Payscale knowledge

Vendor management

Communication & influencing

Multi-state compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/HR/Finance

CCP or similar certification

Tools

HRIS systems (Workday)

Payscale

Market data vendors

Job description

Forbes is seeking a Compensation professional to design, implement, and manage compensation programs for ~500 employees across NA, with smaller UK and Asia presence. You will advisor leadership on strategy, manage base salary, incentives, and pay processes, and ensure compliance and vendor partnerships.

You will lead market pricing, benchmarking, and annual incentive planning, collaborating with Finance and HR teams to align with business goals and the upcoming CBA.