Strategic Leader, Compensation & Organization Design

Encore Fire Protection; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Impact and visibility

Purpose-driven work environment

Health and welfare benefits

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Flexible dress code

Job summary

Encore Fire Protection seeks a seasoned compensation leader to design pay architecture, ranges, and incentive programs for a multi-state field, sales, and corporate workforce. You’ll build the function from the ground up and align Dayforce deployment with growth goals.

This hands-on role requires strategic thinking, strong analytical skills, and partnering with HRIS, Benefits, and Finance to ensure competitive, compliant pay across states.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, finance, business, economics, or related field.
• 10+ years progressive compensation experience, including 5+ years leadership.
• Experience building or rebuilding compensation functions and pay structures.

Responsibilities

• Build Encore’s job architecture, levels, and salary ranges across locations.
• Lead merit, incentive, and promotion cycles and budget ownership.
• Design and run sales and field incentive programs with clear quotas.
• Oversee M&A due diligence and integration of compensation data.
• Ensure multi-state compliance with wage/hour and pay transparency.

Skills

Compensation design

Data-driven decision making

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

HRIS experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/finance/business/economics

10+ years compensation experience

Leadership at Director level+

Tools

Dayforce

HRIS systems

Job description

Encore Fire Protection seeks a seasoned compensation leader to design pay architecture, ranges, and incentive programs for a multi-state field, sales, and corporate workforce. You’ll build the function from the ground up and align Dayforce deployment with growth goals.

This hands-on role requires strategic thinking, strong analytical skills, and partnering with HRIS, Benefits, and Finance to ensure competitive, compliant pay across states.